... Who is also a Gorean, recovering addict, cigar smoker, hippie, artist, crafter, pervert, sadist, sensualist, spiritualist, biker, geek, singer, prepper, cook, defier of labels in general, and a whole lot of other things!
Just Various writings and such that I feel the urge to share.
Warning... If you have narrow ideas about what a (insert label here) ought to be like, this blog will most likely offend your delicate sensibilities, and you are better off going elsewhere.
Friday, 31 July 2020
Metal Mayhem X Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.30
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Music, Madness & Mayhem (KFOX Tribute) ~ Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.29
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Playlist
- Janet Jackson - What Have You Done for Me Lately (04:59)
- Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love (Single Mix) (04:06)
- Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (04:05)
- S.O.S Band - Just The Way You Like It (Long Version) (09:24)
- Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract (03:51)
- Lionel Richie - Say you, Say me (White Nights) Lionel Richie (03:58)
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (04:53)
- Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine (03:43)
- Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (03:36)
- Kool and the Gang - Joanna (04:19)
- Princess - After The Love Has Gone (04:10)
- Dr Hook - The Millionaire (02:58)
- Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (04:53)
- Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (04:36)
- Anita Baker - Sweet Love (04:26)
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (05:59)
- Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (04:06)
- Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (07:11)
- Luther Vandross - A House Is Not a Home (07:07)
- Princess - Say I'm Your Number One (03:36)
- Cherelle (ft. Alexander O'Neal) - Saturday Love (05:01)
- Loose Ends - Hanging On A String (05:51)
- Rick James - Super Freak (03:21)
- El DeBarge - Who's Johnny (03:56)
- Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (04:22)
- Junior Jack - My Feeling (Radio Edit) (03:41)
- Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (04:20)
- Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For (04:17)
- USA For Africa - We Are the World (07:07)
- Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (04:51)
- Eddie Murphy Party All The Time ( 4:14)
- Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (05:20)
- Baby Shark (Hip Hop Remix) ( 1:51)
Sunday, 26 July 2020
Metal Mayhem Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.25
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Featured Full Album
What the Dead Men Say
By: Trivium
Released: April 24, 2020
Label: Roadrunner Records
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Featured Full Album
What the Dead Men Say
By: Trivium
Released: April 24, 2020
Label: Roadrunner Records
Playlist
- After Forever - Being Everyone (03:39)
- Amaranthe (Feat. Angela Gossow) - Do Or Die (04:37)
- Warbringer - Heart Of Darkness (07:12)
- Leo Moracchioli - The Best [Metal Cover (Bonnie Tyler)] (04:34)
- Leo Moracchioli - The Devil Went Down To Georgia [Metal Cover] (03:40)
- Nanowar Of Steel - Karkagnor's Song - The Hobbit (06:28)
- Nanowar Of Steel - Karkagnor's Song - In The Forest (00:11)
- Rumahoy - Cowboys of the Sea (04:32)
- Amon Amarth - The Berserker At Stamford Bridge (05:15)
- Rhapsody - Flames of Revenge (05:34)
- Arkona - Yarilo (02:31)
- Trivium - IX (01:58)
- Trivium - What The Dead Men Say (06:09)
- Trivium - Catastrophist (07:36)
- Trivium - Amongst The Shadows & The Stones (05:40)
- Trivium - Bleed Into Me (04:13)
- Trivium - The Defiant (04:29)
- Trivium - Sickness Unto You (06:13)
- Trivium - Scattering The Ashes (03:24)
- Trivium - Bending The Arc To Fear (04:45)
- Trivium - The Ones We Leave Behind (04:56)
- Within Temptation - In Vain (04:24)
- Sonata Arctica - 02. Die With Your Boots On (04:24)
- All Ends - We Are Through (03:06)
- Beyond the Embrace - Compass (03:05)
- Excalion - Bring On The Storm (04:13)
- Freedom Call - Heart Of The Rainbow (04:36)
