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Jo S



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 8:56 pm    Post subject: Fridgeless? Reply with quote
    

Gil, how is being fridgeless working out for you?

 
chez



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What, your Landlords are confiscating yours because they caught you trying to cook the peacock?

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How do you cook a peacock in a fridge?

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They do things different in Somerset.

 
Bebo



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

squirt lime juice all over it, like that mexican fishy thing?

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

or pineapple juice.

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 11 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Peacock ceviche? I'll pass, thank you...

 
Jo S



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Urgle, gah and baggages.

 
chez



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
Peacock ceviche? I'll pass, thank you...


I read that as Peacock Crevice.

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
marigold wrote:
Peacock ceviche? I'll pass, thank you...


I read that as Peacock Crevice.



 
gil
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


By the time I'd read to the previous post, I was laughing so much, I'd forgotten the original question.

Jo - life without a fridge is fine so far - it's been about 9-10mths - though I've not had a really long spell of hot weather to deal with.

I've made some adjustments to how I cook / use /store food - as a one-person household; might work differently for a family.

A freezer is a necessity. I cook in bulk and freeze in 1or2-meal portion packs.

You need to be OK about eating the same thing for a couple of nights in a row, or more.

Buy the size of milk that you will get through before it goes off. This may mean buying smaller more expensive cartons. I buy several at a time and freeze them till needed. You need to remember to defrost before you need need need them. Defrost in the bucket - takes a couple of hours before there's enough liquid milk for a cup of tea.

My 'fridge' is a bucket of cold water. In it live the milk, the jar of mayo, and any unfrozen, unopened, watertight packs of [cheese etc].

I freeze butter till needed and keep it in a butter dish. Again, just defrost what you'll need before it goes off. In summer I buy salted cos it lasts longer. In winter, unsalted which I prefer.

Cheese - I buy a big block and cut smaller and freeze. Hard cheeses only.
Ham, bacon, sausages, pate - repack in portion-sized packs [just layers/'leaves' of plastic bag will do] and freeze
Bread - slice and freeze, use as needed, either defrost or toast. Some defrosted bread is nasty; some OK.

I probably wouldn't defrost > cook a large joint of meat in summer. Better to buy fresh and roast immediately, then cut up and freeze leftovers.

I eat a lot less meat.

Work out a measure of a portion of uncooked rice / pasta, and use it to avoid waste. I'm a lot more cautious, especially in summer, about leftover 'stodge' that I would previously have put overnight in the fridge and eaten the next day. It might work if you put it into a watertight wide-necked jar stored in the water bucket.

Not having a fridge means less stuff available to snack on, or not immediately edible.
A microwave might be useful, though I don't have one - for quick defrost and eat.

Lack of summer salady things normally kept fresh in a fridge might be a pain - lettuce, spinach leaves, coleslaw.

The pantry, which is the coldest room in the house, is very useful.
This house is cold all year round anyway.

Why did you ask ?

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gil wrote:

Cheese - I buy a big block and cut smaller and freeze. Hard cheeses only.


If you haven't tried them, brie and dolcelatte freeze well. They actually seem to change less after freezing than cheddar etc.

ETA: If you do have a micro, rice can be frozen in portions for later zapping (from frozen). If you cook a large batch of rice, take your hot portion and eat it, cool the rest by running cold water through the sieve and freeze straight away there shouldn't be any risk of FP.

 
gil
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Marigold - that's interesting about rice, and less hard cheeses. Thanks for the info !

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gil wrote:
Marigold - that's interesting about rice, and less hard cheeses. Thanks for the info !


I reheat rice from frozen in the microwave - I've got a set of individual plastic pudding bowls from Lakeland which are perfect for going from freezer to micro. I would be very wary about defrosting/reheating rice if you don't have a microwave. But I'm sure you are aware of the dangers of leaving rice around at room temperature!

 
gil
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 11 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yeh, re-heated rice is something I was once rather ill after. Never again. I used to have the rice cold from the fridge the second day, and just reheat the main dish.

 
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