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.
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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