Well I'm up to my neck in meat LOL!!  Yesterday afternoon we discovered the freezer had been unplugged since last Sat.  All of our fruit and veggies are goners.    We thought all the meat was to but after a closer look I was able to save most of it.    So last night was spent doing a LOT of cooking.  I cooked up a large pork roast, 35 pounds of ground beef and a roaster full of chicken parts.  The ground beef and chicken have all been bagged and refrozen.  The pork is in the fridge for a stir fry latter and some casseroles this week.

I also have a turkey cooking right now and a few racks of ribs and 15 pounds of ground beef left to do.

It sure smells good around here LOL!!

This is one of the reasons we like canning so much better then freezing!  We are working at canning ALL of our meat and using only the small freezer on top of the fridge, instead of our two large ones.

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Posted by gabbie427

WOW!!!! So sorry you ended up loosing some of your froozen items, but so thankful you were able to save the meat!!!! Great idea, cooking and refreezing. When I come home with hamburger, I brown part of it with onions and freeze in one pound portions. Then it is so easy to thaw and cook for BBQ beef sandwiches, or spaghetti!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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Posted by Mennobrarian

I'm sorry that you lost so much, but am glad to hear you could save the meat. No doubt the constant delicious smell made some tummies grumble early! While we would love to have the room for a large stand up freezer, I too think that canning meat is the way to go. You can can it in such creative ways that it becomes a whole meal in a jar.
~Monica~

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Posted by a1health

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Thank you for your helps for laundry detergent! Congrats with all of that meat!
Blessings,
~Farrah

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