Carolina make some hot vinegar water add a few drops of dish soap and wipe down all of the packages. Remove all paper and cardboard packaging and write instructions on the product with a sharpie. Never use household cleaning products to clean a freezer. My local food bank did that one time and all of their food tasted like the cleaners they used. (Even the eggs) Hope this helps. Good luck!
Holy moly girl! You HAVE been gifted. I would by large boxes of baking soda and put in your freezer with that food. My dad loved to go to the coast and bring home all kinds of fish,seafood. Mom kept the smell under control by doing that. It worked. You will definitely be a busy girl.
Wipe all the packs down with disinfectant wipes or some hot soapy water with some bleach in it! I've been given stuff before because someone's freezer went out stuff on top started thawing and juiced the frozen stuff up pretty good and I cleaned it all up and placed in my freezer things that were in flimsy saran type wrappers I wiped what I could and others placed in ziploc bags I had no issues with smells. But it was a blessing to me just as this is to you!
Absolutely incredible!! That was so nice of your friend to think of you when many others might've just chucked everything in the garbage. You'll be eating well for months! The frozen pre-cut vegies will be so handy for making easy meals. And all those frozen berries and fruit - amazing!! What a blessing for your family Carolina!
Thank you everyone! Give me all the ideas!! Please give a HUGE THANKS to my friend who so graciously gave me all this food! Buy me a coffee to support this channel! Or you can pick something off my wish list to help! Thank you for the love and support! www.buymeacoffee.com/mamabairdsT
Becky from acre homestead uses bags like your red one to separate her different types of foods in freezer and makes it easier for her to get out when needed
Ginger for wiping everything down to take smell away. Get rid of all paper stuff and rewrap food. In freezer put a lot baking soda in freezer. On fruit can make smoothie bags all ready to go. Also jack fruit is considered a protein. On wings watch Adam Legglife tailgate video. Wings in air fryer learned baking powder and heavy seasoning makes them awesome. Good haul. Lots of work. Kids can safely use ginger rags to wipe off packages. Have a blessed day.
Wow, what a score! Definitely make a solution of water & vinegar to wipe everything down before putting it in the freezer. The get a couple boxes of soda to put in your freezer to absorb the smells. Charcoal also works to absorb smells. I'd take some of that wonderful beef & can it! Could do the same with the chicken!! Also chicken Jerky is good! Monk fruit is a good alternative sweetener. Dragonfruit is very pretty, but not a lot of flavor. I love those Ramon bowls!! Just and water & microwave!! Yummy.. I see a lot of canning & drying things in your near future!! What a true blessing you have received from your friend!
I know, right! A chef that likes to shortcut when he’s home, but, I kinda understand that. I had a friend who was a maid and she said the last thing she wanted to do at home was clean, lol…she’d joke about hiring a maid for her own house so she could come home to clean.
💁🏻♀️My husband and I have designed commercial kitchens and bars for 35+ years (Hard Rock Cafe/Margaritaville/Cheesecake Factory/Nobu/etc) and of the many chefs we have worked with they definitely took short cuts when at home and of some of those who had spouses it was the spouses who took short cuts 😉
Now her HUSBAND is a chef, she isn't! She is the one at home with the kids and she LOVES convenience foods! So they are definitely ying and yang and that shows in their freezer! Haha
Wow what a awesome blessing 🙏 thank you Caroline s friend 👍💓 now we can have more caning and perceiving videos to look forward to..and maybe even a new Mistry box dinner? 🤔 Well all be having fun watching what Caroline is cooking! Aka mamma Baird's 🕊️
Wow. What a gift you've received. You can can a bunch of that up soon & the smell won't be so strong in your freezer & you'll have alot of stuff ready to eat.
Caroline 😊 FYI Jackfruit is what vegetarians and vegans use as a chicken substitute. It’s great for barbecue pulled mock chicken, mock chicken tacos, mock chicken soup and such. Although it is a fruit, it is not good raw. The same a plantains are best cooked, so is jackfruit. Dragon fruit, however is fantastic sweet and fun!
