[little jeremiah]

Dh got a small freezer not long ago. We freeze butter, milk and some frozen vegetables and fruit (like blueberries) which I am not fond of but are better than nothing. We use a lot of milk and it freezes well.

[little jeremiah]

Good night FRens, FReeQers, anons, and everyone who loves truth and justice. May God bless you all with what you need most, and may He enlighten everyone with His wisdom and strengthen everyone fighting against evil.

There is no harm in being afraid.
The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you.
Fear is not your master!
Laugh in his face
and he will run away.
George MacDonald

[ponygirl]

In the little garage freezer, I have been freezing butter, baby spinach, meats, raw nuts (almonds, walnuts, pine nuts) big bags of frozen stir fry vegetables they sell at Costco, and the bags of frozen blueberries and strawberries that I use in smoothies. I also stack quart jars of squeezed lemon juice from lemons off my mom's trees. I had no idea you could freeze milk. The only dairy I really use (aside from butter and cheese), is half and half for my coffee and it doesn't stick around long enough to go bad! I use almond milk in my smoothies and buy the shelf stable type.

In my smaller freezer in the kitchen, I fill the top drawer with smoothie berry packets, soups and chilis that I freeze in cubes and store in quart bags. In the lower drawer, I move meats from the outdoor freezer that are next in line to be used, and then I keep an assortment of "convenience" frozen foods, like Trader Joe's Mandarin Ginger Chicken, Pad Thai noodles, frozen pizzas, etc. I try not to fill up my freezer with expensive one-meal stuff like that, but I do have a little bit of it. (And if you haven't tried the Mandarin Chicken tossed with roasted cauliflower, you're missing something!)

Another thing I learned during the 2020 trial run is that large blocks of cheese that are packed in wax and stored in the back of the fridge will last for two years... I just opened a block of Tillamook cheddar that I bought in March 2020 so I could see what sort of shape it was in, and it was perfect.

[Gasshog]

A deep freezr is great until the electricity goes out!

Then I get to see how many Pork Pies can be saved from the rubbish 😮

[Snowybear]

I vacuum seal and freeze. By far the best vacuum sealer I’ve ever owned is a small hand-held FoodSaver unit. Cost me less than $40. You have to buy the bags though. But the system is flawless and nothing to break like the seals on the large units.

-SB