Gerry Atrick wrote:
> I'm a bachelor and unlike most women, I am not very organized with
> cooking. When I finish my days work I want something to eat and want
> it fast. That usually means some tv dinners or a frozen pizza or lots
> of instant mashed potatoes in the microwave coated with ketchup.
>
> But there are times I really want something more. I am not a good
> cook, but I can make a hamburger or something like that. The problem
> is that I live in a rural area and the stores are not open late. I
> have to get my food in advance. If I buy some ground beef or
> something like that, it ends up sitting in the fridge. Some days I
> work late, other days I am too tired to cook when I get home, often I
> will stop at a fast food place on my way home from work, or get
> invited to a friends house to eat. The next thing I have forgotten
> about tis ground beef and it's gone bad in the fridge.
>
> After far too many instances like that, I now toss all meats in the
> freezer. But that seems to be where they permanently "live". I know
> it takes a full day to thaw out something like that, and then I am
> often back to the same issues. I take it out of the freezer, forget
> about it, and once again I have bad meat.
>
> Is there any way to defrost frozen meat quickly. Can I do it in the
> microwave, the oven, or anywhere else? I want it to defrost in under
> an hour if there is a way. Can anyone please help....
>
> Thanks
>
> Gerry

Recent microwaves are usually good for quickly defrosting without cooking.

You may want to consider making batches of stuff on the weekend or
whenever so you don't have to deal with it when you come home from work.
Stuff like chili, soups, etc freeze really well and you can just pull a
serving out of the freezer and nuke it.