On Jul 2, 3:17*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:

> LOL! *Maybe the ones who were all hot and bothered about it learned
> there really is a cut called that in some parts of the country.
>
> Meantime, just cleaned my chest freezer a bit. *I haven't ground up
> food for the dogs in a bit and need to get more. In there was an
> improperly stored (now freezer burned) packet of this. *The dogs will
> love it! *They can't seem to taste freezer burn so as long as it hasn't
> been left out to go bad, is fine 'raw feeding' material.
>
> It's defrosting along with some stray chicken bits and other oddiments
> we aren't really sure of (grin). *Next you will see Sheldon go 'ape' on
> why chest freezers are bad. *In fact, he's wrong if you have dogs and a
> good quality grinder.
>
> As I typoed to you, Don found the last pack of 10lbs chicken necks for
> the grinder. *We buy them and other parts in 20-40lb bulk cases (bagged
> 10lbs each inside) for 39-69 cents a lb. *Human food grade all of it.
> It goes in the tasin grinder, bone and all for the dogs. *Blue
> Wilderness kibble is paired with this or some canned grain-free if we
> havent ground up any in a bit. *I'll admit, grinding my own is a heck
> of a lot cheaper than grain-free canned dog food. *Both of my dogs
> *and* my cat have grain issues though Daisy-chan (cat) isn't *too* bad
> about it.


My entire adult life I've lived in furnished apartments. I have no
idea what it's like to own a freezer. I mean a full freezer, not the
type that sits atop a fridge. When I moved into this place 16 years
ago, they had a fridge like all the others I'd ever seen, the type
with the little metal freezer in the actual fridge, not a separate
compartment. It worked ok, but not on ice cream. I could not keep
ice cream bars and so forth hard. Never was able to do that with the
old fashioned freezer in the fridge thing.

But get this. One day about 12 years ago I had a little extra cash
and decided I was sick of it. So I looked in the newspaper for used
fridges. I found one and called the guy. I went by in the cab one
night and checked it out. It looked kind of big. I should have used
a tape measure, but I'm not a tape measure guy. So I said ok, I'll
buy it. But how are you going to get it to me?

The guy said he and his buddy would bring it in a pickup. They
did. This thing had a freezer with a separate door, the first time in
my life I'd owned such a thing. Oh such joy. But I had
underestimated the things size. I live on the third floor (top) of
this building, and there is no elevator. This building went up in
1927. The steps are narrow and twist into the hallways. It took all
3 of us an hour to get it up there. We used cardboard and slid the
thing up, then stood it up, but not all the way, as it would bang into
the ceiling and go nowhere. I was drenched in sweat. I paid the two
guys for their trouble, and believe me, there was plenty of it.

Anyway, about 3, maybe 4 years later, I'm noticing my electric
bill is going up - from like $20 a month to nearly $40. Then up to
$50. I'm calling the power company and telling them they must be
getting a false reading. They're sticking to their guns. I'm getting
****ed about. Then one day the big fridge died. I went out to get
something and the food was warm. I opened the freezer and the ice
cubes had melted.

I called the apartment manager and told them I needed a fridge.
I expected a used one, but for them it was more cost effective to buy
a new one at Sears. It took a week. A few months after they
installed the new fridge, which is the most modern one I've ever owned
- cheap and plastic-like, but very effective - I noticed one day that
my electric bill had gone down to below $20. All that time the big
fridge was dying on me and sucking up electricity and I never
suspected it. Anyway, that was a funny and stupid adventure in my
personal freezer/fridge history. --- Yeah, I get it, feed the dogs
the old stuff just to test it out, the way Kings used to have peasants
sample their food before eating, to test it for poison or freshness.
Looks like the boneless pork ribs topic will not die.

TJ