Where have I been? The last month has been a whirlwind. Everyone keeps saying Thanksgiving was late, thereby making Christmas seem early. I still can't find a way to understand this...I mean, isn't Thanksgiving ALWAYS the last Thursday of November? Anyway...
I've told you guys before how much I love Zaycon. A couple months ago, my mom placed an order for the two of us to split. In the meantime, my brother-in-law accepted a job in Houston. He left before Thanksgiving and my sister was to follow once the houses got closed. My dear, sweet parents agreed to drive with her to Texas. To drive with her, my 2 1/2 year old niece and the dog. Saints, they are.
It just so happened that our Zaycon delivery was coming in the following day. This "event" was ham and hamburger. My mom ordered one case of ham, which contained two 10 lb. hams. This ham is so amazingly yummy too. She also ordered two cases of hamburger meat. When I first learned that she'd ordered this much, I thought it must be a mistake, but no, she did it on purpose. It really wouldn't have been a big deal with each of us taking a case home to portion out. But, remember, mom and dad had just left on this roadtrip the day before.
That left me here in Columbia holding 80 pounds of hamburger. Yes. I said eighty. And, it's packaged in 10 lb. "logs" so you can't just plop those babies in the freezer. Nope. You must portion it out and wrap and bag for the freezer.
We got in assembly line mode and he and I created 40 lbs of 1/4 lb hamburger patties. Each wrapped in plastic wrap and put in freezer bags. The other 40 lbs we cut into 1 lb segments and wrapped and bagged. Neil looked at the half (40 lbs) that was to go to our house and said, "We won't be able to get this in our freezer." As usual, I replied "Oh, don't worry, I'll get it in there." Well, suffice it to say that our freezer is literally packed to the gills with meat. It helps me sleep well at night. Now, I just have to start writing a list of ways to use hamburger. Lots and lots of hamburger!
I've told you guys before how much I love Zaycon. A couple months ago, my mom placed an order for the two of us to split. In the meantime, my brother-in-law accepted a job in Houston. He left before Thanksgiving and my sister was to follow once the houses got closed. My dear, sweet parents agreed to drive with her to Texas. To drive with her, my 2 1/2 year old niece and the dog. Saints, they are.
It just so happened that our Zaycon delivery was coming in the following day. This "event" was ham and hamburger. My mom ordered one case of ham, which contained two 10 lb. hams. This ham is so amazingly yummy too. She also ordered two cases of hamburger meat. When I first learned that she'd ordered this much, I thought it must be a mistake, but no, she did it on purpose. It really wouldn't have been a big deal with each of us taking a case home to portion out. But, remember, mom and dad had just left on this roadtrip the day before.
That left me here in Columbia holding 80 pounds of hamburger. Yes. I said eighty. And, it's packaged in 10 lb. "logs" so you can't just plop those babies in the freezer. Nope. You must portion it out and wrap and bag for the freezer.
This post is dedicated to my husband, Neil.
He is my hamburger helper.
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| This is just a fraction of our hamburger haul. |
hey nice post mehn. I like your style of writing. The way you writes reminds me of an equally interesting post that I read some time ago on Daniel Uyi's blog titled How To Remain Motivated In Your Current Job While Starting A New Biz .
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work.
Regards