AnnieO
Shooting from the Hip
I had mentioned that a certain young man was going for all the quick and easy food, and not eating leftovers in the fridge or whatever else we might have available. Which, honestly, is a LOT.
I went to make a batch of peanut butter banana waffles to freeze for Rose's breakfasts - she has to eat before she goes to the sitter, and there's not a lot of time. So I went into the cabinet... 2 64-oz jars of peanut butter (which are expensive in my opinion)... Gone. Bought 10 days ago. I managed to scrape about 1/4 cup out of both combined. I wouldn't be upset, but a GALLON of peanut butter in less than 2 weeks?! Good grief.
OK. So I turned then to the freezer, to get something out. Well, we had gone back to the previous M.O. of locking it, so that Bill and Rose's breakfasts, and the ingredients for dinner, would actually BE there. (FWIW the smaller freezer beside the fridge is well stocked with bread and other easy foods... Not to mention ALL.THE.STUFF. in the fridge and pantry.) So I reach for the key when I notice that it's slightly open - like it hadn't closed all the way. What's keeping it open? A can opener. One of the ones commonly called a church key. It's jammed in there. After Bill sees it, I unlock and open it... Everything inside is covered in a layer of frost. Nothing's thawed, so it's only been an hour or so - but the seal itself is punctured. When we close the freezer the temp alert begins beeping (shuts off after a while, I guess.)
A new gasket (seal) costs $150. Good news... it was a small puncture, and Bill was able to fix it.
All he has to do is ASK. And for that matter, when he has a lot of other easily available stuff, WHY?
He denied it, of course...
I went to make a batch of peanut butter banana waffles to freeze for Rose's breakfasts - she has to eat before she goes to the sitter, and there's not a lot of time. So I went into the cabinet... 2 64-oz jars of peanut butter (which are expensive in my opinion)... Gone. Bought 10 days ago. I managed to scrape about 1/4 cup out of both combined. I wouldn't be upset, but a GALLON of peanut butter in less than 2 weeks?! Good grief.
OK. So I turned then to the freezer, to get something out. Well, we had gone back to the previous M.O. of locking it, so that Bill and Rose's breakfasts, and the ingredients for dinner, would actually BE there. (FWIW the smaller freezer beside the fridge is well stocked with bread and other easy foods... Not to mention ALL.THE.STUFF. in the fridge and pantry.) So I reach for the key when I notice that it's slightly open - like it hadn't closed all the way. What's keeping it open? A can opener. One of the ones commonly called a church key. It's jammed in there. After Bill sees it, I unlock and open it... Everything inside is covered in a layer of frost. Nothing's thawed, so it's only been an hour or so - but the seal itself is punctured. When we close the freezer the temp alert begins beeping (shuts off after a while, I guess.)
A new gasket (seal) costs $150. Good news... it was a small puncture, and Bill was able to fix it.
All he has to do is ASK. And for that matter, when he has a lot of other easily available stuff, WHY?
He denied it, of course...