When the Freezer Melts

Oh dear! Someone (not saying who) switched off my outside freezers last week.

BIG OOPS!

Thankfully I have been using as much frozen produce as I can recently.
Thankfully I discovered it while the contents were defrosting and still icy cold.
Thankfully there was no meat out there.
Thankfully it was a Friday night when I discovered it, so I had the weekend deal with it.

Plan of action: Rescue and salvage as much as possible.

USE IT as fast as I can- DON'T LOSE IT emotionally, try not to cry.

STEP 1:
WORK THROUGH CONTENTS OF FREEZER:

2 enormous bags of frozen peaches - destined for smoothies - gone soggy and brown
- toss in the compost.

2 tiny, 2+ years old bags of okra fibre - destined for paper making
 - toss in the compost.

3 large bags of gel sachets - destined for cooling cheeses
- set aside to refreeze later

15+ litres of cow colostrum - destined for rescuing orphaned calves
- feed to happy dogs and chickens over the next few days.

2 kg sliced rhubarb
- bake 60 rhubarb, apple and ginger muffins.

8+ kg sweetcorn kernels
- make a large bowl of delicious sweetcorn relish, use said relish in most meals for the following week

- make 5 litres of corn chowder, freeze this for another day.

- bake 36 cornbread muffins for the farmers market, keep them for the family. They are tasty, but dense.

2 kg diced celery
- make scrumptious chicken dish with cheesy celery and tarragon sauce, serve with corn relish.

It tastes much, much better than it looks.

     
 - make the worlds worst celery soup, feed it to your poor family, leftovers to the not so happy dogs.

STEP 2:
Scrub out both freezers. Switch them on.
STEP 3:
The following day, gratefully accept gift of mutton - a whole sheep. Freeze the meat in the now empty freezer.
STEP 4:
Thank you Lord for your continual abundant blessing.