Onion, garlic and most fish smells, can be gotten off your hands, by washing your hands, while soap is on your hands rub them around your faucet...don't know why, but it works. My mama taught me
WHAT A GOD SEND !! I JUST LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS !!!! I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU !!! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VIDEOS COMING !!! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY EACH AND EVERY DAY !!!! SENDING LOVE FROM MY HOUSE TO YOURS !!!! ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏
Pork Belly: large slab...slice on the diagonal both directions without cutting completely through the slab (pretty harlequin pattern), season well down into the cuts, bake on a rack so the fat runs off at 350-375 until it looks dark and cooked (45 minutes, methinks). I mine with salt/pepper. After cooking, I add Tajin. But I'm Texan and love me some Tajin. You can also deep fry salted strips that are snipped partly every 1". They're finished when the steam slacks off and they turn golden. Fried--best bacon on the planet!
Sorry to hear that happened to your friend. So sweet of her to offer to you. I'm sure a lot of people would trash it and then say oh I should have given it to you. Can't wait to see what you cook up for us! Thanks for sharing. I do hope you share how you fit it all in your home lol
WOW, that wasn't just a lot of food, that was really good chef-y food. The baking soda is a great idea. I would also give a quick wipe down of all the packaging with some diluted vinegar and water. Vinegar will kill kitchen orders better than anything, and it is CHEAP! FYI, it is pronounced AH (like ah, so cute) sigh (like heavy sigh) EE (phonetic long e). It doesn't taste great to me, but it's supposed to be a superfood, so throw it in all the smoothies in your future and live long and prosper😃
So girl , you were definitely blessed with this frozen food haul. You have an Awesome friend. I love watching your Videos. And little fingers poking holes in the plastic is bound to happen. But it's no big deal. Just put a couple wraps of plastic wrap on the whole pkg. and poke problem solved. Kids will be kids. As far as what to do with all that food .Dig out those Cookbooks and go at it. As you pour over those Cookbooks ideas will come to mind. And by all means have fun. Because we your Viewers will enjoy watching your creations. God Bless You and your family and the Friend whom blessed you with all that freezer food.
You better load up on baking soda to add to your freezer to neutralize the smell and keep the smell from what you already have in there. What a great score.
What a kind friend to bless you with so much goodness! I would make a corn chowder from much of that corn. 1 of those roast you could do a Mississippi roast. And with the peaches and some of the other berries it would be great to make cobblers for desserts.
Deep fry the raw chicken wings (thawed and Un breaded) until done. Toss in a sauce of half Franks Red Hot Sauce (original, not wing sauce) and half melted butter. We let them marinate in crock pot on low for an hour or so. I’ve been making these for years and my family loves them.
yes ,probably never have done them in the crock.But the airfryer cooks some delicious wings.Some people say the instant pot and then crisp up in af lid .or another af, or under the broiler after.Ive never pressure cooked them first myself. But I love them in the af though.
I just made chicken wings last night. I just put them in a foiled cookie sheet, spray a little olive oil, salt and pepper, garlic powder. Cook on 400 for about 40 minutes. Then turn it up to 450 for another 10 min to crisp them up. I melt some butter and mix them with a little butter and favorite wings sauce. Very easy!
Please make a video of how to home can ground beef! I brown 3lbs of it at a time, with green peppers and onions, and freeze it. But, we've had massive power outages 3 summers in a row. That would save so much worry and possible lost money. What a blessing you received! 💜 Can't wait to see what you create with it!
