Oh, boy. As I was starting to shake off the cobwebs this morning, I heard my better half make a sound of dread from across the apartment -- looks like something knocked the door to our upright freezer ajar, probably late last night.
It's not a total loss, but a whole lot got pitched. To be fair, some of it had been in there far too long.
Two freezer thermometers with audible alarms have been ordered to prevent future occurrences.
Trying to figure out now what to do with a lot of stuff that was still partially frozen and thus still salvageable -- as well as making room in the fridge for the resulting creations. Mostly meat -- a big pork shoulder roast, some locally raised beef stew meat, a little thing of lamb stew, a bit of pork belly, and a few steak cuts, plus two packages of sausages.
Also managed to save some (formerly) frozen fruit and some tomatoes I roasted and froze from the farm last year.
Thinking I can make some big batches of things — stew, chile, etc — and then refreeze in portions. Inspiration very welcome...