- Aquaria - Your Majesty Gaia (07:03)
- Lost Horizon - Cry Of A Restless Soul (08:23)
- Kalmah - Evil Kin (04:13)
- Dyscordia - Chthonic Star (06:05)
- Gravity - Le Porteur de Nuit (06:50)
- Disease Illusion - Red Wine Stained Cheek (03:42)
- In Vain - Soul Adventurer (05:10)
- SLAY DUGGEE - BABY SHARK (Heavy Metal) (01:45)
Friday, 24 July 2020
Metal Mayhem X Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.23
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Thursday, 23 July 2020
Music, Madness & Mayhem ~ Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.22
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Playlist
- Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (05:00)
- Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (03:20)
- Liam Gallagher - Champagne Supernova (Unplugged) (03:58)
- Haim - Summer Girl (03:52)
- James Blunt - Monsters [Acoustic] (03:53)
- A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (03:57)
- Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up (04:36)
- Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (16:56)
- Peter,Paul and Mary - Deportee (04:34)
- Faun - Unda (05:09)
- Gary Jules - Mad World (03:20)
- Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling (03:16)
- Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee (04:04)
- Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (04:58)
- Alice In Chains (with Symphony) - Kashmir with Symphony (09:33)
- Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive (03:55)
- Abba - Dancing Queen (03:51)
- Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (04:00)
- Bon Jovi - Always (with lyrics) (05:37)
- Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls (04:52)
- Moonspell - Night Eternal (04:12)
- Metallica - Star Wars Imperial March (02:45)
- Baby Shark (Trap Remix) ( 1:26)
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Metal Mayhem Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.18
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Playlist
- Dethklok - Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle (01:14)
- Dethklok - The Lost Vikings (04:26)
- Cynic - The Unknown Guest (04:12)
- Opeth - The Apostle in Triumph (13:01)
- Dan Swanö - Encounterparts (06:05)
- Raventhrone - The Threefold King of the First Dominion (03:23)
- Orphaned Land - From Broken Vessels (07:36)
- Paradise Lost - One Second (03:32)
- Rhapsody of Fire - Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio (06:26)
- Nanowar Of Steel - Lamento Erotico (05:40)
- Dan Vasc - A Tale That Wasn't Right (04:43)
- Dan Vasc - Stone In Love (04:31)
- Darkwell - Metatron - 07 - Nothingness (03:57)
- Leo Moracchioli - Man of Constant Sorrow [Metal Cover] (02:50)
- Leo Moracchioli - Natural [Metal Cover] (04:15)
- Leo Moracchioli - The Devil Went Down To Georgia [Metal Cover] (03:40)
- Silentium - Painless (04:34)
- Nigtwish - The Phantom Of The Opera.mp4 (04:38)
- Night in Gales - Blades to Laughter (03:59)
- Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse (05:17)
- Samael - Promised Land (03:57)
- Eluveitie - Andro (03:41)
- Folk stone - Alza il corno (03:44)
- Amon Amarth - Raise Your Horns (04:23)
- Orpheu - Hyubris (Forja-2009) (06:20)
- In Extremo - Küss Mich (04:12)
- Fan made Metallica/Starcraft remix - One (07:23)
- Black Majesty - Further Than Insane (04:32)
- Beyond the Embrace - Against the Elements (04:31)
- Beast in Black - Blind and Frozen (05:16)
- Blind Guardian - Beyond the Ice (03:28)
- Yannis Papadopoulos ft. Vicky Psarakis - The Haunting (Kamelot Vocal Cover) (05:30)
- ANGEL DUST - To Dust You Will Decay (05:43)
- Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards - The Trooper (03:59)
- Warrel Dane - Patterns (04:00)
Monday, 13 July 2020
Recipe ~ Scottish American Neeps and Tatties, Khaos Edition!
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Not long ago, I posted my recipe for Haggis, which was the result of over two months of intense research into the dish and its history and origins.
As I discovered, (and noted in my last recipe post with my whisky sauce recipe), just as one does not simply walk into Mordor, one does not simply make a haggis - without neeps, tatties, and whisky sauce!
