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.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

We have a chest freezer!

For freezing chests? ;-)

I can twist ~anything!~

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

I don't want your chest frozen!

I want your chest warm!

And squishy...

;)

[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?

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

We just got a chest freezer too! woooo!

[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.

[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.

[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. :)

[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.