Again, requires fighting for freezer room with 3 others and the concept of a freezer being more environmentally friendly than throwing out some bread still sits uneasy with me.

Fill the freezer, but give the fridge some air. The freezer works most efficiently when packed as full as possible. Need to fill in some space? Tuck extra ice for cold drinks or cold-packs for summer picnics into any empty space in the freezer.
A black-out bonus: full freezers keep food frozen longer if a power outage occurs.

So, what do you actually keep in your freezer?

So, whether you buy tortillas or not is not really the point - but to say that throwing food away is better for the environment than freezing it, if your freezer is switched on anyway (which you seem to say it is), is incorrect. If there is at all a possibility of there being room for it then freezing it down makes the freezer more efficient and also cuts down on food waste, which is win-win

So, what do you actually keep in your freezer?

Er, what does BOGOF mean, please? ?:|

That's very very interesting.

Bums. Just went to make some delicious toast and found the bread (purchased not 3 days ago) had gone rank. Curse this engaged lifestyle with a partner who doesn't like the same bread as me!

No sarcasm intended miss. It's not something I'd considered. I assumed keeping extra things cool = more energy.

No sarcasm intended miss. It's not something I'd considered. I assumed keeping extra things cool = more energy.

Also, a fridge should be kept about three quarters full, but not full to the brim like a freezer - Fridges still need air to circulate to work efficiently, I believe.

I keep all fruit/veg/tubers in the fridge.

You should keep uncooked potatoes somewhere cool and dry but don't keep them in the fridge. This is because putting potatoes in the fridge can increase the amount of sugar they contain, which could lead to higher levels of a chemical called acrylamide when the potatoes are baked, fried or roasted at high temperatures.

Acrylamide is a chemical found in starchy foods that have been cooked at high temperatures. These include crisps, chips, bread and crispbreads. It was first discovered by scientists in Sweden in 2002.

Acrylamide causes cancer in animals and so might also harm people's health.

No sarcasm intended miss. It's not something I'd considered. I assumed keeping extra things cool = more energy.

Give it time - one of you will buckle and standardisation will be achieved. Choice of teabags will be the first barrier to fall, then type of milk, then the bread.

Thus far I've won 3/3, which makes me think I should make a token compromise somewhere.

Fridge tip - don't put 80 cans of lager in the fridge on a hot day, and expect the rest of your food to stay cold...

I concur with Ste.

I concur with Ste.

where do you buy it?

You used to keep your spuds in the fridge? ( )

do they not go all black? ( again )

I concur with Ste.

Who on earth puts potatoes in the fridge? They live in dingy cupboards with their one true love, the onion, and even grow special hands so they can grope them.

Mimi's beer fridge!

Bums. Just went to make some delicious toast and found the bread (purchased not 3 days ago) had gone rank. Curse this engaged lifestyle with a partner who doesn't like the same bread as me!

I think I win this thread, because I more or less live on different kinds of wholewheat pasta, which lasts a thousand years even if you leave it uncovered in a smelly greenhouse.

It was, quite.

I once drink a glass of wine in the sun.

Boy, that was a bad idea. I threw up over my friends shoes and couldn't walk up the stairs to my flat, so had to be taken over to her boyfriend's flat to sleep it off, simply because he lived on the ground floor

Don't drink wine in the sun, folks. In fact, don't drink wine.

In fact - don't drink.

You have an entirely inverted alcoholic life from me. I love wine, especially in the sun, and have a deep-seated hatred of beer.

which is the equivalent of 99p bottles of wine

Beer is excellent. Actually, qualifier: good beer is excellent, not the shite people usually drink.

As you can see from the picture (my) Craig does not drink crap beer.

Wychwood also make the excellent Green Goblin cider.