freezer

In London, I'd travel miles to Congolese shops to excavate bags of attiéké from the permafrost at the bottom of a chest freezer, stockpiling it for dinner guests I could evangelise.

The social worker noted that the refrigerator and freezer were “stocked” with “plenty of food,” according to his write-up of the visit.

Other answers were more comical: A pot stash they didn’t want kids to find; specifically, weed butter in the freezer.

“Those peels are nutrient-dense and taste great in pie! I like to keep a ‘stock bag’ in my freezer where I collect vegetable and meat trimmings to make stock.”

Also delaying the donation are political instability in Japan following its 27 October parliamentary elections, shipping costs, and questions about whether the DRC has enough freezers to properly store the product.