makin' bacon
2007-08-10 16:49:29.469827+02 by
Dan Lyke
4 comments
Making your own bacon. I've had a hankerin' for bacon of late, this'd be interesting. And an excuse to fire up the smoker again.
Unfortunately, we need to draw down the freezer a bit before I do anything else in large quantities. To that end, anyone got suggestions for small to mid-sized auxiliary freezers? Good resources for figuring operating costs? We don't need huge, but we are putting a moderate amount of food by, and better ways to save things like vacuum packed fruits and cured meats would be good.
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#Comment Re: made: 2007-08-16 00:02:10.191704+02 by:
nkane
I think I just had a foodgasm
#Comment Re: made: 2007-08-11 16:36:04.273443+02 by:
DaveP
I bought a dorm-fridge-sized Woods freezer (upright) which I use as my "daily use" in-kitchen freezer to
augment the chest freezer in the basement that holds the long term stuff. The coils are the shelves, which
makes it pretty efficient at cooling things down in a hurry when I come home with groceries or am putting
food by.
Compact Appliance has a decent selection.
#Comment Re: made: 2007-08-10 18:32:55.804521+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Hmmm... a small chest freezer might actually be economical.
#Comment Re: Freezer costs made: 2007-08-10 18:28:32.229582+02 by:
m
From a recent Consumer Reports, 300-600 KWH/yr for a 15 CF chest manual defrost, 600-800 KWH/yr for an upright self defrost around 17CF.
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