Freezer Contents

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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).

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