Quick questions on ANYTHING (see first post for Freezing, Reheating, Slow Cooker, +)

sproggi

Not sure about freezing chicken in the sauce, but I often freeze leftover cooked chicken and use it later, just make sure that you cook through so that it is piping hot.

Not very OS, but I sometimes pick up the supermarket cooked chickens when they are reduced at the end of the day (cheaper than cooking my own) and let them cool right down and freeze them.

You have just reminded me that I have got a couple of left over Turkey drumsticks from christmas:o Wonder if I've left it too long to use them now

Sproggi

oops_a_daisy

thanks sproggi - sorry cant help with your question though hope somebody else comes along soon with an answer

spendaholic

sproggi wrote: »

You have just reminded me that I have got a couple of left over Turkey drumsticks from christmas:o Wonder if I've left it too long to use them now

Sproggi

If you have, unlike me, a proppa freezer, there should be a picture on the inside of the door telling you how long you can keep stuff for. If, unlike me, you have a proppa freezer, fresh meat can usually be kept for 6 months or more, but cooked meat might only be 3 months. If you can't find your manual, which should tell you, do an internet search for the make and model and see if you can find an online manual.

lil_me

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/fn403.pdf One I have saved which includes a full guide for how long to keep things frozen for etc. Poultry is on page 28.

sproggi

Thanks everyone,
looks like my poor drumsticks will have to be relagated to the bin:mad:

note to self: must rotate freezer,must rotate freezer must rotate freezer:wall:

Sproggi

p.s. Curious as to what sort of freezer you've got if it's not proppa?!

spendaholic

sproggi wrote: »

p.s. Curious as to what sort of freezer you've got if it's not proppa?!

It's a table-top one. When I moved into this house it was a rental and there was a huge arch between the lounge and the kitchen where a fridge/freezer would normally have gone (on the kitchen side). I had room for an undercounter fridge and got the freezer to go on the worktop. Now I've bought the house I've had the arch blocked back up so I can get a proppa fridge/freezer in there now. (Because it's not full sized, you don't get the normal star-markings on the door because stuff doesn't last so long.)

sproggi

Thanks Spendaholic, curiosity satisfied and now enlightened:D

Sproggi

grannynise

Gosh Sproggi how do you rotate a freezer? Is it harder than turning a matress?

sproggi

LOL Grannynise, It is in my house, Freezer is crammed into very narrow space in pantry!!


Next question:

What is the easiest/best way to remove burnt on veg from bottom pan of steamer:o
Was so engrossed on here that I forgot I hadn't put water in the pan till I smelt something burning:eek:

Sproggi

LizD_2

How do you work out how much jam you'll get from a quantity of fruit?