Lightly golden browned neeps, fresh from the oven |
There are lots of pretty good recipes out there for neeps and tatties, but I wanted to tailor these specifically to perfectly complement my haggis recipe, and besides, none of them had my tried and true, "secret" ingredient for elevating mashed potatoes into amazing mashed potatoes, which I've used for many years.
Rich and creamy tasty tatties |
Another reason for creating my own version is every, single recipe also called for peeling the potatoes and rutabagas too, which I simply will not do! Both are SO much better tasting with the skins scrubbed well and left on, not to mention more nutritious and better textured. Oh yeah... And less work, less waste, and less opportunity to cut yourself or accidentally peel a knuckle or two! (If you've peeled veggies as much as I used to do before I came to my senses, you know exactly what I'm talking about and probably just winced at the memories. Sorry.)
So, for some reason, store bought rutabagas are almost always coated in paraffin wax. They say it is to keep them from going bad, but they don't do it with white turnips, nor have my farm fresh rutabagas ever come that way, and I have always been able to keep them for quite some time without them going bad at all, so I truly do not get why they do that. Probably more to do with aesthetics, just like why they do it with apples and other things that do not need it! Grrr! Stupid marketing ploys.
Anyway, you can make short work of the wax slime by popping them, whole/untrimmed, into a pot of boiling water for 5-10 minutes. That will remove most of it, and almost all the rest will come off with a quick wipe as you take them (carefully!) out of the boiling water, before you cut them up.
Anyway, this is what I came up with, and I think it came out perfectly. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Scottish American Neeps & Tatties
Equipment:
• Two large pots
• Large casserole (or make sure rutabaga pot is oven safe)
• potato masher(s)
Ingredients:
• Around 3 lbs potatoes
• 10 or so rutabagas (AKA yellow turnips, wax turnips, Swedes, neeps, turnips - not to be confused with white turnips)
• Salt for pots
For Tatties:
• 4 Tbs butter
• 1/2 Cup real mayonnaise (NOT salad dressing or Miracle Whip!)
• 1 Cup or little more heavy cream
• 2 Tbs black pepper
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 1+ Tbs sea salt (to taste)
For Neeps:
• 4 Tbs butter
• 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
• 1 Tbs white pepper
• 1+ Tbs sea salt (to taste)
Directions:
• Remove most wax from rutabagas, if waxed, by boiling, whole, for about 10 minutes in a pan of water, then wiping residual wax off immediately on removing each from boiling water.
• Scrub potatoes well and chop or slice them up (a food processor with a slicing disk gets this done in a flash!)
• Place into a pot of cold, salted water, set burner to high and bring to a boil
• Whilst potatoes are heating, scrub rutabagas, trim ends, slice or chop, and put them in their own pot of cold, salted water to boil.
• Once pot(s) come to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15-20 minutes, until potatoes/rutabagas are tender.
• Remove both from heat, drain potatoes, and return to their pot along with butter and cream, covered over lowest heat setting.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Drain rutabagas, transfer to casserole dish or return to oven safe pot, and mash them until they are only a little lumpy
• Add butter, evaporated milk, white pepper, and salt and blend in well, tasting to make sure your spice mix is good.
• Place in 350°F oven and bake, uncovered, until top is golden brown (You should have just enough time to finish up the tatties and bring them back up to serving temperature)
• Remove potatoes from heat and mash, then add mayo, nutmeg, black pepper, and salt and fully mix everything evenly until it is a nice, smooth, creamy mixture. A little lumpy is fine, as long as there is plenty of smooth creaminess along with them.
• If the mix has cooled more than you like for serving, or if still waiting for other things to finish cooking, return to heat on lowest setting, covered, and stir occasionally until ready to serve.
• Serve and enjoy!
