Upright or Chest freezer?

RRP

Boileregger said:

@Sweet100s I spent a lot of my youth doing a handstand into a chest freezer on request of my father.  Do yourself a favor and go upright.

 Was that more affective than a cold shower? 

Sweet100s

dmourati said:

Now I just have to see if this Amazon restaurant seller can arrange a lift gate or if I have to manhandle this 300 pounder off the back of a truck myself.

@dmourati, please heed the advice of a relative / MD:
"Just don't get sick or injured in the next 3 weeks."
"Wait a month before you go up on a ladder to clean out your gutters."

Please recruit or hire help!

@caliking We need to see a pic of this labeling system :-).

caliking

Sweet100s said:

@caliking We need to see a pic of this labeling system :-).

It’s not very fancy. But it works for me

Sweet100s

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

Gulfcoastguy

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

LetsEat

@dmourati, I didn’t know there was such a thing as “freezer envy”....I’m coveting the possibilities!

YukonRon

My Beautiful wife is going to kill me....I just ordered a couple more briskets. She asked me if I wanted her to get a brisket out to thaw......forgot I already had two..... 

Nice knowing you all.

dmourati

@LetsEat, let's not count my chickens before they hatch.

caliking

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

SciAggie

Wcaliking said:

Re: freezer organization, whenever anything goes in, a label (sharpie, painter's tape) goes on the side/door of the freezer, indicating what shelf said item is on. When the item is removed, the label gets pulled off. This system works pretty well. 

caliqueen claims that I pull things out of the freezer,  but forget to remove the label. I have no idea what she's talking about. 

At first I was totally impressed (and surprised) at your organization skills and innovative system. 

By the end of the post I was like, “There’s the guy I know..”

Gulfcoastguy

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

No need to apologize for answering my question with inside knowledge. If it is not prying, what part of India were your family from? I've read a bit about a few of the kingdoms of India. I knew a Sikh family and the guy that I was talking about wasn't Sikh. 

Oh btw I think I was the one who hijacked the thread. Apologies to the OP.

Sweet100s

caliking said:

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

:eek:, looks like I’d need at least 40 years to warm up to shutki!

@Gulfcoastguy, no apologies needed; this is OT topic and diversions are welcome.

alaskanassasin

@YukonRon if you need a place to stash those bad boys let me know...

HarrisFrampton

I prefer upright

fishlessman

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

just googled shutki, a friends mother back in college served me that once on rice. before i knew what a ghost pepper was i learned the hard way, it was loaded with some kind of ghost peppers, i think i nearly died. they seemed hotter than ghost peppers but it did mask the flavor of the shutki

fishlessman

put a latch on the upright, the only downside to the upright that i see is something sliding and opening the door. had that happen to my freezer on the camp fridge a few years back from a tremor and what a mess and waste.

something like this would work

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362869244331

alaskanassasin

@fishlessman

caliking

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

just googled shutki, a friends mother back in college served me that once on rice. before i knew what a ghost pepper was i learned the hard way, it was loaded with some kind of ghost peppers, i think i nearly died. they seemed hotter than ghost peppers but it did mask the flavor of the shutki

Pops isn't allowed to cook it in the house. We do it outside, and it still almost makes me gag. Its tasty though.

CigarCityEgger

I purchased a chest freezer about 5 years ago. Gets the job done, but I do have to go freezer diving from time to time for certain items. So if I had to purchase again I would go upright to avoid that. 

fishlessman

caliking said:

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

just googled shutki, a friends mother back in college served me that once on rice. before i knew what a ghost pepper was i learned the hard way, it was loaded with some kind of ghost peppers, i think i nearly died. they seemed hotter than ghost peppers but it did mask the flavor of the shutki

Pops isn't allowed to cook it in the house. We do it outside, and it still almost makes me gag. Its tasty though.

what is that insanely hot indian pepper, she would put those in the rice as well. i remember they were dried, orange, small and DEADLY

Botch

Boileregger said:

@Sweet100s I spent a lot of my youth doing a handstand into a chest freezer on request of my father.  Do yourself a favor and go upright.

