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[ksmith]

This has seemed like a very long day. Not complaining, mind. Vacation day Fridays could be three weeks long, as far as I'm concerned.

After the cable guy left, off to shop. To Target for a floor lamp for the living room. Also got a new coffeemaker, a Hamilton Beach Brew Station, the 6-cup model. It holds the coffee in a reservoir instead of dripping it into a carafe--you hold your cup under the spigot and fill it. I never make more than 6 cups at a time, so it's just the right size. And it's much smaller than the 10-cup Cuisinart I had been using, so more counter top space. I'll save the bigger unit for company and whatnot. Also got a few new kitchen gadgets, a new can opener and some tongs.

I love having a deep freeze! I was able to take advantage of some 2 for 1 bread and roll deals because I now have the place to store the extra. Tuna steaks. Kashi thin crust pizza--I love that pizza. I stashed most everything in the deep freeze, then cleaned out the regular freezer. Moved much of the meat and other long term stuff into the new chest. It's only about a third full, but I will have a room if I ever need it.

Leftover pot roast for dinner. Damn, that came out good.

Question--lamb chops frozen for 13 months. Too old?

Comments

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

Lamb chops are probably still ok. If you've had freezer scare, maybe not. Otherwise, worst case scenario would be freezer burn.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

A couple of outages over the year, but none more than 3-4 hours, during which time I did not open the freezer.

[wood-dragon.livejournal.com]

According to the frozen food booklet I have (from the Ontario government, no less), lamb is okay for 6-9 months.

And huzzah for vacation days!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[(Anonymous)]

Yea on the pot roast!!!

I buy beef at side at a time, let's call it 200# cut and wrapped. There are four of us, discounting the fact that teen boys eat more like a horde of people than one. I buy the beef in September because it's more tender then. Most years there is somewhere between 10 and 30# of beef left over when the new cow comes in. I prioritize it to be eaten before the new beef. Sometimes I find round steak (my least favorite) the following March from the previous cow, so 18 months old? Anyhow, I've never had any trouble eating it.

That said, this is wrapped in freezer paper or the vacuum seal plastic, so it doesn't freezer burn like the the cellophane wrapped stuff from the super market.

I've also got some two year old cherries out there, and they taste wonderful in pie.

Adrianne

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I have these blade chops wrapped in plastic wrap, then foil. The ones I had last year, I cut up and used in stew. I would use these the same way.

[(Anonymous)]

They should be fine then.

Adrianne