My ice cream has absorbed food odors from the freezer

I once read that saran wrap and aluminum foil keep out most of the freezer smell.

Buy smaller containers, OP and, yes, eat it faster.

And you call yourself a fat whore? You need to shovel faster to keep up with us!

OP types anorexic.

So baking soda doesn’t do the trick?

I don’t have any odors in my freezer...never had that happen. What sorts of things do you have in there, Jeffrey?

You need to check the freezer for icy build up and make sure the air can flow between the compartments easily. The ice can trap food scents.

While you’re at it, pull that thing away from the wall and vacuum the coils. It’ll help the motor last longer (less dust = less stress on the motor) and you’ll save yourself some money.

Time to get a Subzero.

You will get much sympathy from DLers over your ruined ice cream OP

You can count on it.

R9, oh, I still ate it.

You ice cream made it of the Kroger parking lot?

What kind of ice cream was it? If it was neopolitan or pralines & cream it belongs in the garbage anyway.

Ice cream is only sold in single-serving containers, OP. I’m worried about you.

Spray some Fabreze on it.

R12, I should have been more specific. It was a box of Klondike bars.

If your freezer has food odors, you should clean it. That will prevent any future problems with your ice cream.

Agree re the ice build up. Traps odors from other foods.

Do you buy a lot of frozen boxed foods, like fish fillets or fish sticks? Or frozen veggies in a box (like Birdseye). Those cause odor issues.

R17, I do. I’m a bad gay.

r14 has the right idea. Spray a little Febreze in your ice cube trays and make ice cubes. The cubes will then absorb the odors.

I thought so OP. I've had the same problem, don't feel bad. Can't break my love of frozen Gorton's fish. The only thing that helped me later was getting a freezer with drawer compartments, solved the problem.

Defrost your freezer regularly. And try to avoid the boxed frozen items. If you must purchase them, try wrapping them in saran wrap, or take them out of the box and put them in sealable freezer bags.

r19 Febreeze in a freezer? It's not a living room. Febreeze doesn't absorb odor, it masks it.

I recommend covering the odoriferous ice cream in generous amounts of syrups and handfuls of sprinkles to ensure the smell is smothered before ingesting.

If you don't have sprinkles and syrups, you could also swish a little Febreze in your mouth before eating the smelly ice cream.

Clean your fucking freezer, ya filthy cow!

Do I put the Febreeze cubes into my drinks? Instructions not clear.

OP doesn’t wipe properly.

Ew.

[quote] Do I put the Febreeze cubes into my drinks? Instructions not clear.

If you chose to swish Febreeze in your mouth, I recommend throwing out the ice cubes once they absorb the stink fumes. Too much Febreeze in your system can give you an upset stomach.

Put ice cream & other food products to freeze in separate, tightly closed Tupperware or similar plastic containers. Wash containers thoroughly prior to replacing contents.

OP, what did you do for your Klondike bars? 😉

R29, I actually started a thread about that!

This one pairs nicely with a Klondike Bar.

Freezing temps inhibit odors. What in the world are you storing in your freezer OP, cat shit?

R32 is correct. OP had some 'splain' to. I personally am of the opinion that OP gobbled up all the ice cream, felt remorse then foisted a cockamaimy tale to cover her tracks.

I read the opener as

[quote]My ice cream has absorbed foot odors from the freezer

I like my version better!

I am absolutely in love with this OP and his responses.

And I plan to marry some of you other fuckers, based solely on your responses.

[quote] You ice cream made it of the Kroger parking lot?

Jesus!

Eat it faster, fat who’re.

And Chrissy at R13 is right.

So you're a DIRTY FAT WHORE?

[quote] Freezing temps inhibit odors. What in the world are you storing in your freezer OP, cat shit?

Where else am I supposed to store it? If I put it in the refrigerator, the smell is MUCH worse.

R39 is an imposter!

What’s wrong with Neapolitan?!

Separately those flavours are ok, but all together its a strange strawberry/chocolate artificial concoction that cant seem to make up its mind on what it is trying to be. But I suppose I have swallowed worse things in my life.

I like the three flavors/colors together in that brick. Reminds me of childhood.

My favorite is peppermint stick, though.

[quote] What’s wrong with Neapolitan?!

They’re not considered real dagos. Too far north.

What the hell do you have in your freezer that stinks so bad? Your landlady?

I had a rather mad friend who had a mad blind wife. They lived in a mobile home and I visited. He described a mad neighbor who, when they were visiting, told him to get some ice for his wife's Pepsi (She only drank Pepsi. Period.) in the freezer, and just to move the dog to get at it.

The neighbors' dog had died so she put it in the freezer, "Because I just didn't know what else to do with it." My friend asked why she didn't just have her son bury it. She said, "All that is just so much trouble."

My friend's wife drank her Pepsi with the morgue ice in it. When in Rome (so long as it wasn't Coke).