On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:58:23 -0700 (PDT), "The Greatest!"
> wrote:

> U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:12:23 -0700 (PDT), "The Greatest!"
>> > wrote:
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>> >Sheldon wrote:
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>> >> Ophelia wrote:
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>> >> >Since I have been out of action, I was thinking of buying a large freezer to
>> >> >fill with my cooked foods, because D was no cook and was struggling. I
>> >> >thought it would make life much easier if I was off my feet again.
>> >>
>> >> I'm sorry to hear you are out of action... get well soon!
>> >>
>> >> I don't know your idea of a "large" freezer but I would suggest one
>> >> more on the smaller size. When freezing a lot of food a good amount
>> >> ends up never eaten, especially when it's just two people. I turn a
>> >> lot of what I grow into soups and stews but only up to a point, I'd
>> >> rather give the overage away instead of saving more than we can
>> >> consume before it spoils, and I'll be harvesting again in a year. Home
>> >> freezers don't get cold enough to keep food well long term. I've long
>> >> ago discovered it's more advantageous to have a second refrigerator
>> >> freezer. The two smaller freezers are more than adequate and the
>> >> extra fridge space comes in handy, especially for my crops when they
>> >> come in before I have time to cook them. also good for storing those
>> >> canned and jared foods we like to eat cold. My second fridge lives in
>> >> my basement, a no frills model I purchased reconditioned from a small
>> >> local appliance store for $100, I've been using it 15 years now with
>> >> no problems.
>> >
>> >Your situation would be a perfect set - up if you were into home canning, but that is a lot of work. I remember back in the day when peeps on the farm started to get home freezers, the farm wives could now freeze produce that they had formerly canned, this freed housewives from all of that canning drudgery...a farm wife of that time would much prefer a big new home freezer to a mink coat. Root cellars, along with hot summer days spent toiling over huge cauldrons of boiling water, lifting dozens of hot 'n heavy jars, etc., were suddenly a thing of the past. Those post-war Home freezers were really a miracle come true when introduced...just like washers and dryers (and the new synthetic detergents: "TIDE - the wash day MIRACLE...!!!").
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>> Yea, right. Preparing stuff for the freezer is "so" much less work
>> than canning. You just proved that you stood around with your hands
>> in your pocket down at the pool hall.
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>Nope, I was not a pool hall juvie...I was a dedicated and studious bookwoim...I voraciusly enjoyed looking up "complicated" words/phrases such as "fellatrix", "round - the - world", "French Letter", and "tumescent" I had memorized "The Kinsey Report(s)" and "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by the time I hit third grade...I even had a nude pic of Jayne Mansfield that some greaser gas station attendant gave me. I was a pint - size prodigy I was...!!!
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>;-p

At twelve years old I had a nude of Jayne Mansfield silk screened on a
small steel serving tray... I won it playing Skee Ball in Coney
Island... I had it hid in my Gilbert microsope set that I used for
the first time to view my spermatazoa, amazing little swimmers. Jayne
was instrumental in my collections, all for science of course. hehe