Freezing - Tips and Quick Questions thread

valk_scot

Yes that will be fine. You can freeze twice, as long as you only freeze once in each state ie raw once, cooked once.

Rainey_LB

Thanks for your swift responses, I know what I'll be doing this weekend now!!

Linda32

As other have said, yes it will be fine. Think of it this way - you will be freezing cooked meat, not raw meat, thats what makes it different.

zippychick

as you have your answer ive merged this with freezing quick questions
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cyclura

I picked up some really cheap swede and carrots the other day, I was going to just blanch and freeze but I am making a roast today and thought I would ask you lovely ladies and gents if I can actually cook it off mash with butter (mixed carrot/swede) and freeze inbatches or will it go watery and yucky?

LJM

i would say yes it will freeze you can buy frozen mash and i have frozen it in the past

cyclura

brilliant thanks for that :j:beer:

Seakay

If you freeze the mash in portion sized lumps on a tray then you can bag the lumps when they are frozen and always defrost the right amount.

Pink.

Hi cyclura,

As your thread has dropped down the board I've added it to the main thread on freezing questions.

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rosie383

Just a wee tip here. I'm sure some of you wonderful people will have posted it before, but I haven't seen it.

I bought 2 tubs of whipping cream on a whoopsie and whipped it to freeze it. I have always been hoking around in the cupboards looking for wee containers to freeze portions in. Last night, I used my silicone muffin tray to freeze cup-sized portions. Then just popped them out into a bag!
I will be using this for a lot more things from now on. Can't believe I didn't think of it before.
I may even look out for an old one at a car boot/ charity shop to use for when I want to freeze savoury things.