According to the announcement over the intercom at work this morning, today is "National Clean Out the Refrigerator Day." Quite honestly, I would be frightened to look into the refrigerator of someone who only cleaned it out on a yearly basis! Nevertheless it is a good reminder to focus on an appliance we might not usually give a whole lot of thought to.
I generally try to do a general perusal of all food products in the refrigerator once a week on trash day in order to remove any budding science experiments, expired foods, etc. I find that this keeps the "ick" factor to a minimum. As far as actually scrubbing down the refrigerator, I admit I don't do that as often – perhaps every few months or so. I really should do that more often.
If you haven't paid much attention to cleaning your refrigerator lately, let today provide the incentive you need. It will be one more thing you can cross off of your to-do list.
Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur
http://spiritualwomanthoughts.blogspot.com
