What foods do you freeze?

[DanaC]

Umm...yes?

[Pooka]

cookie dough freezes well too. When pilsbury has the coupons in the Sunday paper and Alberstons puts them on sale for 10 for $1 I stock up... I mke birthday cookies and work party cookies for FREE

I freeze fruit to save up for making jam.
Bread - make my own, slice it, then freeze it.
Waffles & pancakes (kids love this!)
Spaghetti sauce



That's about it. Sometimes soup.

[Aliantha]

I made some more lasagne yesterday, and I'll be making some more cupcakes later in the week to freeze. These are really good to pack in the kids lunchboxes as a treat, and can be packed while still frozen.

I think I might make some beef and vege soup or maybe minestrone. Both of those should freeze well. I've tried pumpkin soup before but wasn't happy with the consitency when I thawed it, so I'll give that a miss I think.

I also freeze bread, although not usually home made. I've found it's really not cost or time effective for me to make bread for every day eating with two almost teenagers in the house. They can go through a loaf in less than a day! Much simpler to get loaves from the bakery.

I've never had a problem freezing processed milk before, but farm fresh doesn't freeze well I've found. The cream content tends to come out lumpy apon thawing, which is odd, because I sometimes freeze whipped cream and it thaws well.

Seriously Jim. Go start one that I'm not interested in, and I'll drop by and make snarky comments about your interests.

[ZenGum]

C'mon, isn't anyone going to say "dead hookers"?

[DanaC]

Dead Hookers!


I actually am that bored. But, that's what's great about cellar threads. If you're bored and avoiding starting work, threads like this are invaluable!

And, it's nice to find out I'm not the only one whose fridge-freezer is basically death row for food.

[classicman]

I'm beginning to wonder why I even bring home the leftovers from restaurants anymore. 90% of the time I just let them die a slow death in the fridge.

I almost always eat restaurant leftovers.

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. So if I, for example, make a big pot of soup for housemate and kids right before I go out for the evening, no matter how good it is, even if it's my favorite soup, if I don't have some before I go out I won't ever eat any of 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.

[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.

[Aliantha]

Leftovers are great. I have to admit that in the past we had food going dodgy in the fridge, but these days it gets eaten by someone almost always.

Foods like lasagne and other pastas taste better reheated anyway I reckon.