I put a fan in the frig to circulate the air then turn the temp up, uh, less
cold, to avoid the freezing up problem.  Works sometimes.

Mike

On 9/20/04 11:57 PM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> I had smoked trout in my van last week - didn't smoke it, of course, just
> bought it and put it in the refrigerator and had a bit of related trash in the
> van for a few hours.
>
> It's warm out, my van has been sitting closed in the sun - when I go in, I
> smell smoked trout, days later.
>
> I can't imagine what it would be like if I'd cooked something smelly in there!
>
> But then, I seem to have a weird van kitchen - I seem to be the only person
> known to vanagonauts who has to worry about defrosting her Domestic
> refrigerator and who regularly has things freeze in there.
>
>
> Joy
>
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> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Eric Spletzer
> :::Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 5:12 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Our kitchen sure gets used...
> :::
> :::I definitely use ours - especially on snowy kirkwood mornings (mmm....
> :::breakfast burritos).
> :::Makes a good hot soup and a warm retreat for lunch that costs fractions
> :::of a ski resort lunch.
> :::
> :::Never noticed any smell - but never boiled lobster in there either.
> :::
> :::-eric
>