My folks bought a large chest freezer, and 1/2 cow/ 1/2 pig/ 10 loaves of bread at a time.  It was usually my task to fetch the next day's vittles, but I had two advantages.
First, my Mom was the world's best organizer, and it was always cake to find anything (and I doubt we EVER threw anything out).  Secondly, even in Jr High I was 6'5" (all 165 lbs of me) and could reach anything.  

caliking

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

just googled shutki, a friends mother back in college served me that once on rice. before i knew what a ghost pepper was i learned the hard way, it was loaded with some kind of ghost peppers, i think i nearly died. they seemed hotter than ghost peppers but it did mask the flavor of the shutki

Pops isn't allowed to cook it in the house. We do it outside, and it still almost makes me gag. Its tasty though.

what is that insanely hot indian pepper, she would put those in the rice as well. i remember they were dried, orange, small and DEADLY

Maybe bhut jolokia aka ghost pepper or naga jolokia? If they were eating dried fish, then they may have been from the part of India where those are grown. Just a guess. 

Yno

It is much easier to stash the bodies in a chest freezer, next to the fava beans.

fishlessman

caliking said:

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Sweet100s said:

@caliking, so very practical and clever!   

I had to google Dahi Vada and the pics look great! 
https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/dahi-vada-recipe/

I love Indian food but good Indian restaurants are scarce as hens teeth around here. It would be nice to be able to compare the foods of the many different regions of the subcontinent. A student from some region of India let me sample a piece of preserved vegetable that he had received in a care package from home. I remember that it was spicy and hot as blazes but good.

(Apologies for the hijack) I think good Indian restaurants are rare anywhere in the US. What gets pushed as Indian food is usually North or South Indian fare. There’s so much more! 

What you likely had was achaar, generically called  “pickle” , and is made from all kinds of stuff with oil, spices, etc. Typically eaten as a spicy relish of sorts, with meals. 

@Sweet100s I have my sister make a bunch for us to freeze whenever she visits. Wait until you google shutki. My Pops’ specialty, and its only taken me about 40 yrs to develop a taste for it

just googled shutki, a friends mother back in college served me that once on rice. before i knew what a ghost pepper was i learned the hard way, it was loaded with some kind of ghost peppers, i think i nearly died. they seemed hotter than ghost peppers but it did mask the flavor of the shutki

Pops isn't allowed to cook it in the house. We do it outside, and it still almost makes me gag. Its tasty though.

what is that insanely hot indian pepper, she would put those in the rice as well. i remember they were dried, orange, small and DEADLY

Maybe bhut jolokia aka ghost pepper or naga jolokia? If they were eating dried fish, then they may have been from the part of India where those are grown. Just a guess. 

that must be what they were, back in the early 80's my introduction to ghost peppers. probably never had anything hotter than a jalapeno at that time.  the rice was loaded with them. now i grow them

ElkhornHusker

Are the "garage ready" freezers any different or is that just a marketing ploy?   I have seen plenty of freezers in garages and it seems to work just fine without being garage ready

Shiff

ElkhornHusker said:

Are the "garage ready" freezers any different or is that just a marketing ploy?   I have seen plenty of freezers in garages and it seems to work just fine without being garage ready

In a previous house we had freezers in our garage (New York State) for years with no problems.  We also had a refrigerator with freezer in our garage and that did have problems in the Winter months. The temperature sensor is normally in the refrigerator and when the garage temperature dropped below 40, the compressor would not cycle on since it thought the unit was at the proper temperature. This caused things in the freezer to start to thaw.  We didn't use the freezer much in the Winter. 

In the summer months, the garage can get quite hot which makes freezers and refrigerators work much harder, but they still all worked fine.

dmourati

The FedEx man paid me a visit today to drop off this absolute unit.






I have dubbed her: "White Lightning."

Just short of 20 cubic feet if my measurement was any good.

nolaegghead

I am a big fan of big upright chests.

Sweet100s

@dmourati, that is serious! 

Hotch

I had an issue with my garage fridge/freezer a while back.
One thing I learned from that experience:
Buy a Fridge/Freezer Monitor Alarm!!
I chose

https://www.thermoworks.com/RT8100MAT

$30 for an audible alarm is better than $300 for replacement proteins!!