And I'm very happy about that, I'm thinking of roasting them all with some garlic from the freezer (which reminds me I must plant some garlic soon ready for next year) and some onions. Whizzed up and then popped into the freezer in single serving sizes of sauce it will be lovely to have some Summer freshness later in the year.
Aren't we so lucky to have freezers, I just cannot imagine not having one now. The ease and money saving they bring to our lives is just something to be really grateful for.
The first freezers did appear in the 1940s, known then as a 'deep freeze', but they did not go into mass production until after World War II and didn't appear in homes until the 1950s when they became a bit more affordable. The earliest freezer section in a fridge was like this one, which is a British refrigerator from the 1940s.
I remember us having a gas fridge in our little pantry-sized kitchen when I was growing up in the 1960s. It whirred away, occasionally making fizzing and popping noises that we just got used to, and when we opened the door to get the milk out we had to catch the door of the tiny freezer compartment that wasn't attached to anything and fell off every single time.
Sue xx
How people coped without a freezer years ago, I don't know. They just had to go shopping often and eat what was available, I guess. I do miss growing our own veg this year. You've got a lovely good haul of foods.
ReplyDeleteThey did a lots more daily shopping and made meals from scratch and ate virtually everything they made I guess. We are so lucky aren't we.
DeleteYou are able to grow quite a bit of food in the garden space that you have! A freezer is a wonderful thing to have! I remember the freezer we had when I was a child - it was a tiny compartment inside the fridge, with room for just two ice cube trays! We didn't freeze anything much, back then!
ReplyDeleteI've been pleasantly surprised at how much edible stuff we've had, and I hope to do even better next year.
DeleteI'll be freezing boxes of tomatoes, garlic and onion mix today as well for pasta sauce.
ReplyDeleteI cut each tomato in half and lay face down in the roasting tin so when they're roasted I can easily pinch the skin off between finger and thumb.
The first freezer my mother bought was from the shop down the road that was getting rid of its ice cream freezer. Although it usually only contained gooseberries and the like I loved opening the twin lids on the top!
I bet that was great having a shop style freezer, I remember one just like that in our local newsagents. They made their own ice-lollies that we kids could buy for 1d each and they were in one half of the freezer. That wouldn't be allowed these days of course ... no wrappers on them, straight out of their own kitchen and made with things like Vimto or orange squash.
DeleteI eat a lot of salad and love salad cream, today I am really pleased to have made my own vegan salad cream and it is delicious , I used my ration of oil that was left and being on ration I have been making all sorts of salad using different veg .x
ReplyDeleteI'll have to have a go at making some salad cream, I'm not so keen on the commercial varieties these days, but it would be interesting to have a go at my own. :-)
DeleteI'd be totally lost without my freezer. I'm sure it saves me a fortune. xx
ReplyDeleteThey really do save us money don't they, and time too when you think about how we as single people can batch cook a recipe and pull it out another portion at a later date. Imagine having to cook for one at every single meal and having nothing saved.
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