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Metal Mayhem Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.11
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Featured Full Album
Distance Over Time
By: Dream Theater
Released: February 22, 2019
Label: InsideOut Records
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Featured Full Album
Distance Over Time
By: Dream Theater
Released: February 22, 2019
Label: InsideOut Records
Playlist
- Today Is The Day - Spotting A Unicorn (01:22)
- Exhumed - Limb From Limb (02:33)
- HAMKA - Ghosts of desert (07:03)
- Amorphis - The Way (04:37)
- Incantation - United In Repugnance (04:01)
- Dragonland - Shadow of the Mithril Mountain (05:51)
- Neurosis - Under The Surface (08:37)
- Fourth Circle - Iron Drops (04:36)
- Orions Reign - Darkness Comes (05:00)
- Elis - Devil Inside You (04:44)
- Dream Theater - Untethered Angel (06:14)
- Dream Theater - Paralyzed (04:17)
- Dream Theater - Fall into the Light (07:04)
- Dream Theater - Barstool Warrior (06:43)
- Dream Theater - Room 137 (04:23)
- Dream Theater - S2N (06:21)
- Dream Theater - At Wit's End (09:20)
- Dream Theater - Out of Reach (04:04)
- Dream Theater - Pale Blue Dot (08:26)
- Dream Theater - Viper King (Bonus track) (04:00)
- Heavenly - Victory (Creature Of The Night) (06:51)
- Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God (04:08)
- Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods (04:19)
- Everfall - Revenge (05:38)
- Libellula - Ira (04:36)
- Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon (07:47)
- Amon Amarth - Raise Your Horns (04:23)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (04:17)
- Battle Beast - Raise Your Fists (06:10)
- Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave (05:17)
- AMARANTHE - 'Do Or Die' Feat. Angela Gossow (04:37)
- SLAY DUGGEE - BABY SHARK (Heavy Metal) (01:45)
Friday, 10 July 2020
Metal Mayhem X Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.09
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Four songs out of 35 were not requests this show! right on, listeners!
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Four songs out of 35 were not requests this show! right on, listeners!
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Playlist
- Amorphis - Amorphis - Misery Path (04:17)
- Eluveitie - Inis Mona (04:10)
- Amon Amarth - Father of the Wolf (04:20)
- Leo Moracchioli - Ghostbusters [Metal Cover] (03:24)
- Einherjer - Naar Hammerem Heves (05:21)
- Liliac - Enter Sandman (05:11)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (06:20)
- Black Sabbath - The Wizard (04:25)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzy Osbourne (04:02)
- Rush - Finding My Way (05:07)
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid (02:49)
- Black Sabbath - War Pigs (07:53)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Iron Man (05:24)
- Battle Beast - Unfairy Tales (03:33)
- Steel Panther - Gloryhole (04:32)
- Def Leppard - All I Want Is Everything (05:21)
- Sins Of Omission - 03. The Creation (04:22)
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (05:31)
- Ratt - You're in Love (03:14)
- Accept - Restless and Wild (04:12)
- Megadeth - Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction (04:02)
- Iron Maiden - Aces High (04:28)
- RATT - Way Cool Jr. (04:30)
- Five Finger Death Punch - Remember Everything (04:48)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (04:17)
- Iron Maiden - The Trooper (04:12)
- Five Finger Death Punch - When The Seasons Change (AUDIO) (03:47)
- Apocalyptica - I Don't Care (03:57)
- DragonForce - Through The Fire And Flames (07:21)
- Anthrax - Soldiers Of Metal (03:00)
- Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (08:13)
- Volbeat - Leviathan (04:37)
- Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (08:13)
- Ayreon - Day Three: Pain (The Human Equation) 2004 (04:59)
- All Ends - Wasting Life (03:18)
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
BONUS SHOW! Music, Madness & Mayhem X ~ Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.07
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Playlist
- Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (04:40)
- AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (from Live at River Plate) (04:24)
- Prince - Darling Nikki (04:14)
- Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater (04:24)
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (04:43)
- Air Supply - All Out Of Love (03:50)
- Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen (06:12)
