Shelby

So the bottom of the cup would stick out of the hole underneath? (why am I getting myself involved in this 🤣)

LOL me too! Ronnie is out tinkering with the broken freezer.....wouldn't it be fun for that one to start working again and then we'd have TWO. However, we have no space for two..... I suppose we could put one in the bedroom.... Then again, how can you ever trust a freezer again after it's betrayed you like mine did?

I'm definitely going to move some of it out to the new one.....for sure that top shelf needs to be reduced because of the dang ice that builds up in there. But I'm not moving all of it!

A forced purge happened yesterday. I went out out night before last to get some venison burger out of the chest freezer in the garage so I could make a lasagna yesterday. I had a perplexing moment when I saw that the chicken quarters that I had repackaged and put in there a few days ago were not all the way frozen. Everything else still hard as a rock, though...and since it was already like 6:30 pm I decided to put something heavy on top of the freezer and check it early in the morning. Maybe the seal on the freezer hadn't sealed for some reason? I crossed my fingers and woke up a million times all night long wanting to go check it, but I refrained until 6:15 the next morning. Chicken was even more thawed out. Oh crap. And, Ronnie was out of town. So, I did what had to be done. We have a stand up freezer in the basement that I cleaned out first----it gets ice that builds up on the ceiling and the next two shelves. So, I used my heat gun to thaw that out...took like 2 1/2 hours. I got rid of several older than dirt containers of goodness knows what. And, a bag of popsicles was sacrificed and so were several containers of broth. I came to realize yesterday that I am a broth hoarder. Anyway, I can't tell you how many trips from the basement, up sixteen stairs, through the kitchen and out to the garage and back that I made carrying as much frozen stuff as I could in a laundry basket. I started at about 6:30 in the morning and didn't get done until about 3 that afternoon. Today I feel like I've been run over by a semi I'm so sore. I can't believe I was able to fit all of the chest freezer into the upright. We didn't lose any meat to spoilage or anything. Thankfully. I'm so glad I decided to make lasagna otherwise I would have never known that the great thaw was happening. Here is the aftermath and the newly packed and organized downstairs freezer: And, by the way, after all of that, the lasagna did not get made lol. I'm off to buy a new freezer!

Had to google Arrack. Does it taste like coconut?

Just a note: I made sushi last night and used one of the frozen halves of avocado that have been in my freezer for like a month now. A tiny bit more mushy than fresh, but still very much able to cut into slices.

Been having a huge sushi craving. So, I made some last night. Salmon, crispy salmon skin and avocado. For those that have been reading the avocado cook off thread, the avocado I used was from the freezer. It was great! A tiny bit more mushy than fresh, but still very much able to cut it into wedges. I don't know if crispy salmon skin in sushi is a thing, but I love fish skin. Took the skin off the salmon while it was still a bit frozen, threw it in a hot skillet with some butter, then cut into strips.

Just took a walk around the gardens. Asparagus is up! Be ready to eat in a few days. I can't wait. Also up are some potatoes and many many onions.

Here in Kansas, they are so expensive that I'll scrape the mold off, throw in some green food coloring and call it guacamole.

Smitten Kitchen's oatmeal raisin cookies

Always love seeing your adventures and food. LOVE the stick place. I think that would be a fun experience.

Not true! Anything tater is always good Found yet another package of doves in the freezer so Ronnie grilled them last night

I LOVE that blue rimmed glass ware. I have a couple of wine glasses that I love. I'd have a hard time passing on some of that stuff Was there sauce under the chiles rellenos?

Was hungry for potatoes after seeing @Kim Shook's so scalloped taters to go with breakfast for dinner

Well, lol, that's a bit .....weird.

No knead bread and oxtail ragu over egg noodles last night

@Norm Matthews is that rice up there on top? I'll look at your blog for the recipe for the chicken

Oh, I have....if I'm feeling un-lazy. I do it in cast iron on top of the stove.

I usually use canned pho broth that I get at the Asian market--dump one of those in the IP, place the belly, fat side up and do it on high for 45 mins. Easy peasy Also, I forgot to add rice to my list. Which would make it a list of 11. I'm a rule-breaker.

Hmmmmm.....my most often would be: Hard boiled eggs, beans, green beans and potatoes, ribs, chicken gizzards, broth, cottage cheese (a new most often), cheesecake and pork belly.

WOW!

Beautiful cup and saucer. I love things like this.

I swear I don't count my fries 🤣 I must have a loading capacity of 6 fry hands.

Venison burgers last night

It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg permission? 😶