Dragon fruit is delicious, also the berry bowl is ( ahhhh sigh) berries best way I can make it to work and they’re delicious full of good healthy food, you’re very blessed to receive so much great foods enjoy
All of the frozen fruit, veggies, wontons, ravioli, mini pizzas, etc- basically anything that's pieces in a plastic bag or box, pour them into new gallon Ziplock freezer bags. You can take a picture or photo copy of the info & directions on the original package for later reference. It's probably mostly the outer bag or box that has the smell so by getting rid of the outer bag or box you reduce the smell. Plus it usually saves freezer space over the original bags & boxes. We live 100 miles from Costco with a family of 6 so we buy multiple bags at a time of frozen fruit & veggies & we transfer them from Costco original bags to gallon Ziplock freezer bags. It saves space in the freezer & since we have multiple major food allergies in the family we can label bags who can safely eat it. Anything that needs to be used up first gets a star when we label it. For things like the big pizzas, meat in big pieces, etc. if you have the big roll of plastic wrap, remove the wrapper off the item & wrap it in tight, multiple layers of plastic wrap. You can label it by writing what it is on a piece of paper & putting it on top before you wrap the last couple layers. It won't protect from freezer burn as long as airtight original package but you need to use this stuff up ASAP anyway so the crab smell doesn't seep in any further.
I love that your friend gave it to a person that would appreciate it and be able to use it! It would have been easy just to toss it when faced with a task and not wanting to even look at it or deal with it but she made sure it didn’t go to waste! Kudos to her and yay for you AND us for an unexpected haul!
Dehydrate frozen veggies. All you have to do is empty the bag on your racks and go. They are already blanched before freezing. They are great for soups, stews. Dehydrated sweet corn is actually good to eat like candy...yum. Consider canning the meat.... you truly have been blessed!
I would Maybe try to can some of the stuff if it doesn’t fit in your freezer? Wow what a great friend ! I don’t let anything go to waste so I love this video so much!! Your videos are funny and keep me and my daughters smiling 😊
What an amazing gift. You could wipe it all down with a mixture of baking soda and vinegar. Then put some boxes of baking soda in your fridge/ freezer to help with any smells left behind. Pork belly is really good in a Vietnamese dish called Thit kho. It's braised pork belly and eggs in coconut water. The pork is caramelized. It is my favorite Vietnamese dish! restaurants don't have it on the menu, it is more of a family style meal. Or you could do a Filipino pork adobo or inihaw na liempo(grilled pork belly), also Filipino. Those are my favorite e pork belly dishes. Crispy pork belly with garlic fried rice is really good too!!!
Carolina What a blessing to get all of this food from your friend. Canyou imagine what all this cost? Hope you can find room for all this food. Good stuff for your family.
My boyfriend asked me to write this recipe. Doritos French Fried Chicken Wings 😆 🤣 Milk (to cover the chicken) 3 eggs scramble for each pound. Scramble those and mix in the bowl with chicken and Milk. Seasoned to your liking Let it soak 24 hours. Take it out and let it set in room temperature 1-2 hours before you plan to cook. Then Drain your chicken. Flour with your choice of spices. (Unless you have a store-bought chicken breader) Then add your choice of doritos to the chicken breader. Crush them as fine as you can get them. Lol! I don't know why but if you add a hint of brown sugar. You might like it even more. Ok now get the chicken and get it coated with your chicken breader. Then fry them however you feel more comfortable. P.S. I typed this just as he told me too. 😆 🤣
I’m one of those people that is very sensitive to fishy smell!! I can’t stand it will make me gag so I would be able to take all that food even thought it’s such a blessing! I’m glad you can use it and hope the food doesn’t taste fishy when you use it! Looks like you got some good tips to get the smell off them too! Have fun with all your new to you food! That’s fun having a St. Patrick’s day birthday! Mines the day after Christmas!
Carolina, what a haul!! I had to comment when you mentioned the wings. I used to do mine on the grill but since getting the air fryer, that is my go to. I literally just salt and pepper them and toss them in until they are done. I just give them a shake once in awhile and cook till crispy. My favorite is buffalo, so its Franks hot sauce and a bit of butter. so delicious. Another way is sweet, hot, which is the Franks and some honey. Let 'Chef Mike', I think you say that, heat them and toss. We don't even do wings out anymore because they are so dang easy and delicious at home.
Edamame if no one in the family will eat them as is; cook until very soft, puree, freeze in small amounts & add to other foods to add nutrition & protein. You can also take the puree, pour it thin like fruit leather, dehydrate it till completely dry & then powder it to add to other foods.