- Madonna - Justify My Love (05:01)
- Cradle of Filth - Venus in Fear (02:20)
- Cradle of Filth - Desire in Violent Overture (04:16)
- Manowar - Pleasure Slave (05:38)
- David Bowie - Heroes (03:26)
- Bloodhound Gang - The Ballad Of Chasey Lane (02:21)
- The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (02:37)
- Connie Vannett - The Pussy Cat Song (02:37)
- The Wet Spots - Do You Take It? (02:56)
- Paul Giamatti - Paul Giamatti - Try A Little Tenderness (03:35)
- Garfunkel and Oates - The Loophole (04:40)
- Kip Addotta - Wet Dream (05:08)
- Dvda - Only A Woman (02:56)
- Simon and Garfunkel - April Come She Will (01:51)
- University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers - Truly Madly Deeply (04:24)
- Gentlemen of The College - Free Fallin' (01:56)
- Tim Minchin - Ten Foot Cock And A Few Hundred Virgins (04:42)
- B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone ( 1969 ) HD (05:29)
- The Australian Voices - Baby Shark (arr. Isabella Gerometta) (02:15)
Music, Madness & Mayhem ~ Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.08
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Playlist
- Fall At Your Feet. - Crowded House (03:18)
- Journey - Any Way You Want It (04:09)
- Flashdance - She Is A Maniac (04:09)
- Omnia - Prayer (02:15)
- Omnia - Harp of Death (06:36)
- Shadow Stalker - Web of Light (03:30)
- Rumors of The Big Wave - Burning Times (05:47)
- Gaia Consort - Every Sacred Thing (02:46)
- Shadow Stalker - Hawk Brother (04:57)
- Loreena Mckennitt - The Highwayman (10:18)
- FAUN - Walpurgisnacht (03:48)
- Alexander James Adams - Creature of the Wood (05:41)
- Howard Shore - Into the West [Performed by Annie Lennox] (05:47)
- Heather Alexander - Dance in the Circle (04:45)
- Celtic Woman - Tír na nÓg ft. Oonagh (03:09)
- Earth My Body ( 3:17)
- Walela - Cherokee Morning Song (04:31)
- Witch's Rune ( 4:14)
- Loreena McKennitt - The old ways (04:55)
- Sean Ciall Songe Circle - Griogal Cridhe (04:23)
- Gaia Consort - Beltane Fires (04:05)
- Sean Ciall Songe Circle - Chì Mi Na Mòrbheanna - Full (02:46)
- Rumors of The Big Wave - The Only Green World (03:46)
- Gaia Consort - Secret Voices (04:30)
- *Artist Unknown - Baby shark (Bagpipes Version) (00:57)
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
You CAN afford a deep freezer, and you probably have room for one if you're not homeless
A deep freezer is worth its weight in gold; Maybe even worth its filled weight in gold!
Why?
Because when you have one, you can buy in bulk at massive savings, always have meal ingredients on hand without frequent trips to the store, have plenty of delicious, healthy, home cooked meals ready to heat and eat at pennies a serving, and never have to worry about running out of things, even if you can't get to the store (or the store shelves are all bare! Like... I dunno, maybe during a global pandemic?) for a while - even weeks or months at a time! Most properly packaged foods stored at 0°F or less (Home deep freezers will be somewhere around the -6°F range) can be stored indefinitely, without losing their original flavour or quality
(Freezer burn is the result of improper packaging, not deep freezing!).
There are a lot more details and reasons to add, but those are for other posts. This post is to help you figure out how you can reap those benefits, even on a budget (Yes, even in qualify for food assistance level poverty budget!) and/or living in tight quarters.
It IS doable in most situations!
The first step is to figure out where you could put one.
If you get an upright, it will take up about the same space as a small card table or easy chair/recliner. That isn't much, considering the benefits.
Be creative. It doesn't have to be in the kitchen, or even indoors, necessarily! It can go in a corner of the living/dining room, or bedroom, on a porch, patio, or balcony, in the yard, driveway, garage, in a in a storage closet/shed, etc. As long as you can run an appliance extension cord to it and there is around six inches of air space around it, it's all good!
If it goes outside, it's a good idea to protect it from the weather, but not mandatory. If you are worried about it being unsightly or getting flack from management for having it outside/on your patio or balcony, you can easily and cheaply disguise it with a couple sheets of garden lattice and some 2x4s to make a frame, or you can even go extra simple, foldable, and portable by zip-tying the lattice pieces to one another. Put a couple potted, trailing plants (real or fake) on top, and it will look like a mini garden project.
