This afternoon I defrosted our chest freezer, which I probably should
have done about two years ago. Aside from having spent a long time
dealing with frost buildup, another downside of waiting so long turned
out to be that by the time I learned that the drain didn't work
it was already out of warranty.
We mostly use the chest freezer for three things:
Buying things when they happen to be on sale.
Having enough space that we can make large ~quarterly shops when
we have access to a car.
Storing leftovers and other cooked-ahead food.
The main tricky part is not losing track of things in it, since the
closer it gets to full the harder it is to find anything.
While I was reorganizing and refilling it I took inventory. This is
what was in it:
Dairy (60lb):
3.4gal ice cream
19lb butter
6lb cheddar
2.5lb shredded mozzarella
8oz cream cheese
Raw meat (48lb):
15lb stew beef
11lb ground beef
8lb bacon
7lb sweet italian sausage
5.7lb chicken thighs
1pt chicken for soup
Ready to defrost and eat (26lb):
7lb hot dogs
6lb ravioli
5lb chicken nuggets
2.8lb fish sticks
1.8lb frozen pizza
1lb cooked mussels
1lb shredded ham
9oz par-baked bread
9oz hotdog buns
2 salmon patties
Vegan stuff (19lb):
5.3lb tofu
3.5lb vegan cheddar shreds
3pt vegan ice cream
2.6lb vegan sausage
2lb earth balance sticks
18oz vegan ice cream sandwiches
1lb tempe
9oz vegan breakfast sausage
Fruit and veg (16lb):
8lb chopped onions
3lb mango
2.5lb raspberries
2lb peas
12oz spinach
Frozen leftovers (13lb):
2pt vegan pasta sauce
2pt beef stew
2pt vegan beans
2lb beef and onions
2lb BBQ pork
1pt vegan peanut ginger soup
1lb vegan cardamon saffron sauce
1pt unlabeled sauce
Other (12lb):
5.4lb puff pastry
1qt bacon grease
2lb shortening
one pie crust
1pt red cooking wine
8oz almonds
1C stew mushrooms
4oz dried basil
This is for a house with six adults (three omnivores, two vegans, one
vegetarian), and two kids (one of which is kind of vegetarian).
This afternoon I defrosted our chest freezer, which I probably should have done about two years ago. Aside from having spent a long time dealing with frost buildup, another downside of waiting so long turned out to be that by the time I learned that the drain didn't work it was already out of warranty.
We mostly use the chest freezer for three things:
- Buying things when they happen to be on sale.
- Having enough space that we can make large ~quarterly shops when
we have access to a car.
- Storing leftovers and other cooked-ahead food.
The main tricky part is not losing track of things in it, since the closer it gets to full the harder it is to find anything.While I was reorganizing and refilling it I took inventory. This is what was in it:
This is for a house with six adults (three omnivores, two vegans, one vegetarian), and two kids (one of which is kind of vegetarian).
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