This thread brought back memories. Growing up my family had multiple fridges and one freezer.
The first fridge was in the kitchen and was filled with whatever was bought for groceries that would probably get eaten in the upcoming week plus various condiments that would be used with the food.
The second fridge was in the back part of the basement. (When I was a young child my father built a family room in the basement. He basically took the room and divided it in half. The half that included the stairs was carpeted and wood paneled and that was our family room. The other half was pure storage.) It was usually filled with stuff you wouldn’t put in the normal fridge such as film (my father was an amature photographer), home made beer and wines. It was basically the “We have no where else to put it so put it in here” fridge.
The third fridge was the one behind the bar in the family room. It was a small bar fridge that contained soft drinks, wines and beer.
While in my teens my parents spent some money and extended the kitchen, making room for a long desired pantry. In that pantry was extra shelves for canned and packaged foods and a fourth fridge. In this fridge was a combination of the other three. Soft drinks, beer and wine. Candy and frozen treats. Overflow from the first fridge, film and exotic fruit.
This extension of the kitchen also meant an extension to the storage part of the basement. In this extension my father built a “cold room” where he could take everything from fridge number two and keep it cool without adding to the electricity costs, but my father kept the second fridge and, last time I looked, contained nothing more than a few rolls of film.
The freezer contained freezer things. Meat, frozen foods and ice cream treats.
I would like to point out that the tradition of keeping more than one fridge has extended to my two older brothers, both of whome have more than one fridge. My wife and I only have one. We were offered a small bar fridge from my wife’s former place of employment a few weeks ago but turned it down. We have only one fridge and are therefore the black sheep of the family.
