Cook County News Herald

The Saga of the Deep Freeze Gnome




Okay, so I may be 5’ tall on a good day. With that said I do not like cleaning out our big chest freezer. With venison season upon us once more, however, I found I must get down and frosty and do a deep clean on that monster to have room for this year’s bounty.

Because I do the meat processing/wrapping myself and my schedule is such that I do not have the time or energy to spend on the meticulous job I do processing wild game, my plan is to bone all the meat, remove the major bad chunks and freeze the good until I can get to it at a later, more convenient date.

Knowing my “short” circumstances my friend requested I put her number on speed dial so she can come and rescue me if/ when I fall in my freezer while cleaning it.

Mind you…she may be 5’1” tall on a good day…nuff said.

I hope our hubbies report us “missing in action” if need be.

Like I said I do not like cleaning the big white monster so it really shouldn’t have surprised me to find frozen apples in there dated 1994 with my mom’s handwriting on the packages. Another friend’s fox friends will be getting quite a banquet with many a freeze-dried meat vittle in the days/weeks/ months to come. I hope they also like freeze-dried Jack’s Frozen Pizza.

I’ve heard that with the warmer weather and the “no snow” conditions so far here up north that Lutsen Mountains Ski Resort may need to make manmade snow for the Thanksgiving weekend… Hmmm…I wonder if I could sell ‘em some gnome made snow real cheap?

That’s the news from the Land of Hov.

Mary Jo Flack

Hovland, MN



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