Wow I'm amazed, you can feed the family for a month with that 💕 glad you can fit it in. Jackfruit is often used as meat substitute and I had it a couple of times in curries. I think you can use up edamame beans in chillis, they will hide well 😉 I'm really interested in seeing how the jerky turns up. My son loves jerkey and it costs arm and a leg to buy
Wow what a great haul. You could dehydrate the frozen fruit and vegetables, use up this week the older stuff, and then make up a few of the meats for dinners.
A wonderful friend! What a blessing.
What a wonderful gift!
What a blessing for you and your family!!
Wow what a huge blessing for your family.
What a blessing!
What a blessing!!
Good heavens. How lucky are you!!!!!!
Yes I am! She is a great friend!!
You were indeed blessed!
Carolina make some hot vinegar water add a few drops of dish soap and wipe down all of the packages. Remove all paper and cardboard packaging and write instructions on the product with a sharpie. Never use household cleaning products to clean a freezer. My local food bank did that one time and all of their food tasted like the cleaners they used. (Even the eggs) Hope this helps. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing!!
What a wonderful gift from your friend. I was amazed at the quantity and quality of foods.
Me too!! I'm so glad she didn't throw it away!
Wow! Such a blessing!
What a wonderful blessing you both are to each other as friends!
It really is! I cherish her friendship so much!
Oh My Goodness ! You have over $1000 worth of food there ! ! ! You have been Abundantly Blessed ! ! ! Praise God ! ! ! ❤️ 🙏 ❤️
Wow, what a wonderful blessing!! ♥️
It really is!
What a blessing that is
It really is!
Awesome she donated all that to your family.
Yes it really is!!
Wow how wonderful
Wow, what a blessing for you!
It really is!!
Great for you
Amazing gift!
Wonderful
Holy moly girl! You HAVE been gifted. I would by large boxes of baking soda and put in your freezer with that food. My dad loved to go to the coast and bring home all kinds of fish,seafood. Mom kept the smell under control by doing that. It worked. You will definitely be a busy girl.
Great idea!! I'm going to go add that right now!!
@@mamabairds Just have a question. I don't know if I missed or not..... Did she give you the crab? Ha ha ha.
@@monalarsen6364 Heck no! We threw that stinker away! I didn't want it! haha. There is a reason you never see me cook seafood! Haha
Wipe all the packs down with disinfectant wipes or some hot soapy water with some bleach in it! I've been given stuff before because someone's freezer went out stuff on top started thawing and juiced the frozen stuff up pretty good and I cleaned it all up and placed in my freezer things that were in flimsy saran type wrappers I wiped what I could and others placed in ziploc bags I had no issues with smells. But it was a blessing to me just as this is to you!
Lucky girl!
I agree with ya! I'm still shocked!
This was an incredible gift!
It truly was!
Absolutely incredible!! That was so nice of your friend to think of you when many others might've just chucked everything in the garbage. You'll be eating well for months! The frozen pre-cut vegies will be so handy for making easy meals. And all those frozen berries and fruit - amazing!! What a blessing for your family Carolina!
Absolutely!! I am blown away and so thankful for her!!
Wow! What an amazing blessing!
With all that free food, you didn't get the crab legs! Lol
Nope...not those stinkers!! haha
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼What a lovely friend
She really is!!
You are truly ❤ blessed
I really am!! Thank you!
Holy shit, you are a lucky lady!!😊
Very!!!
Wow, that's amazing!
It really is!
Thank you everyone! Give me all the ideas!! Please give a HUGE THANKS to my friend who so graciously gave me all this food!
Buy me a coffee to support this channel! Or you can pick something off my wish list to help! Thank you for the love and support!
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Would the meat take up less space 🤔 if ya cooked it then refrozed it or canned it since ya don't mind canned meats .
I can't wait to see you fix all this
Shout out and a thank you, for sure!!!
Your friend is awesome!!!
I love that your friend thought of you. Thank you Carolina's friend!
Wow that is awesome!!!
Becky from acre homestead uses bags like your red one to separate her different types of foods in freezer and makes it easier for her to get out when needed
I love Becky Acres Homestead!
