Food placed outdoors in winter should keep food cold.

[orikamii]

I tried doing this the other day, I have a popsicle fridge outside my house and placed food in it during winter (below 0) in order to keep my food fresh longer. This made sense to me but it turns out this doesn't work.

 

I'm suggesting a few things:

• Placing food either in containers or on the floor outdoors during the winter should keep food cold or at the very least freeze it depending on the weather.
• We should be able to create cold storages by digging with a shovel. This wouldn't be as good as a functioning fridge, but can maybe act as a middle ground.
• Placing food outdoors during the summer (high temperatures) would increase the spoil rate of perishable foods.
• Food placed outdoors, not in containers have a chance to be spoiled by rain or animals (suggested by Zork)

Edited December 27, 2020 by orikamii

[Zork]

Adding to this, food placed on the ground outside should also incur a risk of being eaten by animals or ruined by rain.

Yes, root cellars would be neat.

[orikamii]

58 minutes ago, Zork said:

Adding to this, food placed on the ground outside should also incur a risk of being eaten by animals or ruined by rain.

Mmmm soggy potato

[numbersixthecat]

I actually do this on my north-facing terrace when it's winter and my fridge is full (northern Italy). It works for about 4 or 5 months depending on weather.

[BulgarianCarThief]

i used to do that in my student years when i was living in a crappy dormitory without a fridge lol. It's useful actually but the food still goes rot in about a week. It can function as a middle ground as you say when you live in the wilderness and can't support a genny 

 

[TrailerParkThor]

Bump because this is a great idea, especially with the new 3D items!

[Natoriumu]

Good idea, want to see this in the game.

[Snuggler]

agree. +1 

maybe a box or a bag to keep animals/rain out. 

[Papa Juliet Whiskey]

I do this currently, as I managed to murder my fridge a month ago, and it's hard to find one small enough to get into my place, but can't seem to find the part for the ancient device that is small enough to fit.

[CaptKaspar]

Keeping items in an insulated container would also help offset any temperature fluctuations during the day. 

[HEL City Survivor]

Craftable "ice box"? Ie. a container built for cooling with a block of ice. Ice would need to be replenished (turns into tainted water). Ice would be acquired from frozen bodies of water or produced in powered freezing units.

[Papa Juliet Whiskey]

3 hours ago, HEL City Survivor said:

Craftable "ice box"? Ie. a container built for cooling with a block of ice. Ice would need to be replenished (turns into tainted water). Ice would be acquired from frozen bodies of water or produced in powered freezing units.

Should be able to make ice in the winter also, but this goes back to the outdoor ambient temperature not having an effect on food at this time.

 

Pot of water in a freezer or outside when the weather is right.

[getstoopid]

that would be great, second!