We buy a lot of bulk meat at Sam's/CostCo/BJ's and portion them out into vacuum bags and freeze them for use later. Never had enough room in the refrigerator freezer, so we purchased a 7 cubic foot chest freezer. Every time there was a sale, I would buy more meat and stick it in the freezer. After a while, that freezer was stuffed full of every kind of meat available and we had no idea what was in there and where it was.
So Mr. Bright Idea bought a white board and mounted it above the freezer and started writing down everything that went into the freezer and erasing what came out. That worked for about a month until I found out that not everyone in the household was following the rules (the names will not be revealed to protect me).
Not to be swayed from my mission to know exactly what and where everything was in the freezer..........I divided the freezer into sections, got a clipboard & wrote everything down....................then LOCKED the freezer and hid the key. I'll fix those derelict freezer raiders!!!!!!!
My locked freezer and hand written lists worked great all winter..................until this spring when I couldn't find something I was specifically looking for a recipe. WTH??????
So I did what any self respecting communist freezer dictator would do, took a total inventory of the freezer. Much to my dismay.........there were many discrepancies. WTH x 2??
I marched upstairs and confronted the other members of the household. When they stopped laughing & giggling....I was informed that they found the extra key to the freezer and were messing with me most of the winter. They couldn't believe it took me so long to figure it out.
I threw away the lists yesterday!!!!!! Back to freezer diving!