That's a great idea!
Ginger for wiping everything down to take smell away. Get rid of all paper stuff and rewrap food. In freezer put a lot baking soda in freezer. On fruit can make smoothie bags all ready to go. Also jack fruit is considered a protein. On wings watch Adam Legglife tailgate video. Wings in air fryer learned baking powder and heavy seasoning makes them awesome. Good haul. Lots of work. Kids can safely use ginger rags to wipe off packages. Have a blessed day.
Wow, what a score! Definitely make a solution of water & vinegar to wipe everything down before putting it in the freezer. The get a couple boxes of soda to put in your freezer to absorb the smells. Charcoal also works to absorb smells. I'd take some of that wonderful beef & can it! Could do the same with the chicken!! Also chicken Jerky is good! Monk fruit is a good alternative sweetener. Dragonfruit is very pretty, but not a lot of flavor. I love those Ramon bowls!! Just and water & microwave!! Yummy.. I see a lot of canning & drying things in your near future!! What a true blessing you have received from your friend!
I’m obsessed with wontons and potstickers so I think that is the perfect amount to have 😂🤣
Haha! What's your favorite way to cook them? I tried it in the air fryer and they were ok...
@@mamabairds I love steaming them on the stove top and searing the bottoms to get a crunch really good!
Looks like a lot of new recipes and cooking vlog ideas for you.
I would never expect to see all that in a chefs freezer. Good stuff to feed your family!
I know, right! A chef that likes to shortcut when he’s home, but, I kinda understand that. I had a friend who was a maid and she said the last thing she wanted to do at home was clean, lol…she’d joke about hiring a maid for her own house so she could come home to clean.
💁🏻♀️My husband and I have designed commercial kitchens and bars for 35+ years (Hard Rock Cafe/Margaritaville/Cheesecake Factory/Nobu/etc) and of the many chefs we have worked with they definitely took short cuts when at home and of some of those who had spouses it was the spouses who took short cuts 😉
Now her HUSBAND is a chef, she isn't! She is the one at home with the kids and she LOVES convenience foods! So they are definitely ying and yang and that shows in their freezer! Haha
That is AMAZING!!!
It really is!
@@mamabairds Also…..meant to say that I’m a St. Paddy’s day baby as well!! Enjoy your corned beef!
@@juni_pearl_9591 Oh that's so awesome!! Love me a bday twin!!! It's a great day to have a birthday as well!
Jackfruit is delicious! Yummy
Is your friend adopting????? OMG so much food!!!!! YAY for you!!!!!!!! awesome!!!!!!!
Haha, hey hey now, I'm first in line to get adopted by her!! Haha
@@mamabairds 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow what a awesome blessing 🙏 thank you Caroline s friend 👍💓 now we can have more caning and perceiving videos to look forward to..and maybe even a new Mistry box dinner? 🤔 Well all be having fun watching what Caroline is cooking! Aka mamma Baird's 🕊️
Thank you!! I could totally use some of this food for the mystery ingredient challenge!! Thank you!!
How wonderful!! What a blessing! So excited for yall!! From Montgomery al 🙏 ❤️
Thank you so much!!
Wow. What a gift you've received. You can can a bunch of that up soon & the smell won't be so strong in your freezer & you'll have alot of stuff ready to eat.
Yes it's amazing! Thank you for the suggestion!
I am so jealous!
Wonton and potstickers. I can eat those every single day. Yes now your friend knows how to shop
She does have good taste!!
Caroline 😊
FYI Jackfruit is what vegetarians and vegans use as a chicken substitute. It’s great for barbecue pulled mock chicken, mock chicken tacos, mock chicken soup and such.
Although it is a fruit, it is not good raw. The same a plantains are best cooked, so is jackfruit. Dragon fruit, however is fantastic sweet and fun!
Good to know! Thank you my friend!
