Freezing - Tips and Quick Questions thread

coco2972

Yes it was frozen as soon as I bought it and is now raw. The only concern that I had was it being so close to its BBE date when it was frozen. I couldn't have kept it 2 days when I bought it.

I thought that you couldn't double freeze meat, or does that just apply to it raw?

comping_cat

It applys to raw, you can freeze raw food once, and cooked food once (or so im led to believe!!!)

melie3

hi all,
it was my first day back to work yesterday after maternity leave, and hubby cooked too many pots, so ive froze them. how do they taste as never done this before. do i thaw them out before i reheat???

many thanks
mel

lazy_daisy

I've tried this and it works fine, they taste good and MUCH better than the bought frozen ones. It is best to thaw them first or they won't heat evenly and may still be cold in the middle.
HTH
Love,
Daisy x

Juliav_2

My hubbie loves eggs benedict and I would love to surprise him with breakfast in bed.

I am using the receipe below but would love to know if this can freeze. I want to make up a big batch and then keep it?

Will it keep refrigerated for long?

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2438/basic-hollandaise

squeaky

The page in the link (which has a number of recipes and tips) says that you can:-

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=165019


I'll add this post onto our Quick Questions on Freezing thread shortly.

Jay1_2

I'm always running out of fruit and veg (the alternative would be wasting loads as I live by myself and am not a very healthy eater) so end up with baked beans or frozen peas with my tea.

So my question is what is easy to fill up my freezer with. Preferably stuff that can be used from frozen and as little preparation as possible please, peeling a carrot is a lot of effort for me (not ill or anything, just very lazy - I might as well be truthful...)

Churchmouse

Well anything you want to freeze is going to take some effort, it just depends what you want to do/achieve.

Vegetables for long term storage in a freezer will normally require blanching before freezing. But if you want base veggies for bolognaise, chili, soups casseroles etc you couldn't do better than thriftlady's idea HERE. There's no need to blanch the veggies, they're all just chopped/processed just as they are. A great way to utilise anything past it's best, or just to bulk prepare for advance use. It doesn't really take any longer to process 4 carrots than one, and the chopping device needs the same amount of cleaning:rotfl:

I'm afraid I don't have a magic answer for getting veg into the freezer without some effort, sorry:D

Olliebeak

I've peeled, cooked and mashed up batches of carrot and swede. Then put into individual portion containers (or could use those small 'buttybags' with tie closures) and just freeze them. Take them out, one at a time, to use when needed. Could be left to defrost in the fridge while out at work and then put into the microwave to warm up again thoroughly. Or you could just prepare loads of carrots in one go, blanche them (put into boiling water for about 3 - 5 mins), drain and cool quickly in very cold water. Drain again and then put individual portions into small bags for freezing. You could then just add those to a pan of boiling water when you're ready to use them (as you would with supermarket bought frozen veg) - or add them to a casserole.

Lots of advice on the internet - check this one out:

http://www.gardenguides.com/how-to/tipstechniques/vegetables/freezing.asp

squeaky

From the listings under "Freezing" in The Complete Cooking Collection

- Cooking for the freezer... Help!
- Cooking meals for the Freezer
- Cooking for the freezer - vegetarian

Lots of ideas in those, and for any individual items that you have - check the Collection first because there are lots of foods listed separately there.

HTH