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.


I'm ****ed. I just typed a rather long and possibly boring
response to your post and sent it off but it never took. The two
posts I typed after that did show up. It could have been my fault.
But now I'm ****ed because I want to re-tell that same story, the one
that didn't show up, but I'm not sure I've got the energy. I'll try
to make it short.

I have never owned a freezer in my life. In fact, I've lived in
furnished apartments all my adult life and never had a refrigerator
with a separate freezer door till about 12 years ago. The one they
had in here was like all the others I'd ever had, the tiny metal
freezer inside the fridge. It worked but would not keep ice cream
hard. So one day when I had a hundred bucks to spare I started
looking in the paper for a good used refrigerator, a newer one with a
separate freezer door.

I went out in the cab to check it out. I didn't take a tape
measure because I've never owned one. This fridge was huge. But I
never thought about it, just said ok I'll take it. So the guy said he
and his buddy would deliver it. When they got here it took all 3 of
us an hour to get it up the steps. I live on the top floor (3rd),
with no elevator and really narrow steps that twist into the
hallways. A real bitch getting that thing up the steps.

So I get it plugged in and I'm delighted that finally I have a
freezer that works. The thing was so huge that it hardly didn't fit
into the kitchen. Pretty stupid actually.

So, unrelated to that, or so I thought, a few months later I
noticed my electric bill had gone from the low $20s up to the $40 and
even to $50 on one occasion, and I don't use air conditioning. I
called the company and told them they were probably getting a false
reading. I really believed that was the case.

Then one day about a year later I got up to get something from
the fridge and found that it was warm. I opened the freezer and the
ice cubes were melted. The fridge was shot. I told the manager about
it and they said it would be more cost effective for them to just get
me a new one from Sears than to refurbish an older one.

The new one from Sears seemed cheap because it was light and
plastic-like. But it works really well. Anyway, about two months
after putting in the new fridge I got my electric bill one day and saw
it was down below $20. That's when it hit me. The big fridge was
dying. It was sucking in too much electricity. Sure, it was huge,
but the bill did not skyrocket when I first got it, only when it
started to falter, which I never noticed till it went all the way
out.

Anyway, I've seen actual freezers but have never owned one or
the space for it either. So you try out your possibly poisoned meat
on your dogs first, is that it? Like a King who has a peasant sample
his food before eating it himself, to test for poison or disease. Is
that it? No really, if I had a dog, I'd make my own dog food too.
It's probably even cheaper than buying it in the can or box. In my
teens I had a dog with diarrhea. The doctor told me to boil hamberger
meat with shredded wheat, equal parts, and sure enough, in just a few
days the problem was gone. Thanks for your post. I hope this one
takes.

TJ