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Freezing food

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Jaxjacky Fri 09-Oct-26 14:26:57

Still a reasonable price too Beechnut

Beechnut Fri 09-Oct-26 13:49:00

I love a Viennetta Jaxjacky. Today I bought the Yule log one but it won’t still be here at Christmas that’s for sure 🤣

Jaxjacky Fri 09-Oct-26 13:17:00

I’ve recently prepared and frozen parsnips for Christmas Day and there are chillies frozen from last year.
I freeze meat/poultry particularly any deals at our village butcher or winnings in our pub meat draw.
Otherwise it’s bought vegetables, ice, Viennetta’s, breaded fish, fish fingers, chips, and quiche.
Soon there will be homemade stuffing and cheesecake.

Calendargirl Fri 09-Oct-26 13:14:30

I freeze fish, mince, chicken, pheasants, partridges.

Home made fish pies, lasagnes, cottage pies, soup, blackberry coulis to go on my Greek yogurt, frozen fruit to go with porridge, apple sauce,

Leeks, peas, broad beans, green beans, blackberries, peppers.

Bread, left over gravy, Yorkshire puddings, sloes, butter when on offer.

Lots of things really.

Used to freeze milk, but think the plastic containers are thinner now, and they crack as they defrost, spilling milk all over. So now I buy long life milk for emergencies. Yogurt doesn’t freeze well either. sad

M0nica Fri 09-Oct-26 13:09:58

It wasan instinctive poest!

Usedtobeblonde Fri 09-Oct-26 13:08:50

Nice to see you posting M0nica I hope you are coping ok.
Our thoughts are with you.

M0nica Fri 09-Oct-26 13:03:22

I will freeze anything once, then not freeze again if it doesn't work.

Usedtobeblonde Fri 09-Oct-26 13:01:31

I freeze bread all the time as we use very little and mostly for toast so I buy Warburtons Toastie ( look away bread lovers) and freeze it in small bags, two slices per pack.
I always have chicken breasts, salmon fillets and stewing steak in my freezer and usually a couple of ready meals, for days I don’t feel well or don’t feel like cooking.
I do have frozen peas and sometimes frozen chopped onions for convenience.
One other discovery is frozen cauliflower cheese .it is free flow and very very handy , I just decant as much as I need into a dish, grate cheese on top and it is good.

granfromafar Fri 09-Oct-26 12:51:37

I meant interesting, of course!

granfromafar Fri 09-Oct-26 12:16:15

That's intersection about freezing avocados, Shell, as I didn't think that you could do that. I remember buying frozen avocados years ago from Iceland, and it was awful! They must have discontinued it after a short time, as haven't seen them since. I freeze bread, so it's always fresh when I need it.

tanith Fri 09-Oct-26 12:07:03

I don't freeze veg apart from spinach cooked in portions. I freeze mince meals made from scratch, pies made from scratch and fruit cake homemade. Pork chops, chicken breasts, sausages and bacon all individually portioned but bought in packs when on offer can't stretch to fish very often now.

Shel1951 Fri 09-Oct-26 11:57:57

Hasten to add I mash the avocado first and season, goes under my scrambled egg for breakfast.

Shel1951 Fri 09-Oct-26 10:24:04

What do you freeze? I am at the moment freezing avocado's as the pack is cheaper than single avocado's to buy,
I freeze onions,mince,carrots,