Freezer:
1 pound bacon
1 quart vegetable soup
1 quart lamb, rosemary, potato soup
4 hamburger patties
Canned:
1/2 pint squash pickles
1 pint plum sauce
Put 'em up:
Freezer:4 quarts peaches
4 pints peaches
2 lbs. cherries
5 lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs
6.5 lb. ground beef
2 lb. pork tenderloin
1 quart green beans
6 quarts sliced squash
2 quarts cubed squash for casseroles
5 gallon bags of individually frozen ears of corn
2 quarts corn for fried corn
8 1/2 quarts lady peas
2 quarts individually frozen green tomato slices
2 quarts tomatoes
1 pint tomatoes
2 pints chopped peppers
4 pints sliced peppers
4 parboiled whole peppers for stuffing
Canned:
1 quart pepper sauce
4 1/2 pints corn cob jelly
And yes, frost and all, this is my actual stuffed and very messy freezer. Organization here is an ongoing and mostly losing battle. I should have defrosted the freezer prior to starting my summer food storage, but I ran out of time, energy or interest. Now it will be next spring before I get around to it, but hopefully it will house much less food than it does right now and be a quicker task.
Starting this month I will include my pantry purchases and uses (maybe, if I remember to actually keep up with it, but I will only count form today forward. Anything I bought these first few days are history and I am not going to even try and include tham.
what kind of freezer do you have? we only have the top of the frig!
ReplyDeleteI have a medium size upright freezer. I formerly had a chest type, but we now have a laundry room on the main level an d had room for an upright so I sold the old one and bought this one. I really do love it.
DeleteColour me impressed at your industry. We have a chest freezer and getting to the bottom is shall we say a challenge. When it goes to god I want an upright.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had the chest freezer, I had everything stored in plastic bins so I could at least grab the ones on the bottom and pull it up rather than have to just about fall over trying to get a bag of anything.
DeleteI have a friend whose freezer was always full. That was until they had a power outage for a few days and she lost everything. Now she only cans. I don't know if I could go back to just canning. Good luck with using them up.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago we had a week long power outage following a hurricane. After cooking like a fiend and inviting everyone and their brother for food I went out and bought a generator. We have not lost power since. Coincidence?
DeleteI never had a second freezer-just my side on as part of fridge.Probably silly but can't use garage and no place in house. Quite an impressive haul.
ReplyDeleteWe really do like eating summer vegetables all year round, and like the stuff we freeze much better than the things Birdseye sells. I love having the additional freezer space.
DeleteYou are doing so good. I'm just trying to find time to cook. And my cooking is nothing to write home about. But the good news is there is a beer and bacon deal going again so we are loaded!
ReplyDeleteBeer and bacon have all the ingredients for a nice night, or morning I suppose!
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