I feel I should note that many in NYC recall the big
outage of 2003 and sundry other ones since, some large
some small. Makes one hesitate to freeze a *lot* of
stuff. The little freezers in refrigerators aren’t that
great either, which is all some ppl have.
I mentioned canning too....that does not require a freezer but just a small pressure canner that can be bought for $59 jars can be found many times for free or $7 a dozen and your time.