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*

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[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.