OCD, Says She. What Say Ye?

OCD or Not OCD?

  • Yes, OCD

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  • No, just frugal and efficient

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RJM62

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My daughter told me I need to get checked out for OCD because of my ground beef storage habits. I say I'm simply being frugal and efficient.

What I do is buy [preferably] local ground beef in multiples of 1.25 pounds. Then when I get home, I weigh the meat out and store it in freezer bags in 1.25 pound packets, nicely flattened out so they fit efficiently in the freezer. 1.25 pounds is a good size for the recipes in which I use ground beef.

I usually keep 10 pounds on hand, stored in a stack of eight 1.25 pound packages. When I have used three or more packs, I purchase enough meat to bring the total back up to 10 pounds, and put the new packs on the bottom of the stack. This both rotates the meat and flattens the packages nicely so the stack doesn't topple.

Gracie finds this to be seriously OCD -- not any one part so much as the whole "system." What do you think?

Rich
 

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Nope. Not OCD. I do a similar thing with chicken breasts.
 
some folks think it's ocd to put the cap back on the toothpaste...

nothing wrong with having a system that works for you
 
Clark1961 said:
some folks think it's ocd to put the cap back on the toothpaste...



nothing wrong with having a system that works for you
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Exactly. To quote (the original) Klaatu, "We do not claim to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works."
 
I don't rotate mine, but I may start.
 
Not 'seriously' OCD, but yeah, kinda. OCD after the age of 18-23 isn't a big deal until it becomes disabling. 18-23 it's a warning sign to watch in developing schizophrenia, but if it never gets past the orderliness or 'quirk' stage, it's not a particularly concerning trait, and even is advantageous in some career fields. The engineers I trust most are all OCD to some degree.
 
N801BH said:
Rotating keeps freezer burn to a minimum...:yes:
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Yup, Rich has good reason for his system. OCD folks have no comprehensible reason for their behavior. The behavior of many accountants comes to mind as fine examples of OCD. I know one that just had to use a purple pen for all notes. It was weird to say the least...fortunately they retired recently and I don't have to witness that behavior any more.
 
RJM62 said:
My daughter told me I need to get checked out for OCD because of my ground beef storage habits. I say I'm simply being frugal and efficient.

What I do is buy [preferably] local ground beef in multiples of 1.25 pounds. Then when I get home, I weigh the meat out and store it in freezer bags in 1.25 pound packets, nicely flattened out so they fit efficiently in the freezer. 1.25 pounds is a good size for the recipes in which I use ground beef.

I usually keep 10 pounds on hand, stored in a stack of eight 1.25 pound packages. When I have used three or more packs, I purchase enough meat to bring the total back up to 10 pounds, and put the new packs on the bottom of the stack. This both rotates the meat and flattens the packages nicely so the stack doesn't topple.

Gracie finds this to be seriously OCD -- not any one part so much as the whole "system." What do you think?
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Anyone who has ever worked in the foodservice industry would find this normal.
 
assuming that you rotate the stock it seems alright to me. you must eat a lot of ground beef to keep it fresh enough that it doesn't freezer burn.
 
Does Not appear to be OCD. Your scenario does not appear to be dysfunctional in any way. are there intrusive and consistent thoughts about the stacking and weighing. Do you then have to act on the thoughts to reduce anxiety? Not enough info here to give you a web diagnosis. Or did I have a license.
 
Does not appear to be OCD.... unless you use a checklist to rotate the stock...:rofl:

Dyslexia, on the other hand..... did you know that 5 out of 4 pilots are dyslexic? :yesnod:
 
Get a Food Saver, vacuum pack it and only buy when it's on sale. I've eaten beef frozen for over five years, it even still looked good! No more freezer burn . . .
 
Is she saying this like it is a bad thing...:D:D:D

A pill I have had to swallow...we are all weird, we are just weird to different people.
 
Only if you're rearranging the stack of meat ten times, that's OCD.

You might explain to daughter that if it were not for your OCD (as she calls it), she'd be SOL on money. ;)
 
Gerhardt said:
assuming that you rotate the stock it seems alright to me. you must eat a lot of ground beef to keep it fresh enough that it doesn't freezer burn.
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Not that much, really. At least not all by myself. My chili's pretty popular around here.

