Yay chest freezer!

[cjsmith]

Item	Sale today	Rob or I wanted	I purchased
Ground lamb	50% off	one pound	three pounds
One brand of ground turkey	50% off	two pounds max	four pounds
Store-brand frozen pretzels	on sale (%?)	two boxes	four boxes
Frozen Tater Tots	nearly 50% off	one big bag	two big bags

We have a chest freezer. :-)

Comments

I want one!

[justetthon.livejournal.com]

I wanna chest freezer! BUT LK says we'd just fill it up with stuff and forget about it, and keep buying more fresh. I personally think it would be great, to make big batches of STUFF and stick away. One question for you: what type of containers and labels do you use, to clearly delineate what you have? After a while, a frozen block of one thing can look just like something else. I remember years ago, when my mother sent my little brother off to school with something frozen (to thaw in his lunch pail) for lunch, he arrived at lunchtime facing some kind of raw fish in his pail! eewww! My mother was aghast, of course, as she never labeled anything (neither do I) in the freezer. So, how do you label your stuff?

Re: I want one!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

In a few weeks I'll know whether LK is right, at least in my own case! :-)

My two favorite container types are Rubbermaid plastic tubs (I think they're called "seal-n-save" or something like that) and Ziploc bags. I have better long-term luck with the Ziploc bags, because I can squeeze out the air, avoiding frost and freezer burn for a little longer. But the Rubbermaid things are more easily reusable, and they carry well on my way to work.

I label with masking tape and a Sharpie. The masking tape sticks only if I put it on the container when the container is room temperature. If I put the hot food in, pop the lid on, and then stick the tape, it'll curl off. If I forget and pull the thing out of the fridge and stick the tape, it'll curl off. There may be better ways, goodness knows!