Onion, garlic and most fish smells, can be gotten off your hands, by washing your hands, while soap is on your hands rub them around your faucet...don't know why, but it works. My mama taught me
WHAT A GOD SEND !! I JUST LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS !!!! I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU !!! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VIDEOS COMING !!! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY EACH AND EVERY DAY !!!! SENDING LOVE FROM MY HOUSE TO YOURS !!!! ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏
Pork Belly: large slab...slice on the diagonal both directions without cutting completely through the slab (pretty harlequin pattern), season well down into the cuts, bake on a rack so the fat runs off at 350-375 until it looks dark and cooked (45 minutes, methinks). I mine with salt/pepper. After cooking, I add Tajin. But I'm Texan and love me some Tajin. You can also deep fry salted strips that are snipped partly every 1". They're finished when the steam slacks off and they turn golden. Fried--best bacon on the planet!
Oh that does sound so good! Thank you!!
Sorry to hear that happened to your friend. So sweet of her to offer to you. I'm sure a lot of people would trash it and then say oh I should have given it to you. Can't wait to see what you cook up for us! Thanks for sharing. I do hope you share how you fit it all in your home lol
Thank you so much! She really is the best!
AhhhA-mazingggg 🎉❤❤
WOW, that wasn't just a lot of food, that was really good chef-y food. The baking soda is a great idea. I would also give a quick wipe down of all the packaging with some diluted vinegar and water. Vinegar will kill kitchen orders better than anything, and it is CHEAP! FYI, it is pronounced AH (like ah, so cute) sigh (like heavy sigh) EE (phonetic long e). It doesn't taste great to me, but it's supposed to be a superfood, so throw it in all the smoothies in your future and live long and prosper😃
Thank you Jeri! Especially on how to pronounce that horrid word!! Haha. Smoothies for it is a great idea!
So girl , you were definitely blessed with this frozen food haul. You have an Awesome friend. I love watching your Videos. And little fingers poking holes in the plastic is bound to happen. But it's no big deal. Just put a couple wraps of plastic wrap on the whole pkg. and poke problem solved. Kids will be kids. As far as what to do with all that food .Dig out those Cookbooks and go at it. As you pour over those Cookbooks ideas will come to mind. And by all means have fun. Because we your Viewers will enjoy watching your creations. God Bless You and your family and the Friend whom blessed you with all that freezer food.
Thank you so much Lorean!! I'm looking forward to seeing what I can create as well!
Homemade breading flour. Egg wash dip and flour them. Bake with bbq sauce
You better load up on baking soda to add to your freezer to neutralize the smell and keep the smell from what you already have in there. What a great score.
What a kind friend to bless you with so much goodness! I would make a corn chowder from much of that corn. 1 of those roast you could do a Mississippi roast. And with the peaches and some of the other berries it would be great to make cobblers for desserts.
Good thinking Lori!! Thanks for the ideas!
Peach shakes are yummy!
Amazing blessings crabby smell and all. You don’t have to go major food shopping for a while u go girl.
Yes indeed!
Can you imagine how much that would all cost? What a gift!
I know! I'm so amazed!!
Dragon fruit is amazing Jack fruit stinks x goos luck lots love from Scotland 🇬🇧 xx
Deep fry the raw chicken wings (thawed and Un breaded) until done. Toss in a sauce of half Franks Red Hot Sauce (original, not wing sauce) and half melted butter. We let them marinate in crock pot on low for an hour or so. I’ve been making these for years and my family loves them.
yes ,probably never have done them in the crock.But the airfryer cooks some delicious wings.Some people say the instant pot and then crisp up in af lid .or another af, or under the broiler after.Ive never pressure cooked them first myself. But I love them in the af though.
Sounds great!
Get a bottle of Yoshda sauce & bake in oven in the sauce. Or marinaide & then bake in oven with no sauce.. The kids will love them.
Hope you create videos showing how you use all that frozen food...yum
I sure will!
WOW you hit the jackpot, that's probably a thousand dollars worth of food
Yes, I am blown away!!
I use it for jerky also.
I need a friend like her
Me3
@@pennynickels5216 Same here lol
Holy moses what a blessing!!
It really is!! I was/am floored!!
