Bud nipping

[susandennis]

So I made my Minnesota hot dish. Rice and chicken and Parmesan cheese with some cream of mush and artichoke hearts. And it didn't work. Not enough rice, too many artichokes and seasoning that was off. I've had worse. I ate a full lunch's worth but it wasn't heaven.

I had two lunches worth left so I dutifully put them in containers and labeled them and put them in the freezer.

I folded all the laundry and did some more chores and then went back to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen. As I'm doing that, it suddenly dawned on me, that casserole is not going to get better with age or with freezing. Those two containers will be in that freezer for years until the next time I get fed up and clean it all out.

This is how it starts! This is how I get a freezer full of food not worth eating.

So I got them out of the freezer emptied them into the trash and washed the containers. I hate throwing out food but better to throw it out now than in a year and a half.

Comments

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Fails the technical challenge. Survives the weekend with her show stopper!

[susandennis]

hahahaha somebody's had a little too much Hollywood?

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

OMG, I have thrown things in the freezer like that. Makes sense to just go ahead and chuck it if it's not good.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I made a very bland quiche for dinner. Needed more salt and more bacon. I don't know if it's worth trying to salvage, or freeze to be thrown out later.

[susandennis]

i feel ya

[richaarde.livejournal.com]

If you don't like it now, you're not going to like it in six months when it's freezer burned and stale. Out it goes!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

well done

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

So funny! I got to the part where you put the containers in the freezer and was just thinking "So that's how she ends up with so much throwable food in the freezer"! Excellent plan chucking it now and cutting out the middleman.

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Good for you! I'm trying to be better about tossing things we won't eat and not using the fridge/freezer as long term storage of shit i don't want to toss.

[susandennis]

It's a hard thing to do and I'm not sure why. BUT, I'm on it. I feel it.

[viagra.livejournal.com]

My fridge and freezer are packed to the gills with old containers of leftovers that I always pretend my husband will eat for lunches instead of going to the store to get something (never happens). And there's some sort of block in my mind about them; I actually wondered to myself the other day where all my containers went and instead of realizing that my fridge and freezer are full of them, just went ahead and ordered more containers! I know I put stuff in there KNOWING it won't get eaten, but it just feels bad to throw the food away. I guess it feels a little worse when I finally clean out everything all at once, though.

[susandennis]

it is rather comforting knowing i am not the only one with this disease! (particularly the 'order more containers' syndrone)