We experienced another power failure (3 days this time) due to the storm that came roaring through last Saturday night. As usual, the food in the freezer began to thaw after a couple days. I had a fresh flank steak to cook, and also some unfrozen shrimp. The following night we had the chicken breasts with citrus sauce. Very tasty. We ate some frozen broccoli and some frozen butternut squash with it. Formerly frozen. Formerly frozen ice cream is a mess, but still rather tasty. This is the 3rd food disaster, and you can only do what you can do. This time we just shoveled the snow into the cooler, but the house was 50 degrees and we burned a huge amount of wood in the fireplace. Cats parked themselves in front of it right away. Not so dumb.
I made chicken soup yesterday with the other thawed breasts. Added onion, noodles, carrots, celery, the formerly frozen peas and seasonings. We ate it with Bisquik biscuits and a nice salad. Enough for tonight. One breast I merely cooked and re-froze. You can do that, you know.
This is very aggravating. The beautiful beech trees in our neighborhood took a huge hit. Oak limbs all over our yard. It's not so easy to use the grill when there's six inches of snow on the ground. At least we have the gas stove top. Those without gas are SOL. We had hot water, too. Well, it's a mess and everyone is getting fed up with National Off-the Grid, out hapless utility who seem to have forgotten the old adage: plan ahead.
Do try the citrus chicken. I think it rocks. I did this w/o using the oven, but the oven does it better. As my Significant Other always says, in an emergency, the devil eat flies. Whatever.
We'll have good cornbread with the 2nd meal of soup tonight, and then except for one ham steak and a re-frozen pizza, we're out of entrees. Climate change is at hand. I think we better get used to it.
The Cheeseparer
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