I just made chicken wings last night. I just put them in a foiled cookie sheet, spray a little olive oil, salt and pepper, garlic powder. Cook on 400 for about 40 minutes. Then turn it up to 450 for another 10 min to crisp them up. I melt some butter and mix them with a little butter and favorite wings sauce. Very easy!
Thank you! I can't wait to try some!
Afflac bowls !! Bahaha .. love your channel and your bubbly personality ... you make me laugh !!! Always look forward to your vlog
Thanks so much!!
Please make a video of how to home can ground beef! I brown 3lbs of it at a time, with green peppers and onions, and freeze it. But, we've had massive power outages 3 summers in a row. That would save so much worry and possible lost money. What a blessing you received! 💜 Can't wait to see what you create with it!
Ok will do! I love have cooked ground meat on the shelf! I'll make sure to do a video on it!
My Grandmother would fry strips of what we called fat back and drain off the grease to season dry beans.vegetables ect.
Dragon fruit is delicious, also the berry bowl is ( ahhhh sigh) berries best way I can make it to work and they’re delicious full of good healthy food, you’re very blessed to receive so much great foods enjoy
I really am! Thank you Judy!
What a blessing! Maybe you could skip your reg grocery spending for a week or two and purchase another small chest freezer for the extra food.
Yes that would be a good investment!!
All of the frozen fruit, veggies, wontons, ravioli, mini pizzas, etc- basically anything that's pieces in a plastic bag or box, pour them into new gallon Ziplock freezer bags. You can take a picture or photo copy of the info & directions on the original package for later reference. It's probably mostly the outer bag or box that has the smell so by getting rid of the outer bag or box you reduce the smell. Plus it usually saves freezer space over the original bags & boxes. We live 100 miles from Costco with a family of 6 so we buy multiple bags at a time of frozen fruit & veggies & we transfer them from Costco original bags to gallon Ziplock freezer bags. It saves space in the freezer & since we have multiple major food allergies in the family we can label bags who can safely eat it. Anything that needs to be used up first gets a star when we label it.
For things like the big pizzas, meat in big pieces, etc. if you have the big roll of plastic wrap, remove the wrapper off the item & wrap it in tight, multiple layers of plastic wrap. You can label it by writing what it is on a piece of paper & putting it on top before you wrap the last couple layers. It won't protect from freezer burn as long as airtight original package but you need to use this stuff up ASAP anyway so the crab smell doesn't seep in any further.
Good idea! I do this as well.
Those are some great great ideas!! Thank you very much my friend!!
I love that your friend gave it to a person that would appreciate it and be able to use it! It would have been easy just to toss it when faced with a task and not wanting to even look at it or deal with it but she made sure it didn’t go to waste! Kudos to her and yay for you AND us for an unexpected haul!
Thank you! She felt bad about getting rid of it, but she felt really good when she saw how excited I was and ok with the smell of it all!!
Put baking soda in containers with holes in the top, empty margarine container work great. This should take some of the odor away
Dehydrate frozen veggies. All you have to do is empty the bag on your racks and go. They are already blanched before freezing. They are great for soups, stews. Dehydrated sweet corn is actually good to eat like candy...yum. Consider canning the meat.... you truly have been blessed!
Great idea!
What a Blessing ❤
I would Maybe try to can some of the stuff if it doesn’t fit in your freezer? Wow what a great friend ! I don’t let anything go to waste so I love this video so much!! Your videos are funny and keep me and my daughters smiling 😊
Yes, I have some meat pulled I'll be putting in the canner shortly! I'm so excited! I'm glad you and your daughter enjoy my videos!! Thank you!
Wow your neighbor was very generous in exchange for helping her clean her freezer😀
Very very generous!!
Wow all of that food for free! That is such a blessing. Thank you for sharing.
It really is! Thank you for watching!
What an amazing gift. You could wipe it all down with a mixture of baking soda and vinegar. Then put some boxes of baking soda in your fridge/ freezer to help with any smells left behind. Pork belly is really good in a Vietnamese dish called Thit kho. It's braised pork belly and eggs in coconut water. The pork is caramelized. It is my favorite Vietnamese dish! restaurants don't have it on the menu, it is more of a family style meal. Or you could do a Filipino pork adobo or inihaw na liempo(grilled pork belly), also Filipino. Those are my favorite e pork belly dishes. Crispy pork belly with garlic fried rice is really good too!!!
