Out of propane on Christmas eve
@shaggin (71662)
United States
December 24, 2023 12:58pm CST
I had plans to make peanut blossoms, jelly cookies and old fashioned date balls today but we ran out of propane at breakfast.
My husband had to drive ten miles to get a new tiny propane tank to hook up the camping grill inside. The tank he had was over 10 years old so he had to drive 10 miles to another gas station to exchange it since our gas station wouldnt fill it.
I can still make the Christmas pretzels I planned to make since those I can do in the toaster oven.
Thank goodness I didn’t plan to do Christmas at my house this year. We are going to my sister in laws house at 3pm on Christmas and doing finger foods.
I was going to make Bacon wrapped date balls I think I can do them in the toaster oven as well. I’m not sure if my husband will be able to make the soup he planned or not. I think part of it has to be baked.
The photo is a beautiful Christmas decoration my husband bought when he bought our Christmas tree. I’ve been waiting to think of a discussion to use this photo.
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I guess that makes sense then
@BearArtistLady (5382)
• United States
24 Dec
Gee, I wish I had known that you were going to run out of propane. I was using the electric cart at Wal Mart the beginning of the month and wiped out their entire display of portable propane tanks. There were sales associates from all over the store chasing them down. I, of course, high tailed it away from the site but turned off so I could watch the fun. They were busy for quite awhile. Of course they didn't use anything to stabilize the stacks of tanks so it was easy to topple them. When I went there on Thursday they had stabilizer boards between the stacks so they wouldn't topple so easily. I saw a couple of tanks under some display shelf units, so they didn't get them all
, at least I did a good job of destroying the display.
Hope you have a great Christmas even though you might not get to do all the great sounding goodies you mentioned.
, at least I did a good job of destroying the display.
Hope you have a great Christmas even though you might not get to do all the great sounding goodies you mentioned.3 people like this
@shaggin (71662)
• United States
24 Dec
@Bearartistlady I won’t get to make all the goodies I wanted for Christmas but I have all the ingredients so u can always make them another time when we have propane again.
How embarrassing that must have been when all that fell. Sounds like they have smartened up a little to make the area more stable. I bet it happened more than once.
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@BarBaraPrz (45511)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Dec
How are you heating the house? Be careful using the camp grill indoors. Merry Christmas.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
25 Dec
@BarbaraPrz the house is heated by fuel oil only our oven/stove uses propane.
The regulator on the camp grill was leaking so we wound up not being able to use that either. My husband made venison burgers on the barbecue grill outside.
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@BarBaraPrz (45511)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Dec
@shaggin At least you won't freeze or starve. Merry Christmas.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
24 Dec
Bazon and dates seem quite an odd combination.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@allknowing I didn’t try them but my husband loved them.
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@RasmaSandra (73505)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Dec
That is a lovely Christmas decoration, Best of luck to you making everything, Have a very Merry Christmass with your family,
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@RasmaSandra I made the chocolate pretzels in my toaster oven. The bacon wrapped dates with goat cheese and rosemary we prepared then my cooked them in my sister in laws oven. My husband loved them.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@sallypup it definitely could have been worse. We managed to have a nice time anyway. My husband told me I held it tougher well not having a stove or oven and he thought I would have a meltdown but I didn’t. I told him I was more worried he was going to be angry with me. He said finding out on a big holiday there’s no propane wasn’t fun but we’ll get through it or something like that.
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@snowy22315 (170128)
• United States
24 Dec
Oh gee, well at least you have a back up. Very pretty decoration
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
24 Dec
@snowy22315 absolutely I’m very lucky to have other things I can cook on. I’m also lucky the gas station my husband went to was open so he could exchange the tank. Nothing will be open Monday or Tuesday here.
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
24 Dec
So wait..you use propane for an oven, am I understanding you right?
Oh no that the gas station wouldn't fill it..why not?
Merry Christmas to you all there then.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@RebeccasFarm yes our stove/oven uses propane and we are out of it. There’s no gauge on the tank and I swear it hasn’t been as long as usual since I last had a fill. I will try calling tomorrow to get put on the list for a delivery.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
24 Dec
@Juliaacv after this he can refill it in town and not have to drive the 10 miles. I’ll call Tuesday and see when we can get a refill from the propane company delivered. Probably not for a week or more so I am thankful to have the camping grill to cook on.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
25 Dec
@wolfgirl569 the camping grill had a leak so it can’t be used. He put his barbecue grill on the porch but I told him I don’t want to stand out in the cold and cook not to mention my two year old would want to go out too and would run off. I told him I’ll ve eating lots of cereal and peanut butter and jelly this week but that’s pretty much what I eat most the time anyway. I’m too exhausted to make myself food after making food for them. We all eat so differently with me being a vegetarian.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@DianneN I called today and the place we get delivery of propane isn’t open today 
. Hopefully when I call tomorrow they will deliver within a week. New Year’s Eve and new years coming up I’m thinking it isn’t very likely. Thankfully we have a toaster oven, a microwave and my husbands bbq grill outside.
. Hopefully when I call tomorrow they will deliver within a week. New Year’s Eve and new years coming up I’m thinking it isn’t very likely. Thankfully we have a toaster oven, a microwave and my husbands bbq grill outside.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
25 Dec
That's a lovely ornament. I'm sorry you had so many cooking difficulties. Hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@Lindaohio it could be worse I’m glad we have a toaster oven to cook on and my husbands bbq grill outside for him to use. We also have a microwave so we will not go hungry even if I can’t make our usual meals we will be fine.
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
27 Dec
@shaggin I'm glad to hear that you were able to manage making a meal.
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@arunima25 (85389)
• Bangalore, India
25 Dec
That's a pretty neat decoration piece with that cute little birdie. I just love it 
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Have a nice festival at your sister's place. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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Have a nice festival at your sister's place. Merry Christmas to you and your family.1 person likes this
@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@arunima25 Christmas is over and I’ll be sad to have to throw this pretty decoration out. Thankfully most of it is natural so I can put it outside to decompose. We had a nice Christmas I will write about later.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
26 Dec
@arunima25 no there’s mold on the one side of the wood and the pine needles will dry out all all fall off soon.
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@arunima25 (85389)
• Bangalore, India
26 Dec
@shaggin Oh! I will have no heart to throw away such beautiful decoration. Can't you keep it safe for next year? I do that for all my Christmas tree decorations. I keep them nicely packed in a box. They come out every year.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
25 Dec
@Ladyduck the camping stove had a leak so we couldn’t use it. I did make the pretzels in the toaster oven. I’m going to make the bacon wrapped dates then my husband will cook them in his grill outside. He thinks that will work better than in the toaster oven.
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