Soup Catastrophe

As you know my soup for our Soup Swap at the end of the month has been frozen for a week.

Six 1-quart containers filled with frozen soup.

Upon arrival at home one night this past week I was greeted with the unfortunate knowledge that 2 of the containers had slid out of the freezer and cracked.

The lid broke and the container cracked when it fell from the freezer to the floor.

 I was horrified but soon recovered enough to place the broken containers in the fridge covered with plastic wrap. 

I flipped the container and gingerly slid the still frozen soup into a bowl.

 The contents thawed slightly around the edges so the soup could be removed from the broken container.

Frozen block of soup ready to be inserted into new container.

I put the container over the soup in the bowl.

Place the new container on the block of soup.

 Then I flipped the container upright, snugged in the soup and tightened the lid.

Manually (with impeccably clean hands) help the soup settle in its new container.

 All’s well with 6 quarts back in the freezer and an admonition to every freezer opener to “BE CAREFUL!”

Protect the soup for one more week, Troops!

 I may have to change the name of my soup from ” Healthy Winter Warm-up” to “Salvaged Soup”. How totally unappealing does that sound?

Have you made any quick saves lately?