Rich
 
Gerhardt said:
If it's like mine, it's popular while on the stove. Not so much a few hours later.
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I make a bean soup that has similar characteristics....best stuff on earth going down.
 
Freezer-flavored beef from long-term storage tastes nasty... unless you make chili out of it and throw in enough seasonings and spices to mask the freezer flavor. Rotate stock frequently.
 
I wouldn't say OCD at all. If you're going to freeze it, you should only freeze it once. Thawing a big package only to put the rest back in the freezer is no bueno. That is the method used in the Arrow household, although I don't like to freeze meat myself.

Now, if you get out the balance scale and split the difference between 1.248 pounds and 1.251 pounds, we might have to revisit the discussion.
 
Sac Arrow said:
I don't like to freeze meat myself.
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I don't either. In the past I froze meat, and it stayed in my freezer until I threw it out. Nowadays I only buy meat if I'm going to cook it within the next day or two.
 
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Not ocd behavior, it is old people behavior. Some call it wisdom.
 
If you're happy and it's not destructive to others then it's a personality trait not a disorder IMHO.

And no there's nothing wrong with having a system... as long as you don't start flipping out when someone comes over and messes up your burger stack.
 
I like messing with one of our DBAs. He can't stand it when two side by side computer monitors don't line up exactly. So if he's headed for my desk to work on something, I always bump one of the monitors slightly.

He sits there talking about whatever problem we are working on while unconsciously straightening out my monitors for me. Ha.
 
Blatham489 said:
I'm CDO. It's like OCD but in the correct alphabetical order.
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Beat me to it. That is how my receptionist describes herself. But that is a good thing for a receptionist in a hospital.

Rich, I suspect this is one of your more milder OCD traits. It just sonds organized to me.
 
Oh....and just to be clear, that wasn't day old ground beef.....sold as pet food? or was it?:yikes::hairraise::yikes:


BTW....Mrs.C gets the freshest ground beef in a 10lb tube from SamsClub.....and she does something similar....but her packages are 1.3333333 lbs each. :D
 
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This isn't even close to being a problem. A behavior might be a personality disorder if it causes significant problems for somebody. I don't see how your packaging habits are an issue unless you were to spend so much time on this activity that you neglected something much more important. Perhaps we should label your daughter as having OCD hypersensitivity dosorder.
 
Checkout_my_Six said:
Oh....and just to be clear, that wasn't day old ground beef.....sold as pet food? or was it?:yikes::hairraise::yikes:


BTW....Mrs.C gets the freshest ground beef in a 10lb tube from SamsClub.....and she does something similar....but her packages are 1.3333333 lbs each. :D
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Nah, it was fresh when purchased and may have been grazing a few days before.

I've walked through Sam's Club many times looking for some reason to buy a membership, but not finding one. Maybe I should look at the meat next time. Not being impressed with WalMart's meat, I never paid attention to the meat at Sam's Club. But if they sell to the food service trade, maybe the quality's higher than that at WalMart.

I used to have a BJ's membership when I lived in Queens, but I let it expire when I moved. I wasn't terribly impressed with their selection and prices, either; but they were less than a mile away and had a good parking lot, which is not something you can take for granted in the five boroughs. Up here, the nearest BJ's is about 50 miles away, and their prices are barely competitive with Price Chopper's.

Also, when I lived in Queens, all the nearby supermarkets sucked. You'd think that New York City would have great supermarkets, but they don't. Most of them are horrible. All of the ones close to my home were either A&Ps, Waldbaum's, or Pathmarks, and because A&P owned both Waldbaum's and Pathmark, there was no real competition. The prices at all three stores were absurdly high. That made BJ's mediocre prices more competitive.

I find Costco to be a lot better than either Sam's Club or BJ's, but their nearest store to where I live now is 115 miles away. That's kind of a schlep for groceries.

Rich
 
Nothing wrong with organized and efficient. And, the next time you're snowed in at Sparrow-Fart, you'll have enough food supplies!
 
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