Yay chest freezer!

[cjsmith]

We have a chest freezer! It fits in the space we measured with just enough room left over to attach the drain hose for manual defrost. YAY FREEZER!

I was amazed at the amount of food I pulled out of the little kitchen freezer. I honestly don't think I could have packed it all back in where it came from. Packing things into a space that's that full is kind of like annealing: it's an iterative process, and density improves gradually over time. Once I'd destroyed it there was no going back.

So the chest freezer now holds a bunch of random meat, a big pile of pre-made meatballs that were honestly a mistake to buy but I *will* eat them gradually over time, anything I had frozen that has starches or sugars in it, and -- because I could! -- all my good baking flours. The verboten stuff went on the bottom, and if any of it lasts long enough that I can use it some day, great. The freezer in the kitchen mostly holds stuff I'll use more quickly, like chopped veggies and single servings of things I've made. Also the ice packs. I'm not sure about deep freeze for ice packs.

And the chest freezer isn't even half full. Just wait until I go grocery shopping this weekend (any meats on deep discount??) and do the cooking (as much as I like, until my energy gives out). *mad cackle*

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

We've had a chest freezer since 1999. Best purchase we ever made.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

As much as I've wanted one before, purely for the convenience factor, it didn't make nearly as much sense when I didn't cook often. (I could have taken advantage of big sales on frozen meals, though!) But now it's going to be invaluable.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

We have a chest freezer!

For freezing chests? ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Of both chicken and turkey. I didn't want to use the more explicit word, you see. ;-)

I can twist ~anything!~

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

I don't want your chest frozen!

I want your chest warm!

And squishy...

;)

Re: I can twist ~anything!~

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, think positive: for months and months there will be no freezer burn!

[ken_r]

We have a chest freezer!

My first thought was also not of a large appliance for storing food.

"Why would she want to freeze 'em?"

I suppose keeping them cool might be nice on a hot summer day (and maybe not just for you), but frozen?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

[maniacal voice] They keep longer and cook up better that way. Heh heh heh heh.

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

We just got a chest freezer too! woooo!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

This is going to be AWESOME.

[genuine-snark.livejournal.com]

Confucius say chest freezer for those who want to nipple and dine themselves.

Chest freezer

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

To continue on the theme with others:

There just has to be a Mr. Freeze/Gropinator joke around here somewhere --
but it's just out of my reach.

Re: Chest freezer

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The drain hose is the awkward bit.

[apparentparadox]

Definitely save the stuff that you can't eat now. The additional thermal mass will help the freezer run better, and if there is an earthquake, you can trade that food to your neighbors for stuff.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thermal mass was my first thought. If the food doesn't last as long as my Lyme treatment, oh well; it's still worth putting it in there.

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I am jealous. I want a chest freezer and keep putting off the purchase!

Also, I am weirdly disappointed that everybody else read something naughty into this and I did not. Darn it, I hope I'm not maturing. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It is what they're commonly called. Deep freezer seems to be a distant second. And there is nothing wrong with being emotionally a little past seventh grade :-) as long as you still have fun!

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but all the other boys got to think about breasts and I didn't get to! That hardly seems right. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, you didn't make that leap even after reading the comments? OK, yeah, that's a problem. ;-) ;-)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Well, alright, fine, I'm thinking of breasts right this second. But that's not the point. Nor is it something I normally announce to a woman. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

See, there you go: having fun, but past seventh grade. :)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

It's all about the delayed gratification!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

i didn't either, which is deeply unusual :) i guess i'm more of a food geek than a perv!

[butterfly-smile.livejournal.com]

they are awesome. we just upgrades to a upright. i was to afriad that i would fall in trying to get the stuff from the bottom because ours is always full. you will have so much fun.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

They are pretty deep! It's awkward for me because I'm short. But just having the extra space will be so worth it!