"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 3/17/2018 9:40 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:51:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 3:09:08 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I know. You'll probably say that you don't eat it. I also know that you
>>>> can
>>>> usually sub it for things you would put white rice in but for some
>>>> things,
>>>> you'd have to cook it first.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why don't you cook up a very big pot full of brown rice, then portion it
>>> out
>>> in containers and freeze it. That way you will have ready cooked brown
>>> rice
>>> to use in a lot of different recipes. All you have to do is thaw out a
>>> container of it and make your dish.
>>>
>>> ----
>>>
>>> No freezer space for that.
>>
>> You really should use up (or throw out) some of the stuff in your
>> freezer so you have room for things that you need.
>>
>> Doris
>>
> She allegedly uses up stuff to make room in the freezer all the time. I
> may be mistaken, but I don't think she has a stand-alone freezer unit. If
> not, it sure sounds like she could benefit from having one. It wouldn't
> have to be a particularly large freezer. Mine isn't.

My chest freezer broke some years ago. It couldn't take the temp. extremes
of the garage. I do have a very small freezer on my little fridge but it
doesn't keep a constant temp. so only blue ice goes in there. The fridge
doesn't keep a constant temp. either so only things like beverages that
don't require refrigeration go in there.

Kitchen fridge is a side by side. Very narrow. Won't hold a frozen pizza
unless it's a very small one. Mostly what I have in there now are the
crustless quiches, breakfast burritos and other heat and eat breakfast
foods. This is so my gardener can help himself as he needs to. I also have
three loaves of bread dough, some biscuits and frozen treats. A little bit
of meat.

I do have a very small upright freezer I always try to keep a few things
like Oncor or Banquet frozen meats, fish sticks, meatballs and some veggies
for stir fry. That freeze will hold perhaps 6 boxes of such proteins and
perhaps 6-8 packages of vegetables. I currently have a case of breakfast
burritos out there that I know the gardener really wants but he does not
know they are there. Not even sure he knows that I have the freezer. I told
him I would get more after some of the other food gets eaten. He just heated
a meal of chicken, beans and potatoes.

Part of the problem is that is that I had bought a lot of food for Angela
but she moved out and didn't take it. I had hoped that the gardener might
eat some of it as it is stuff that I won't eat. It is Mexican stuff but
mostly chicken. It would seem that both he and I prefer beef to chicken.
Anyway... I got her to take some of the stuff with her the other day.

We are to the point now where we are just all going to have to suck it up
and eat stuff that we don't necessarily like or like very much. Reason
being, I had so many people in and out of here, staying here for various
reasons and I had purchased things specifically for them. Two of those
people have since developed medical problems that I won't get into here but
that now prevent them from being able to eat the foods that they love. And
while they loved those foods, we do not. But... We will either eat them or
in some cases, I was able to give some things to friends.

Things will get easier as summer rolls around. I will be planting a garden
this year and we'll eat plenty of salads and other cold foods.