Thank you for all the ideas!!
Boy, what an awesome gift!!!! Awesome friend too!!!!
Carolina
What a blessing to get all of this food from your friend. Canyou imagine what all this cost? Hope you can find room for all this food. Good stuff for your family.
It has to be over $600 is my guess!! Wow!!
Valentines Day is coming. Something with those dark cherries!
Oh good thinking!
Canned corn beef is delish!!
It really is! I made some hash before, and oh my!! It was so good!
Takk!
Wow!! Thank you so much my friend!!
My boyfriend asked me to write this recipe.
Doritos French Fried Chicken Wings 😆 🤣
Milk (to cover the chicken)
3 eggs scramble for each pound.
Scramble those and mix in the bowl with chicken and Milk.
Seasoned to your liking
Let it soak 24 hours.
Take it out and let it set in room temperature 1-2 hours before you plan to cook.
Then Drain your chicken.
Flour with your choice of spices. (Unless you have a store-bought chicken breader)
Then add your choice of doritos to the chicken breader. Crush them as fine as you can get them.
Lol! I don't know why but if you add a hint of brown sugar. You might like it even more.
Ok now get the chicken and get it coated with your chicken breader.
Then fry them however you feel more comfortable.
P.S. I typed this just as he told me too. 😆 🤣
Oh that sounds really good! Tell your boyfriend thank you from me!!
@Mama Baird's Homestead I will. I will have him watch the video with me if you try the recipe. I could see him now. Lol
I’m one of those people that is very sensitive to fishy smell!! I can’t stand it will make me gag so I would be able to take all that food even thought it’s such a blessing! I’m glad you can use it and hope the food doesn’t taste fishy when you use it! Looks like you got some good tips to get the smell off them too! Have fun with all your new to you food! That’s fun having a St. Patrick’s day birthday! Mines the day after Christmas!
Great friend you have such a wonderful blessing for your family.
Carolina, what a haul!! I had to comment when you mentioned the wings. I used to do mine on the grill but since getting the air fryer, that is my go to. I literally just salt and pepper them and toss them in until they are done. I just give them a shake once in awhile and cook till crispy. My favorite is buffalo, so its Franks hot sauce and a bit of butter. so delicious. Another way is sweet, hot, which is the Franks and some honey. Let 'Chef Mike', I think you say that, heat them and toss. We don't even do wings out anymore because they are so dang easy and delicious at home.
Oh that does sound so simple! Thank you for sharing that with me!!
What a blessing for your family
It really is! At the perfect timing too!
That sounds really good butternut squash ravioli. Never heard of them
It does! Can't wait to try one. I used the butternut squash "pasta" last night and it was really good!
Edamame if no one in the family will eat them as is; cook until very soft, puree, freeze in small amounts & add to other foods to add nutrition & protein. You can also take the puree, pour it thin like fruit leather, dehydrate it till completely dry & then powder it to add to other foods.
Oh those are some great ideas! Thank you!
hi this is Sue, that is funny, were having dumplings tonight for a simple dinner, as well as the pantry challenge..
That is too funny! Hope they were good!
What a blessing and you of all people I know will make good use of it. God provides.
Yes it is truly amazing! Thank you!
Wow 😲, what a blessing your friend gave you. I hope that you find the room for it all. Have a great day 😊
Thank you!! It's making a huge difference to our family!!
Wow I'm amazed, you can feed the family for a month with that 💕 glad you can fit it in. Jackfruit is often used as meat substitute and I had it a couple of times in curries. I think you can use up edamame beans in chillis, they will hide well 😉 I'm really interested in seeing how the jerky turns up. My son loves jerkey and it costs arm and a leg to buy
Good to know! Thank you!
Wow what a great haul. You could dehydrate the frozen fruit and vegetables, use up this week the older stuff, and then make up a few of the meats for dinners.