Going freezer diving
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116013)
United States
December 14, 2018 5:47pm CST
I am about to sit down and make a list for tomorrow's trip to the grocery store. I decided to take a look in the freezer to see what I had before I started writing stuff down.
I found a few things that needed to be tossed--old homemade pasta noodles that looked dried out, a freezer-burned piece of fish, green beans from the garden from like 2 years ago that were buried at the bottom. I also found some good stuff: 2 thick pieces of ham that I will use to make a quiche and a bunch of ground turkey that will be used for meatballs or meatloaf. I also have a whole chicken, chicken thighs, 2 NY strip steaks, and mahi mahi filets so I'm pretty much good for the entire week.
I don't need to buy any protein at the store so that will save me money and also help to clear out the freezer. Win-win!
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14 responses
@allknowing (130064)
• India
15 Dec 18
It is always good to check before ordering My maid was defrosting one of the fridges and got a pack of chocolates which I did not know they were there (lol)
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@NJChicaa (116013)
• United States
15 Dec 18
@allknowing In the US only the very rich have them
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@kobesbuddy (74594)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Dec 18
We had frozen tomatoes in our freezer, from two years ago. We made a huge pot of chili, to use 1/2 of them. I'm glad it's finally gone!
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@kobesbuddy (74594)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Dec 18
@NJChicaa I need to dig into the bottom of our freezer, also.
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@NJChicaa (116013)
• United States
15 Dec 18
@kobesbuddy I don't do it often enough obviously
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@snowy22315 (170019)
• United States
15 Dec 18
My issue with the freezer is that I don't know what is mine, and what is roomie's. We are supposed to have separate shelves..which worked well with the previous tenant..but I think our food has gotten intermingled. He never really eats out of it anyway. I bet he doesn't even know what is his.
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@Deepizzaguy (94581)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Dec 18
Excellent story that you have shared on this site.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec 18
Now you have room to fill!
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
15 Dec 18
That sounds like our fridge sometimes. Our freezer gets cleaned out pretty well, especially when we have to reorganize it when a good sale of meat happens. Our fridge ends up getting some interesting "science projects" at times. Thankfully it gets cleaned out almost once a month but sometimes we just forget.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
15 Dec 18
when you toss out means you are going to recook or re heat?
@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Dec 18
That is good news for you. I usually stare into my fridge and my freezer and think that I have nothing to eat even though the food is looking right back at me.
@sallypup (57923)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Dec 18
That's great. Could you cook the freezer burned fish for cats?
@MommyOfEli2013 (82017)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 Dec 18
That's a good idea to look through the freezer before going to the store.
We just got a small freezer for our apartment today, so I can actually buy more protein in the future, and other things.
