I was today years old when I learned the secret to keeping your ice cream from getting freezer burn is keeping it upside down in the freezer. I KNOW.

Here’s why it works: When you refreeze things, the warm air that’s gotten in sucks out some of the moisture. So the ice cream dries out a little bit, and the moisture that’s pulled from it turns into ice crystals at the top. When the ice cream on top gets REALLY melted, it can also drip down and melt the colder stuff at the bottom which makes it even worse. But storing it upside down is the witchcraft we need to stop that from happening. It apparently works so well Ben & Jerry’s even has it on their website.

I’d say I’m trying this immediately, but let’s be real – ice cream’s not lasting in my house long enough for freezer burn to be a problem.

— Jenn