Thursday, September 22, 2022

Things don't always...

 go according to plan.  At least, not in my house.

The fellow who usually does the shopping and delivery with the grocery service I use, had today off.  The one who did the shopping and delivering is a very nice guy.  But he has no clue about how I shop.

The plan was to buy a turkey, a couple of chickens and vegetables in order to can quarts of chicken/turkey vegetable soup.  I got the chickens.  The turkey turned into a rather small frozen turkey breast.  Four pounds of carrots turned into two small bags of baby carrots.  My regular delivery guy knows that when I order cabbage, I want large heads.  The one I got was slightly bigger than a softball. 

So, the soup isn't going to work out.  But there is always a Plan B.

The chickens and turkey breast are in the freezer and will be used for meals later on.  The veggies are all chopped and tomorrow morning they will be blanched and frozen.  It is all still food.  And it doesn't matter if I open a jar to use it or if I thaw out a package.  Food is food, no matter how it is preserved.

Sometimes we have an idea of what we want to do and then Old Murphy shows up and tosses a monkey wrench into the works.  The trick is to be flexible.  If one thing doesn't work, we just try something else.

But I kind of wish Murphy would find somewhere else to hang out.  :)  

14 comments:

  1. Sounds like you got a dunce, nice guy or not.

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    1. To be fair, this service is for the 'elderly,' most of which don't can large quantities of food and don't order in bulk the way I do. Still, it would have been nice if he had stuck to the order form as written.

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    2. have you told him?
      he needs to be educated
      the squeaky wheel gets the grease

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    3. deb...The sub is used to shopping for little old ladies who buy one lb. of hamburger at a time. Not someone like me who has been known to buy 15 or 20 lbs. As far as I know, no one else on their client list buys canning jars or shops in bulk. I only see him maybe once a year. The rest of the time I get my regular guy who knows how I shop. The sub is just fine for everyone else. I am not going to yell about one order out of a year.

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  2. I hope that you have explained to him why you wanted things in large quantities, poor guy probably thought that he was doing you a favour.

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    1. anon...Yep...I expect he thought he was doing me a favor. I'm not too worried about it. This is the first time in well over a year that I have had a substitute for my regular delivery guy. I just needed to go to Plan B and that worked. :)

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  3. Vicki~ Due to a power pole upgrade, our power was out for seven hours a week ago. Which meant lots of ice and coolers. Both the freezer and fridge got cleaned out and organized. I needed to toss a few items as I could not tell what they were and the freezer burn did not help. The good thing is everything is organized now. I hope your Regular Guy will be back. Might want to give the Service a call to find out. Red

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    1. Red...I had a few freezer burned mystery packages in my freezer, too. And that was just the freezer in my fridge. I am kind of scared to dig into the chest freezer. :)
      The regular delivery guy will be back when my next order goes in. I see a substitute guy maybe once a year. It just happened to be this time when I had planned to can soup. That will happen. Just at a later date. :)

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  4. So glad you've got such a great attitude about having to pivot and change your plans. As you know, I've had to be quite flexible with my recent move to my new home. Not easy but it helps having a good attitude. Tonight is my first social event -- unloading a huge trailer and a pizza party for all my friends coming to help. Cheers, SJ

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    1. SJ...Glad you are enjoying your new home and getting to know folks there. Here, Murphy seems to be a permanent resident, so I have learned to always have a Plan B, as Plan A, often as not, doesn't work out. As my Dad used to say, 'Don't sweat the small stuff.' :)

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  5. Can I freeze raw carrots? I want to use them in stews and soups sometime but have way too many.

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    1. Ann...Yes you can freeze raw carrots, but they need to be blanched. Sliced or diced - 2 minutes. Small, whole carrots or the store bought baby carrots - 5 minutes. I have both frozen and canned carrots successfully. I have also dehydrated either sliced or diced carrots, blanching them for three minutes before drying. These work really well in crockpot soups or stews. These days we don't want to waste any food. Good luck with whatever method you use.

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  6. I wondered where ol' Murphy went. When he's bored with your projects don't bother to send him back... he's free to go somewhere else ;-) And isn't it great when Plan B comes together?!
    - hobo

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    1. hobo...Ol' Murphy has been happily screwing things up here for quite some time. Even so, I wouldn't dream of sending him back to you. But I pity the poor person that who gets him next. :)

      It would be lovely if Plan A would work once in a while, but I surely will settle for a successful Plan B!

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