What is the middle drawer in a fridge for?

Its like a deli drawer. You can vary the temperature somewhat, depending on what you put in it — cheese, cold drinks, a ready-made pizza, party platter, etc.

What is the small drawer in the fridge called?

Crisper drawers
Crisper drawers are bins that offer a more humid environment than the rest of the refrigerator interior. Most are adjustable between high and low through a sliding humidity control setting that opens or closes a small vent in the drawer.

What do you put in a fridge deli drawer?

Deli meats belong in the shallow meat drawer, which is slightly colder than the rest of the fridge, or (if there’s no such drawer) on the bottom shelf. Butter and soft cheeses don’t need to be super cold, so they can live in the dairy compartment on the door (the warmest part of the fridge).

What food goes where in a fridge?

How to Store Food in a Fridge:

• Top and middle shelf. Ready-to-eat foods, such as dairy products, ready meals and packaged foods, leftovers, cooked meats and prepared salads.
• Bottom shelf. Raw meat, poultry and fish in sealed containers to stop them touching or dripping onto other foods.
• Salad drawer.

What’s the coldest part of a fridge?

bottom
The back. The biggest source of heat in a fridge is the warm air that rushes in every time you open the door. Cold air sinks, so it collects at the bottom and, in a fridge freezer, the bottom shelves will be coldest.

What is a refrigerator crisper drawer?

A crisper drawer set to low-humidity (sometimes labeled the “fruit” setting) lets out some of the ethylene gases that lead to faster rotting, thereby keeping these fruits and vegetables fresher, longer.

What do you line fridge drawers with?

Yes–line your fridge drawers with a dish towel. Once a week or so, investigate your drawers for reject vegetables and give the towel a shake.

What goes on what shelf in the fridge?

The top shelf of your fridge should be reserved for foods that have already been cooked, or don’t need cooking, as it’s the second warmest part of the fridge, after the door shelves. Cooked meats, dinner leftovers, snacks etc are best kept on the top shelf.

How do you load food in a refrigerator?

Ready-to-eat foods are stored at the top of the fridge, away from raw foods so that harmful bacteria cannot transfer from the raw food to the cooked food. Raw meat, poultry and fish in sealed containers to stop them touching or dripping onto other foods.

Where should Dairy be stored in the fridge?

middle shelf
The middle shelf – or shelves if you have a nice big fridge – are where you should be keeping your dairy products. So milk, cheese, yoghurts, butter and other dairy treats like that. It’s important to only store your raw meat and fish on the bottom shelf of your fridge.