Comments on: Let Me Show You My Freezers

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:47:20 +0000

My parents used to do that – get a half of beef and put it in the freezer and fresh corn from a neighbor’s field…my husband does the grocery shopping and I just have one (side by side) freezer that we keep full…he shops weekly, on base.

By: Melinda in Washington State

Melinda in Washington State — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:44:19 +0000

With just two of us, I do not need alot in the freezer. Some chicken breast and thighs, a rib steak or two, some frozen salad shrimp and rolls. I also have corn, green beans, pumpkin ready for pies, butternut squash, and carrots all from our garden, and blueberries from our bushes. Some purchased petite peas. Oh, I can’t forget the cranberries. No one mentions cranberries.

By: Celia

Celia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:51:50 +0000

I don’t have a whole lot of facebook friends but did post the link and ask that everyone vote for you, Suzanne. Hope it helps! I’ve been voting everyday. Drooling over all that wonderful food in your freezers! I need to eat healthier but cooking for one is not easy, lol!

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:51:45 +0000

1 small goat, with three more on their way, in the chest, chicken, corn, 1 small rabbit (he needs a friend to join him in a stew),blackberries, june berries, raspberries, tomato sauce, milk, and some store bought veggies (since the voles ate everything but the pumpkins, corn and tomatoes this year :( ) in the upright, Apples waiting to be sauce, goat fat and mixed kitchen fat waiting to be soap above the fridge.

By: Lola-Dawn

Lola-Dawn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:03:28 +0000

Wow, good for you! When my kids were growing up, I figured each autumn that I had 3 years worth of food frozen, canned, dried, leathered, etc. Not necessary now that it’s just me, and not really possible now that it’s just me in a small apt. Old habits die hard and sometimes this time of year I look in my cupboards and freezer and think hmmm, Old Mother Hubbard’s Cupboards probably looked healthier! In my freezer? Ice cubes, 1/2 gallon of Breyer’s Double Vanilla ice cream (for which I REFUSE to feel guilty!), bag of frozen mango pieces, bag of frozen blueberries, one sirloin steak, and (strangely) one wiener but not hot dog bun. And an unopened pound of Starbucks coffee beans. And a ziplock baggie of rosemary sprigs. It’s just a little square box in my fridge … if that’s any excuse! Sounds pathetic though.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:58:49 +0000

You should be proud of yourself, Suzanne. It must be a great feeling to have your shelves and freezer so well stocked. I’m afraid my freezer doesn’t hold a candle to yours. I was tickled pink to get a few green beans into the freezer this summer, along with a bunch of peppers. Some day I’d love to be able to stock my pantry/freezer as well as you do.

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:43:48 +0000

Isn’t that just a wonderful feeling! I am not nearly as stocked up as you are, but what little I have stocked up on feels WONDERFUL! I actually go out into the garage and just open the freezer and stare and smile…does that make me weird? like this..:-)

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:48 +0000

Sharee, yes, if you go back in my archives past late 2007, it’s nothing like what I do on my blog now. I started this blog in December 2004 as a writer’s blog and as an adjunct to my writer’s website, purely to promote my romance novels. I posted about writing and mostly had a lot of book giveaway contests. I didn’t post every day. I wasn’t even living in the country then. After I moved to the country, I started writing about country life occasionally then more and more, and I liked it. It just felt right. It was a gradual transition. I officially changed my blog to Chickens in the Road (changing the design and naming it Chickens in the Road) in December 2007. My blog of the past two years is very, very different from prior to that, so I never recommend anyone bother with the archives earlier than that and they are not indexed on my category pages. For me, it was just a natural transition. I was following my heart!

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:07:23 +0000

Cute! Thanks for the giggles.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:43 +0000

Oh my gosh! How absolutely terrific. What security to know you’ve got all that stuff stockpiled for winter. You don’t even have to leave if you don’t want to! I enjoy reading your blog so very much.