Our daughter was a (planned) homebirth. In Ontario at least, the afterbirth is considered medical waste, and cannot be disposed of in conventional garbage, nor can it be carried off the property without all manner of biohazard transportation permits.
However, one can choose to bury the thing on one’s own property (or at least, the law looks the other way). Problem is, she was born in late October and the ground was already frozen. So, we wrapped it up in about 8 plastic bags, wrote “Placenta - DO NOT EAT” across the front, and stuck it in the bottom of the chest freezer.
Ah… I thought it was going to be one of those things where the mother asks the hospital if she can take the placenta home to cook and eat (some people do this and claim it helps against post-natal depression), but then decided she wasn’t really hungry enough, well couldn’t ever be hungry enough.
Just as an update since I’m positive you all are interested, I had forgotten about (and found when I inventoried last night - yeah, I got curious. Plus I have no life.) the four frozen White Castle Cheeseburgers, the two waffles, three hash brown patties, one polish sausage (Eckrich - not my husband) and one box of Belgium chocolate samples that another boss brought me back from another business trip.
That…makes sense…in a weird sort of way. Though I think if I had a human body part in my freezer I’d make the time to bury it. I originally thought you mgiht have been plannig something along these lines.
Personally, if it were my freezer, I would demand more plastic bags…and then stryofoam chest on top of that…and more plastic bags…and then don’t put anything else in the freezer. It’s not that I’m squimish, or think the human body is nasty or anything, I just don’t have any desire to have medical waste near my foodstuffs. But if your not bothered by it, then by all means keep it in there till you find the time to send it to it’s final resting place…which hopefully isn’t a stew…
I’d never heard of frozen Pop Tarts until this thread! For those who freeze them: do you eat them frozen, or do you nuke/toast them first? I prefer to eat my Pop Tarts untoasted, out of the box, but now I’m wondering if there’s some cool (pun intended) frozen Pop Tart thing I’ve been missing out on…
My freezer’s pretty bare at the moment:
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[li]1 Swanson chicken pot pie[/li][li]1 Pepperidge Farm chicken parmesan pot pie[/li][li]1 or 2 frozen chicken cordon bleus[/li][li]1 Stouffer’s beef stew[/li][li]part of a really old box of Breyer’s fruit popsicles (they’re only a little freezer burned, and are still mostly good, I just hardly ever eat them anymore)[/li][li]1 small, plastic, re-freezeable cooler thingie in the shape of an Oreo cookie (impulse purchase… :sigh: )[/li][li]1 re-freezeable first aid thingie[/li][/ul]
Usually I have some Pizza Rolls, Hot Pockets, and frozen soft tacos in there. Most of the stuff I eat at home starts out frozen. One thing I don’t have, though, is ice. I never have ice. I don’t even own an ice cube tray.
My freezer is STOCKED! French Onion Soup, Soy Chicken Gyoza, Vegtable Bird’s Nests, Lasagna, Quiches, Frozen Berry Blend, Mochi, a roll of goat cheese. I love TJs! Plus I got their vanilla flavored coffee. It is to DIE for. Beats the crap out of the 3 buck a cup kind, especially with a dash of fresh ground cinnamon.
So, I had to take out the old ice covered onion buns, 2 old ice creams, realized I have 5 pounds of butter…as well as:
Home ground beef and pork in 1 lb freezer bags
Omaha Steaks and burgers
Bag-o- chicken tenders
a bag of coconut milk
4 egg yolks
1/2 a Kielbasa
Frozen tub of homemade pizza sauce.
And ice packs. I always am hurting something and need ice…or to throw into a bowl to keep my champagne chilly. I love having champagne for no reason.
