Me Man, Love Meat

I recognize that some of you may read the title and pretty much know what this blog post is all about. It's about meat. Since I grew up in Texas, I have a pretty good appreciation for meat. I will never be confused with a vegetarian, and try to incorporate at least a little meat into most meals that I make.

So imagine my joy when Carrie found a way to get 40 pounds of lean ground beef at a spectacular price. Recently, she has found a number of good deals for meat for us. We had the 30 pounds of bacon, as well as the 40 pounds of chicken breasts. Now, we have 40 pounds of lean ground beef to help fill our freezer.

As with the other two meats, I went to pick them up at their special location that we have in town for such deliveries. (For those who may wonder, these arrangements are completely legal!) The man on the truck delivered the box of beef into my trunk, which I then brought home. Here you can see how it looked when we opened the box to see the marvelous meat inside.
Now, lest you think that I am crazy, no, I did not put the big 10 pound links of ground beef into the freezer just like you see here. Instead, I divided them up. For the most part, I put them in freezer bags in 2 pound blocks, reserving a few for some smaller, one pound blocks. It actually didn't take too long to do this.

We even decided to try out a little bit tonight. I had to make a soup for our soup supper tomorrow night, so once again, Carrie did her magic and found a cheeseburger soup to make. So a pound of this meat made its way into that soup. How will it taste? Well, I won't be able to tell you that until tomorrow night. Until then, I will rest peacefully, knowing that I have lots of good, delicious meat in the freezer anytime I want some.