Hi Dave,

 DD> SELF: Check Best Buy for that self-defrosting freezer.

 RH> I do like our self defrosting freezer, same with the fridge freezer.
 RH> I've defrosted many freezers over my lifetime and various moves; it's
 RH> nice not to have to worry about that any more.

 DD> Used to be easy when I was a kidlet and the freezer at the time held
 DD> only a pair of ice cube trays and maybe a package of hamburger. Open

One rental house we had, the freezer had the ice cube tray (singular)
underneath the food compartment. That couldn't hold much more than a 12
oz can of frozen orange juice, The door had no shelves. The owner of the
house let us replace the fridge (took it with us when we moved) so we
found a $50. "wonder" fridge at a yard sale. Wondered about age, brand,
how well it would hold up, etc. Still running about 6 years later when
we sold the place we were living in as Steve joined the Army.


 DD> the door, unplug the Frigidare and place a fan to blow room air on the
 DD> freezer. As the collected frost lost its grip on the coils and slid
 DD> into the catch
 DD> pan under the freezer turn the fan to off, dump the catch pan and plug
 DD> the ice box back in. Usually the ice cube trays had'nt melted enough
 DD> to loosed the cubes in the trays.  Bv)=

My mom used to heat a pot of water to boiling, then put it in the
freezer. After a bit, she would take it out and chip away at the ice. I
started with a pot of boiling water, then when it had cooled, took it
out and aimed a hair blow dryer at the ice. Much faster than mom's
method. (G)


 DD> Too bad it's not that easy today. I scored a nice 12.6 cu. ft. self-
 DD> defroster at Best Buy for U$500 delivered and the current box moved to
 DD> the garage.

Nice! We bought a new fridge around this time in 2018, donated the old
one to our church. Still running, we just wanted more fridge room.
Replaced a chest freezer (about 10 c/f) with an upright a couple of
years ago, gave the chest one to a friend who had the need for one.

 RH> VIDALIA SHRIMP SAUTE OVER ANGEL HAIR PASTA

 RH> 2 red peppers, sliced in strips

 DD> Bell peppers? Or poblano/NuMex?

 RH> First time making; I used bells but may try others next time around.
 RH> Don't want to overpower the shrimps tho.

 DD> Poblanos and NuMex/Anaheim are fairly mild as long as you stay away
 DD> from the Heritage Big Jim cultiver. Those are in the jalapeno range
 DD> for heat,

OK, will try them next time.


 DD> Looks like a decent recipe. If Vidalia onions are not in season you
 DD> can sub nearly any yellow (sweet) onion icluding the Texas 1084.

 RH> Or the Maui sweet, used enough of them over almost 6 years in HI. They
 RH> work well in something like this.

 DD> Forgot about those as we don't see many of them, even at Harvest
 DD> Market, Real Vidalias and 1084s are much more common. Our local Ansar
 DD> Shrine
 DD> holds a sale every year with Vidalia onions brought back from Vidalia
 DD> Georgia.

We get the Vidalias year round in Wegman's, have one in our fridge now.

 DD> special for under U$3 ea. Great price and good (also convenient) food.

 RH> I've tried some of the different pre made things from Wegman's when
 RH> Steve has a supper meal. A bit more on the pricey side but they're made
 RH> up fresh and are generous enough to make 2 meals of it.

 DD> I have a number of different deli-departments to choose from for take
 DD> away pre-made meals. Some are great and some are ..... But I like the
 DD> convenience of the frozen Healthy Choice of Stouffer's. Or even good
 DD> ol' Banquet pot pies. No Marie Callender though. I've been burnt too
 DD> often. Can't imagine how that brand got so popular.

 DD> My favourite "hot-deli" take home is a half-pound of Humphrey's
 DD> breaded chicken livers and a pint container of melon chunks - either
 DD> honey-dew
 DD> or muskmelon. A nice lunch that doesn't carb load me so I'm able to
 DD> get things done in the afternoon without a nap.  Bv)=

Steve likes the chicken livers, I'll eat them but not my favorite meat.
We'd more than likely have them for supper, with brown rice and a salad.


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