There are also a couple other DIY disguise ideas running around the internet. Here's one originally using a small fridge, but easily used for a freezer. There are custom made fridge wraps available, but you can get the same effect with a $20 shower curtain or two!
Again, get creative and make it your own! You've got this. I have faith in you!
While chest style freezers are usually cheaper and slightly more energy efficient (in theory), an upright will be MUCH easier to keep organised, so you can get to things quickly, meaning it is not hanging open for extended periods of time, thus negating any energy savings. Since they take up less floor space, and you can store things on top of them too, that is like double space saving, and, using one is way better on your back!
A brand new one, if you get about the largest home model, will run you around $600-$800, which is a lot, BUT will easily save you at least that much in the first two years or less.
If that price point is unattainable, even with saving up or (ugh!) renting to own (A freezer is about the only item I feel is worth going the rent to own route. That's how important I think they are.), look for dented/floor models to get significant savings on a new unit, go a little smaller, and/or check local want ads, Craig's List, Freecycle, and Buy Nothing to see if anyone is selling one at a price you can afford or even giving one away. You'd be AMAZED at the things people are willing to give away for free or sell massively cheaply.
The bottom line is that, for lots of reasons, especially if you're poor, you can't afford NOT to do your best to get a deep freezer.
Why?
Because when you have one, you can buy in bulk at massive savings, always have meal ingredients on hand without frequent trips to the store, have plenty of delicious, healthy, home cooked meals ready to heat and eat at pennies a serving, and never have to worry about running out of things, even if you can't get to the store (or the store shelves are all bare! Like... I dunno, maybe during a global pandemic?) for a while - even weeks or months at a time! Most properly packaged foods stored at 0°F or less (Home deep freezers will be somewhere around the -6°F range) can be stored indefinitely, without losing their original flavour or quality
(Freezer burn is the result of improper packaging, not deep freezing!).
There are a lot more details and reasons to add, but those are for other posts. This post is to help you figure out how you can reap those benefits, even on a budget (Yes, even in qualify for food assistance level poverty budget!) and/or living in tight quarters.
It IS doable in most situations!
The first step is to figure out where you could put one.
If you get an upright, it will take up about the same space as a small card table or easy chair/recliner. That isn't much, considering the benefits.
Be creative. It doesn't have to be in the kitchen, or even indoors, necessarily! It can go in a corner of the living/dining room, or bedroom, on a porch, patio, or balcony, in the yard, driveway, garage, in a in a storage closet/shed, etc. As long as you can run an appliance extension cord to it and there is around six inches of air space around it, it's all good!
If it goes outside, it's a good idea to protect it from the weather, but not mandatory. If you are worried about it being unsightly or getting flack from management for having it outside/on your patio or balcony, you can easily and cheaply disguise it with a couple sheets of garden lattice and some 2x4s to make a frame, or you can even go extra simple, foldable, and portable by zip-tying the lattice pieces to one another. Put a couple potted, trailing plants (real or fake) on top, and it will look like a mini garden project.
There are also a couple other DIY disguise ideas running around the internet. Here's one originally using a small fridge, but easily used for a freezer. There are custom made fridge wraps available, but you can get the same effect with a $20 shower curtain or two!
Again, get creative and make it your own! You've got this. I have faith in you!
While chest style freezers are usually cheaper and slightly more energy efficient (in theory), an upright will be MUCH easier to keep organised, so you can get to things quickly, meaning it is not hanging open for extended periods of time, thus negating any energy savings. Since they take up less floor space, and you can store things on top of them too, that is like double space saving, and, using one is way better on your back!
A brand new one, if you get about the largest home model, will run you around $600-$800, which is a lot, BUT will easily save you at least that much in the first two years or less.
If that price point is unattainable, even with saving up or (ugh!) renting to own (A freezer is about the only item I feel is worth going the rent to own route. That's how important I think they are.), look for dented/floor models to get significant savings on a new unit, go a little smaller, and/or check local want ads, Craig's List, Freecycle, and Buy Nothing to see if anyone is selling one at a price you can afford or even giving one away. You'd be AMAZED at the things people are willing to give away for free or sell massively cheaply.
