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Article snippet: Thanksgiving is just over a week away, so the time has come to prepare. And what would Thanksgiving prep be without finally cleaning out the fridge? Not so coincidentally, Nov. 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. Unlike other “national days,” which can often lean toward the gimmicky (National Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day, anyone?), this one is rooted in practicality: It falls within a couple of weeks of Thanksgiving in America by design. The holidays tend to make special demands of our refrigerators: Extra groceries, meals that require multiday preparation, leftovers that take up room — all alongside the everyday jugs of milk and cartons of eggs. All of that can make a time- and sanity-saver of deep cleaning your refrigerator before the shopping and cooking begin in earnest. Of course, this deep-clean needn’t take place on Nov. 15, especially if you’re not on the hook for hosting a holiday gathering. No matter when, exactly, you undertake a this chore, here is the right way to get it done. Cleaning out the refrigerator, while a sloggy, smelly, often grotty task, doesn’t require a whole lot by way of specialty products. You should, however, gather a few items that will help to streamline the process and, hopefully, cut down on the ick-factor of disposing of so many long since forgotten foodstuffs. Here are some of the things you might need for your clean-out: • Trash bags • Rubber or disposable gloves • A cooler • Cleaning solutio... Link to the full article to read more