Duncan left behind vast quantities of meat in the freezer. now, i'm more of a pasta and salad person at home, preferring to let the professionals handle the subtlities of 'medium' vs. 'medium rare'. but i'm also on a budget, and looking into the cold box i see in my mind that standard-yellow $25 check Grandma Mickey sent me one cold, poverty-stricken student-era Christmas–on the memo line: "buy meat". the guilt is overwhelming–i can't let all this cello-wrapped, portion-divided frozen meat go to waste. so, the adventure begins. recipe: defrost on radiator, shoo dog and cat away from radiator, unwrap, pop in world's-smallest counter top oven and wait to see what comes out! i'm sure that last night's was chicken–very nice with pasta. i'm fairly certain that tonight's was lamb. i think. anyway, it was very nice with salad. tomorrow looks to be…well, we'll see, won't we?
FYI: the radiator de-frost was Duncan's method, highly UN-recommended if you want to avoid death by salmonilla (thanks Maria)–i'm sticking to the safer day-ahead-of-time refrig. method these days.
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Also a good, safe method, if you’ve forgotten to take it out of the freezer: place in sink filled with cold water, change water every half hour or so until defrosted.
Sibling dictionary translation: place in sink filled with cold water, change water every half hour or so until defrosted.LikeLike
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stop sending me pages from the fda food safety guide people!! i KNOW how to properly defrost–it was JUST a funny story.
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