The bottom line is that, for lots of reasons, especially if you're poor, you can't afford NOT to do your best to get a deep freezer.
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Friday, 3 July 2020
Metal Mayhem X Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.02
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Listen to the entire recorded show here.
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Playlist
- Hatebeak - Hellbent for Feathers (03:26)
- Metallica - So What (03:08)
- Korn - ADIDAS (Uncensored) (02:35)
- White Zombie - Grease Paint and Monkey Brains (03:48)
- Stratovarius - Forever (03:07)
- Anthrax - Bring The Noise (03:31)
- Amon Amarth - Father of the Wolf (04:20)
- Manowar - Master of the Wind (05:26)
- Onyx & Biohazard - Slam (03:47)
- HammerFall - Always Will Be (04:49)
- Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl (03:21)
- Rob Zombie - More Human Than Human (04:29)
- Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right (04:43)
- SKÁLD - Rún (03:01)
- Volbeat - Still Counting (04:21)
- Riot - Runaway (05:11)
- Volbeat - Heaven Nor Hell (04:20)
- Volbeat - A Warrior's Call (04:22)
- Testament - Return to Serenity (06:30)
- The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu (05:52)
- Nanowar Of Steel - Look At Two Reels (04:10)
- Leo Moracchioli - Friends in Low Places [Metal Cover] (04:06)
- DEVILOOF - 拷訊惨獄 (Gouzin Zangoku) (05:10)
- Love Among Freaks - Berserker (02:05)
- Cruachan - Ride on (04:41)
- Amon Amarth - The Way of Vikings (05:15)
- Starbynary - Ulysses Journey (Canto Xxvi) (05:19)
- Pyramaze - 20 Second Century (05:09)
- Energema - The Z Cyphers 2017 (04:25)
- Born To Lose - Striker (04:02)
- Furor Gallico - Medhelan (06:28)
- Theatre of Tragedy - Lorelei (05:38)
- ARKONA - Goi, Rode, Goi! (03:29)
- Warrant (GER) - The Enforcer (04:59)
- Dokken - Dream Warriors (04:41)
- Leo Moracchioli - Never Gonna Give You Up [Metal Cover] (03:16)
- The Silent Wedding - Silence (04:57)
- Leo Moracchioli - Baby Shark [Metal Cover] (03:30)
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Music, Madness & Mayhem ~ Playlist & Recorded Show ~ 2020.07.01
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Listen to the entire recorded show here.
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Playlist
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (03:03)
- The Penguins - Earth Angel (02:56)
- Dr.Hook - Cover Of The Rolling Stone (02:54)
- Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (02:26)
- Chuck Berry - My Dingaling (04:21)
- Tom Lehrer - Masochism Tango (02:56)
- John Prine - Angel From Montgomery (03:45)
- Beach Boys - The little Old Lady From Pasadena (02:25)
- Omnia - Fee Ra Huri (04:01)
- Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings (04:18)
- Sonata Arctica - The Wind Beneath My Wings (04:44)
- Omnia - Saltatio Vita (03:54)
- Bryan Adams/Barbra Streisand - Finally Found Someone (03:42)
- Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (04:54)
- Mark Chesnutt - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (04:05)
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (04:55)
- Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977) (04:02)
- The Mamas And The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (03:13)
- The Crest - Sixteen Candles (02:47)
- the cleftones - heart and soul (01:56)
- Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff ( Studio Version ) (04:27)
- Simple Minds - Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (04:19)
- Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen (02:36)
- Janis Joplin Summertime (Live -1969) (04:42)
- The Beatles - Twist And Shout (Remastered 2009) (02:35)
- Thompson Twins - If You Were Here (02:56)
- Yello - Oh Yeah (03:07)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (2018 Remaster) (02:10)
- Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (03:32)
- The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (Remastered 2015) (02:11)
- The Hollies - Bus Stop (03:01)
- Raykhman Rocks - Baby Shark Blues (03:44)
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