What can you leave in the cupboards over winter (3 season)

[mcdude]

This thread got me to thinking about what may have been left behind when I closed up. What about the ink cartridges in my printer? (First time I've had a printer at the cottage) Will the ink freeze up and make a mess come the Spring thaw?

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by mcdude

This thread got me to thinking about what may have been left behind when I closed up. What about the ink cartridges in my printer? (First time I've had a printer at the cottage) Will the ink freeze up and make a mess come the Spring thaw?

Don’t leave the ink...been there done that! It won’t make a mess but It doesn’t work after freezing.

Dan

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by mcdude

This thread got me to thinking about what may have been left behind when I closed up. What about the ink cartridges in my printer? (First time I've had a printer at the cottage) Will the ink freeze up and make a mess come the Spring thaw?

McDude, my advice is to take the printer home. Depending on the type of printer cartridge, one where the print head is on the cartridge, those can be removed and taken to a warm storage place (home).

Printers where the cartridge is really an ink tank and the ink flows from that to a print head, take the printer home. If you pull the ink tanks, the ink left behind can dry out and block the flow of ink come springtime.

For me, unless it takes three men and a boy to carry the printer, take it home and use it once or twice a month to keep the flow of ink going.

Dave

[mcdude]

Damn.......after I'm all packed up and pulling out of the driveway I always think "Now what did I forget?" (There's always something!) Now I know! Thanks, Guys

[garysanfran]

I take the cartridges out and put a piece of Scotch tape over the ink nozzles, wrap it tight in plastic wrap and it stays good for quite a while.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by mcdude

Damn.......after I'm all packed up and pulling out of the driveway I always think "Now what did I forget?" (There's always something!) Now I know! Thanks, Guys

Two years ago, I forgot Corona glass bottles in a carton in the woods. (There's a back-story). Come spring, all was well (except for the carton).

One year ago, I forgot three Corona glass bottles in the refrigerator. Come spring, all was well—again!

Canned goods are bulletproof. I've exchanged some—fifteen years out of "best" date. The manager didn't even check for dates.

Re-freezing food "depends". A manager from a major food processor (SE Massachusetts) told me, many foods can be repeatedly refrozen: Ice cream is one of the few items that shouldn't be refrozen—even for relatively short periods.

[Descant]

Originally Posted by ApS

Two years ago, I forgot Corona glass bottles in a carton in the woods. (There's a back-story). Come spring, all was well (except for the carton).

One year ago, I forgot three Corona glass bottles in the refrigerator. Come spring, all was well—again!

Canned goods are bulletproof. I've exchanged some—fifteen years out of "best" date. The manager didn't even check for dates.

Re-freezing food "depends". A manager from a major food processor (SE Massachusetts) told me, many foods can be repeatedly refrozen: Ice cream is one of the few items that shouldn't be refrozen—even for relatively short periods.

How could anybody have left over Coroina in the woods? Haven't stored Corona in the woods for over 50 years, and never had left overs.

[TiltonBB]

I leave the house at 45 degrees for the winter. I do put sweets like Equal or sugar in the refrigerator just to be sure they are not an attraction to pests.

I have a cabin on the property that is totally shut down and winterized every year. It has an LCD television. One year when we opened up in the spring the television didn't work. I am not sure if they can freeze. LCD = liquid? Now I put the replacement TV in the heated house to be sure.

[phoenix]

i have a full basement so leave can goods ( as long as expiration dates last until next summer) I have left wine in basement and it was fine. Olive oil i left and it didn't look good. Vinegar was fine.