People putting something like steak into one should be taken out and shot
I’m probably going to regret asking this, but why wouldn’t you put steak in the freezer?
I’ll get the whiskey and the revolver while you enlighten me…
*why would anyone keep sliced bread in freezer?
Because when one makes sandwiches, just take out the number of frozen slices needed, then nothing is wasted and all the sandwiches are fresh. Tons of bread and potatoes are thrown away every single week.
Par cooked home made pizza base
Home made Garlic butter (top tip freeze in ice cube trays)
Sliced home made bread for emergencies. Saves the horror of shop bought bread.
But most of that afforded by having a large deep freeze. That was a game changer for having food on hand.
Par cooked home made pizza base
Why do you par cook them? The doigh balla freeze really well, defrost, stretch and go?
Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Gordons.....
Par cooked home made pizza base
Why do you par cook them? The doigh balla freeze really well, defrost, stretch and go?
Can load them up frozen and throw them straight in the pizza oven.
I have dough balls in there too but if I could only have 1 it would be par baked bases.
Ice - the sign of civilisation.
petit pois - the sweetest frozen peas
Gelato - the finest UPF
maybe gin.
Par cooked home made pizza base
Why do you par cook them? The doigh balla freeze really well, defrost, stretch and go?
Can load them up frozen and throw them straight in the pizza oven.
I have dough balls in there too but if I could only have 1 it would be par baked bases.
Ah you chick them in frozen. Cool might give that a whirl
- Ice cream
- Peas
- Chicken nuggets (hopefully grow out of these and go back to curry)
We went too 'budget' with the peas once, no matter how you cooked them they came out hard and slimy, something like gravel from the bottom of a stale aquarium I imagined.
Also a victim of large quantities of excess fruit harvest that will only be used up to make space for the next excess of fruit harvest.
the daughters boyfriend is round.
This seems a bit rude.
Fascinated by the love of frozen pizza. They're always so disappointing!
People putting something like steak into one should be taken out and shot
I’m probably going to regret asking this, but why wouldn’t you put steak in the freezer?
I’ll get the whiskey and the revolver while you enlighten me…
It causes it to lose its moisture.
It's the science of drip loss.You kind of pick these things up working as a butcher.
When a steak freezes slowly in a home freezer, the water inside the muscle cells forms large, sharp ice crystals. These crystals expand, tearing the cell membranes. When the meat thaws, those damaged cells cannot hold their fluid, leaking a protein-rich juice (sarcoplasm) and leaving the cooked steak drier.
If you really must freeze it, rapid freezing means the crystals that form are small and wont damage the cell wall, and also if you defrost it low down in the fridge,as slow thawing in the fridge allows the muscle fibers to reabsorb some of the escaping moisture instead of losing it completely.
Most wont have a freezer capable of such rapid freezing, but bought frozen steak might,and the latter part of the answer might help you.
Sausages, chips, bread.
Three vital food groups available for a quick meal when you're in a hurry.
Always bread
bags of frozen broccoli, cauliflower, sliced onions, coriander, chilli
Vegetarian mince alternatives
Thanks for the science dyna-ti. Interesting stuff. I'd never even heard of drip loss before
You don't have to take me out and shoot me though, as when I've bought us steak it's certainly not going to be hanging around long enough to warrant going in the freezer. We had some lovely rib-eye steaks last Friday. Bought from the butcher in the afternoon, cooked that evening. They were never, ever going to see a freezer! 🙂
Does the same apply to other meats? I'm presuming it does to a lesser degree? Generally, meat-wise, it only ever tends to be chicken thighs that we've got in the freezer anyway.
Frozen bacon always tasted funny once cooked (don't shoot! I don't freeze bacon myself).
Some "store cupboard" items - frozen Ginger cubes save wasting half a "thumb" of ginger every time. Also, fresh turmeric - just bung it whole into the freezer and grate it when needed.
Frozen peppers - great for stir fries and chilli, no need to buy fresh.
Fascinated by the love of frozen pizza. They're always so disappointing!
Agreed.
Is the alternative to vegetarian mince not just mince?
Sliced bread,
Unsalted butter/ spread (when it's on offer and I stock up)
Fish fingers, nuggets, potatoe waffles and chips (guaranteed the kids will eat a combination of these without complaining too much)
Frozen pizza.... Nah, I do keep frozen sauce, grated mozzarella in there ready ready to make pizzas though.
Pretty close to OP.
Emergency Pizza.
Ice Pack for when I've ****ted myself on something.
Camelbak bladder.
(You do all know that you should keep your Camelbak bladders in the freezer, right?)
Fish fingers
Peas
The heads of my foes
Bread
Chips
Ice lollies
why would anyone keep sliced bread in freezer?
Makes as much sense as a whole loaf - just lever off the slices you need and leave the rest for later. Also, if your young children believe that Father Christmas leaves them tuna/ham sandwiches when he visits (long story), you’re left with most of a loaf of cheap bread in the freezer as a result. As for essentials, our freezer always has peas, curry and ice pops.
(You do all know that you should keep your Camelbak bladders in the freezer, right?)
+1
Peas
Chips - the skin on fries from Aldi, done in the air fryer, are head and shoulders above anything else at the moment.
Don't know why, but I never though of freezing home made pizza dough balls. Going to give that a try sometime.
Makes as much sense as a whole loaf -
Bread that's been frozen always tastes borderline stale - if avoiding having to eat that is a trade off of occasionally having to throw out a slice or two then that's a fair deal .. the birds will appreciate the left overs.
Bread that's been frozen always tastes borderline stale
No it doesn't - it tastes as stale as when it was put in the freezer so if you put fresh rolls or bread in there then that's how they defrost.
Bread in 2or4 Alice packets, sausages in pairs (all bought on offer).
Aktars currys.
I have ice, tubs of homemade soup and homemade curries along with multiple bags of frozen peas as they're cheap and useful for sticking on my ****ed joints
leaking a protein-rich juice (sarcoplasm)
This forum has more than enough sarcoplasm as it is
I have had it with oven chip, there all shite.. I raise you hash brown's and even better Sainsburys (or anywhere ese you can find them) mini hash brown bites. Flipping so much better
Otherwise fish finger and Dumplings (gyoza)
Edit: Bread that's been frozen always tastes borderline stal
I'd suggest stop buying shite bread. defrosted bread is fine
Homemade leftovers, frozen herbs, bread.
