Spent most of yesterday cleaning out our two freezers. I think Someone’s been hearing my grumblings about eating elk for every meal, because in the last two weeks we’ve been given ground beef (yep real beef, not ground venison or elk) and various cuts of pork from other people’s freezer cleanouts. And this last round we had no place in the freezer to put it, so I figured it was time to clean out the real old stuff from the freezers and figure out why we couldn’t fit even a jug of ice cream in. It was a cold day, but got it done, and here’s the one freezer.
What is that??? A shelf with nothing on it??? Unbelievable! We are cooking up very old elk/moose/buffalo/deer/antelope meat and sausage that is crazy freezer burnt for the dog a little at a time, so I actually had to put some of the old stuff back in on that bottom shelf. Defrosting packs of jerky cut meat plus some old roasts to be cut into jerky, so that will get done in the next day or two.
Now, the Ode to My Foodsaver (and last night’s dinner):
Foodsaver, Foodsaver, You amazing machine.
You made edible 7 year old beans of green.
8 year old elk steaks were delicious too,
Not all freezer burnt and covered with frosty goo.
And the 2 year old peach pie filling was also yummy–
Quickly devoured into every child’s tummy.
Thanks for the food found at the freezer’s back
That we could still eat thanks to how well you pack.
Okay, cheesy, I know, but the food packed with my Foodsaver kept way better than the food packed by the butcher in the white paper. Just my observations . . .
Now, it’s a beautiful day here so I’m going outside to do some yardwork! Have a great weekend! :)
Keep preparing! Angela
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Wow, our freezer is currently empty, and is pretty much always empty! And I love your ode, it is actually really good. Hey, what are you up to Monday morning? I have to take my older two to the dentist and would rather not take the younger two, if you know what I mean.
I LOVE MY FOODSAVER! Your Ode to the Foodsaver is perfect, you should send it to them, maybe they’ll pay you for it :D
I’m with Jeannetta – I bet they’d get a kick out of that!
Could be a great commercial…. a family cleaning out the freezer and Mom reciting the Ode to the Foodsaver while the kids are gobbling down a peach pie. ;-)
I love my Foodsaver too! I particularly like it for sealing food in jars for the pantry. I have 4 year old brown sugar that is as perfect as the day I sealed it.:)
Joyce
I understand your ode. I, too, own a foodsaver, and I adore it. It enables me to shop at Costco for meat and not worry about it freezerburning.
We love the food saver also. Wifey gets those big pork loins and we cut them into manageable (there is just 2 of us)chunks then food saver them. Do the same with ground turkey.
Just completed this task yesterday, so this really hit home. I do rotate my stock, so there was really only re-organizing and re-stocking to do. I used a roll and a half of Food Sealer bags by the time I finished portioning the new meats. What I wanted to suggest to you was that you could un-wrap the things in butcher paper and vacuum seal the frozen meats. I make casseroles to cook at a later time and line the dish with waxed paper then lift the frozen meal out and vacuum seal. Works like a charm. Return to the dish, sans waxed paper and vacuum bag, then thaw.