So what did you put away this week?

couple of hundred .38spl jhp

 

There was canned tuna and norwegian beer on sale down at the supermarket so I packed the old suzuki full and packed that away. I've been willing to kill for a beer so many times I figure that will be one hell of a barter item

 

Turkeys are on sale for the holidays! Since United limits one per purchase, they got to see me go through the checkout line four times in a row one day, and four more a few days later. Vac sealed up a bunch of half breasts, sliced breasts, leg quarters, wings and tenderloins. All the scraps I pulled from the carcasses were vac sealed for stir fries and whatnot. Vac sealed a bag of hearts and gizzards, and another of turkey tails to smoke later for turkey tail stew. Roasted the carcasses and then used them to make turkey stock... 27 quarts worth. Took the livers and necks and drippings from roasting pan and made a ton of giblet gravy, poured it into muffin pans, froze, then threw I don't know how many 2 serving gravy bricks into a ziplock in the freezer. Picked up another turkey today, will be the last one.

Picked up two 20# propane tanks off Craigslist for $10 each, both in good shape. I'll get 'em filled Monday.

 

That time of year again, everybody's putting up turkey.

Got one in the oven and just dismantled the one we cooked last night.
Gonna stuff 'em both into pints and run the canner for the rest of the day.

 

Just replaced the oven. Now. I can COOK one or more.

 

Just had a setback this morning. Actually, it looks like I had a setback a week or so ago, but didn't notice it until this morning.

Went to put up some Christmas decorations (yes, my wife is that person - what can I say, I love her...) and realized that the power to the outlet was dead. Unfortunately, that's the same breaker that powers the outside freezer. Sure enough, opened it up and found a freezer full of thawed out stink.

Lost several pounds of chicken, ground beef, frozen veggies, cube steak, and a couple of buffalo flank steaks. Spent several hours hauling the freezer out to the street, hosing it out, cleaning it with bleach, then let it air out... lather rinse repeat... until the stench was somewhat tolerable. At least it happened before we got our thanksgiving supplies.

Now to start the process of stocking back some frozen goods again. (sigh)

 

As an electrician can I say that your freezer should have a dedicated circuit (as opposed to a general purpose circuit with several receptacles serving various plug in devices). The only other thing I would consider would be a high mounted receptacle (7ft or so off floor) on the inner wall near where the freezer is outside. I would plug a night light with a green bulb in that receptacle. Should that light go out you should immediately check power to your freezer. jus sayin

 

Now theres an idea to try.. Got a freezer in the garage that trips a breaker once in a while..

 

I built one of those for my dad's breathing equipment, so he would be sure to wake, if he lost power. used a car alarm, a relay, and an outside 12vt battery source for the alarm.

 

yes, you can set up any number of triggers for alarm systems. what I used, would only shut up if you yanked the 12vt, or power came back on. if so, the relay opens again, and sound stops. it uses no (real) power, unless the alarm is sounding. i have a few pics here someplace, if you wish.

 

for a computer, yes, but not for a freezer. the compressor pulls so much juice, and you would gain so little time, it would likely just burn it out. Motors pull alot of amperage at start up. it's really not designed for that kind of load.