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Post by bronte73 on Jan 8, 2015 19:02:24 GMT -5
I've come to the conclusion I should never go to the store again!!! :thud: Why did I not take an inventory a long time ago??? So many times I look in my cupboards and think there is nothing to eat - SO not true! My list is going to be pretty small this week, based on what we have already. And I'm not even done yet!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2015 19:03:18 GMT -5
Isn't that the best feeling???!!!
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Post by countrygrl112 on Jan 8, 2015 19:04:51 GMT -5
I did a blog post about that a couple months ago. I didn't update my freezer one last month with the chaos. I need to start fresh.
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Post by cshoremom on Jan 8, 2015 19:36:11 GMT -5
That is on my list for tomorrow!!!
Helps immensely with meal planning ( which I am vowing to restart!)
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Post by Elliefunt - Debbie on Jan 8, 2015 21:05:09 GMT -5
I need to do this too.
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Post by bronte73 on Jan 8, 2015 21:41:46 GMT -5
Besides dairy, fresh fruit/vegs, and a few things, basically we have food until the end of the month! I'm very excited about how this will positively affect our budget! Hot dog!!!
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Post by Laney on Jan 8, 2015 23:14:02 GMT -5
I need to do a really good inventory. I spent way too much at the store the other day (way, way too much). I've got my freezer swap group coming up and that'll be another high week so I need to cut the rest of the month (and make room in the fridge's freezer).
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Post by Kelly on Jan 9, 2015 1:01:11 GMT -5
That is great!!!!! I have a good winter stockpile,too!
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Post by lambs on Jan 9, 2015 8:20:55 GMT -5
Hot dog!! That made me giggle. lol
I should probably do this. I'm so overrun with meat in the freezer that I'm annoyed. How awful does that sound. My daughter got a moose (636 lbs left us with a LOT of meat), my son got a deer and we also had our pig done (can't say we slaughtered him, lol). I open my freezer and panic... I don't even know what half of that meet IS, much less how to cook it. I'm SO spoiled. Sigh...
We have given some away (and continue to), but yeah... I need to figure out what to do with it.
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Post by mamamunchkin on Jan 9, 2015 9:22:52 GMT -5
Hot dog!! That made me giggle. lol
I should probably do this. I'm so overrun with meat in the freezer that I'm annoyed. How awful does that sound. My daughter got a moose (636 lbs left us with a LOT of meat), my son got a deer and we also had our pig done (can't say we slaughtered him, lol). I open my freezer and panic... I don't even know what half of that meet IS, much less how to cook it. I'm SO spoiled. Sigh...
We have given some away (and continue to), but yeah... I need to figure out what to do with it.
If you ever want to brainstorm about what to do with certain meat... I'd love to chat. There are many days a friend of mine will tell me what her protein is and then we figure out something to make with it. I'm such a food geek. I love doing that.
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Post by bronte73 on Jan 9, 2015 9:37:44 GMT -5
Hot dog!! That made me giggle. lol
I should probably do this. I'm so overrun with meat in the freezer that I'm annoyed. How awful does that sound. My daughter got a moose (636 lbs left us with a LOT of meat), my son got a deer and we also had our pig done (can't say we slaughtered him, lol). I open my freezer and panic... I don't even know what half of that meet IS, much less how to cook it. I'm SO spoiled. Sigh...
We have given some away (and continue to), but yeah... I need to figure out what to do with it.
Don't feel badly. A friend of mine gave me ground venison and it is still sitting in my freezer. I never grew up with hunters at all and I'm sort of puzzled as to what to do with it. I'm thinking i might make it into a meatloaf??? To top it off, my dh is slightly grossed out by "game" meat. He grew up in the country so I don't know what HIS excuse is! :giggle:
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Post by lambs on Jan 9, 2015 10:34:11 GMT -5
Hot dog!! That made me giggle. lol
I should probably do this. I'm so overrun with meat in the freezer that I'm annoyed. How awful does that sound. My daughter got a moose (636 lbs left us with a LOT of meat), my son got a deer and we also had our pig done (can't say we slaughtered him, lol). I open my freezer and panic... I don't even know what half of that meet IS, much less how to cook it. I'm SO spoiled. Sigh...
We have given some away (and continue to), but yeah... I need to figure out what to do with it.
Don't feel badly. A friend of mine gave me ground venison and it is still sitting in my freezer. I never grew up with hunters at all and I'm sort of puzzled as to what to do with it. I'm thinking i might make it into a meatloaf??? To top it off, my dh is slightly grossed out by "game" meat. He grew up in the country so I don't know what HIS excuse is! :giggle: I can find things for the ground meat... I make chili with it, shepherd's pie, tacos, spaghetti... the time I made meatloaf tho, I didn't prefer it. I didn't like the texture. Because venison is so lean, it doesn't typically stay 'together' so something has to be added (fat). I use bacon fat usually... for burgers and such... (I know, that defeats the purpose of lean mean... but you only need a bit and it's only for burgers, which we rarely have). I used bread crumbs and egg to make it hold in the meatloaf and it was just not a good texture, imho.
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Post by lambs on Jan 9, 2015 10:35:51 GMT -5
Hot dog!! That made me giggle. lol
I should probably do this. I'm so overrun with meat in the freezer that I'm annoyed. How awful does that sound. My daughter got a moose (636 lbs left us with a LOT of meat), my son got a deer and we also had our pig done (can't say we slaughtered him, lol). I open my freezer and panic... I don't even know what half of that meet IS, much less how to cook it. I'm SO spoiled. Sigh...
We have given some away (and continue to), but yeah... I need to figure out what to do with it.
If you ever want to brainstorm about what to do with certain meat... I'd love to chat. There are many days a friend of mine will tell me what her protein is and then we figure out something to make with it. I'm such a food geek. I love doing that. Well, I might just do that. I have a local friend who is like you and I was visiting there yesterday. Both she and her equally food geekish husband were telling me how to do the meat... they used words like sear and coat and braise and broil tho... those scare me. I'd rather throw it in a crock pot and let that do the work. While I usually LOVE to cook and try new things, I'm so afraid of ruining all this meat.
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Post by Elliefunt - Debbie on Jan 9, 2015 10:54:05 GMT -5
What is moose like? Closer to beef or venison?
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Post by mamamunchkin on Jan 9, 2015 13:40:00 GMT -5
If you ever want to brainstorm about what to do with certain meat... I'd love to chat. There are many days a friend of mine will tell me what her protein is and then we figure out something to make with it. I'm such a food geek. I love doing that. Well, I might just do that. I have a local friend who is like you and I was visiting there yesterday. Both she and her equally food geekish husband were telling me how to do the meat... they used words like sear and coat and braise and broil tho... those scare me. I'd rather throw it in a crock pot and let that do the work. While I usually LOVE to cook and try new things, I'm so afraid of ruining all this meat. Those are just big words that mean put it in a pan... Rub stuff on it and cook it in liquid (like in the crockpot!). Lol. I'm around. Fb is easiest because I'm on messanger but let me know if you decide you need someone to bounce ideas with.
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