What foods do you freeze?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by Tiki

It's homemade leftovers that suffer. Also I have this neurosis about leftovers; if I don't eat something when it's freshly made, it's not food. I can't bring myself to eat it. . . Completely ridiculous, and it leads to a lot of food going bad. I know it's related to OCD but I just can't see going on medication for something that trivial.

Ya shoulda had something happen to you like what happened to a maternal ancestor of mine. George Austin Corey of Massachusetts fought in the Civil War, got captured by the Confederates at Cold Harbor, I think, and did six months in Andersonville.

He survived, though down to skin and bone. Let's just say the experience thoroughly affected Grandpa Corey's attitude about leftovers. It's family lore that he never allowed food to be thrown out for the rest of his days: "Leave it there, I'll eat it for breakfast," he'd insist. And he would.

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Ya shoulda had something happen to you like what happened to a maternal ancestor of mine. George Austin Corey of Massachusetts fought in the Civil War, got captured by the Confederates at Cold Harbor, I think, and did six months in Andersonville.

He survived, though down to skin and bone. Let's just say the experience thoroughly affected Grandpa Corey's attitude about leftovers. It's family lore that he never allowed food to be thrown out for the rest of his days: "Leave it there, I'll eat it for breakfast," he'd insist. And he would.

I actually wouldn't wish that experience on my worst enemy.

However, a fun fact; when I was young my mother left my teenage sisters behind and took me to another state to avoid custody issues with my father. She was an alcoholic, absent much of the time, and didn't do much to provide me with food; I went hungry a lot and as a result became quite underweight and malnourished. My body still shows the scars of malnutrition if you know what to look for, and I was very ashamed of them for a long time.

Needless to say, during that time I was completely happy to eat whatever I could get, including half-eaten leftovers from strangers' plates, which my mother would bring home sometimes after the bar closed at the restaurant where she worked. I also learned to garden and forage quite successfully, and sometimes weeks would go by when I ate only what I grew, picked, or fished for, or what the charity of neighbors provided. I'm far from a picky eater.

Now, I do pretty well and can feed myself and my kids, but I'm a little weird about food, which is at times exacerbated by my OCD.

Urbane Geurilla -
I found your post while doing a Google search for George Austin Corey. Turns out that your maternal GG Grandfather is my maternal GG Grandfather and that your Grandfather and my Grandfather were brothers. I am continuing to research the Coreys and I enjoyed your little tidbit about George Austin.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Biff Rifkin

Urbane Geurilla -
I found your post while doing a Google search for George Austin Corey. Turns out that your maternal GG Grandfather is my maternal GG Grandfather and that your Grandfather and my Grandfather were brothers. I am continuing to research the Coreys and I enjoyed your little tidbit about George Austin.

Cool! Welcome Biff.

[Glinda]

Being single, I rarely go all out and cook something big that I'll be eating for weeks. Most of the meals I cook are 1-3 servings at most, so I don't freeze much.

I do freeze bread, because the loaf will go moldy before I ever get through it. I just take a few slices out and put them in a baggie on the counter - the rest stays frozen.

As for leftovers, that's NEVER a problem for me. These guys take care of everything.