Freezing foods/food storage

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Disadvantages: none

If you are going to store food, make sure that the food you store is adequate for the need you and your family anticipate. This may not be as easy as to achieve as many people think, because the facts are that most people make serious errors when storing food-errors that will come back to haunt them when the food they've stored is the only thing that stands between them and their empty, dissatisfied, bellies. There are seven common mistakes people ...
...Most people don't have enough variety in their storage. 95% of the people I've worked with have only stored four basic items: wheat, milk, honey, and salt. Statistics show most of us won't survive on such a diet for several reasons. a) Many people are allergic to wheat and may not be aware of it until they are eating it meal after meal. b) Wheat is too harsh for young children. They can tolerate it in small amounts but not as their main staple. c) ... Read review

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...burn Allow for expansion when freezing liquids. Blanch vegetables before freezing. If you're wondering what it means to blanch something. it is to take foods and plunge them into boiling hot water for a few seconds, then drain and put into ice water. This preserves taste and color. Freeze fresh fruit BEFORE it is ripe or it will be mushy when thawed fruit can be frozen up to 6 weeks. ... Read review

Advantages: keeps food for long time
Disadvantages: be careful how long

...Always remember to use the frozen items within 3-6 months and never re-freeze an item that was previously frozen and then thawed. Freezing food, its the American way, our large freezers and fridges make it easy to eat well and eat well on a budget!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Saves time and money, gives you family style meals for one
Disadvantages: Takes a little extra time

...and dividing them up and freezing them, cooking enough to feed a large family, dividing this meal up into single servings and freezing most of it. I'd sometimes cook a couple of meals at a time while I had the stove going, and then I had something to fall back on when I had to work late or just didn't feel like cooking. To freeze a casserole, you can put it in the refrigerator until it's chilled enough to set up, then cut it into servings instead ...
...into a ziplock type bag and push as much air out as you can. Allow the food to thaw naturally before placing in a foil wrapper and heating in the oven. Some of you may want to use a microwave oven to reheat your frozen meals, but I prefer a conventional oven. ... Read review

Advantages: Savings of time and availability of fresh food at hand
Disadvantages: It needs I remain smart and careful always.

...each other so that rapid freezing is not disrupted and the food can maintain better quality after defrosting. 4) Packaging is really important. Food is to be wrapped and sealed in such a way that it becomes airtight, that is, no air or moisture comes inside or goes outside of the food. Proper wrapping and packaging are very urgent because the food having fat content within may turn rancid if they are exposed to oxygen of the air. 5) Fresh food should ...
...must be availed as slow freezing may cause structural damage within the food. 6) The best acceptable temperature for the food preservation is below --18 degree Celsius. Under this temperature the bacteria fail to become active and nutrients of the food content are not lost in general. 7) Finally it should be borne in mind that food cannot be kept for any longer time within the freeze. For such purpose different time-limit has been scheduled for different ... Read review

Advantages Pleasant Taste, healthy, quick to cook and prepare, read the review for more...
Disadvantages Messy texture, quite expensive, look inside for more...

...Product: Birds Eye Regular Fish Fingers - "100% Fillet Fish Fingers in Crispy Batter" The birth of the so called 'forzen food' market began in the 1920s during the time when research into food preservation and freezing food was booming in comparison with other food and drink sectors. Without an arguement, the pioneer in the race for better product lifecycle, storage and taste was Clarence Birdseye (although the Birds Eye corporation we know today was not set up by him, there isno harm in saying that it had its foundations through to his smaller company - Birdseye Seafoods Inc/P). A field naturalist by occupationbut an inventor by birth, he is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry which has seen growth rates of over 700% since the 1940s much thanks to the devotional efforts of other 'frozen food engineers... Read review

Advantages Unobtrusive.
Disadvantages Sometimes ices up around the lid seal.

...We bought our chest freezer about 3 years ago.Our family had just increased from 3 to 4 and our food storage demands had changed drastically as i was once again freezing left over and pre-made wholesome food to introduce to the baby. We also own a rather large fridge freezer but this was unable to house everything as we do a large frozen shop every month.I am very skilled in packing the shopping away but even i have my limitations. We purchased the freezer at a well known electrical store for £149.99.We transported it home in the back of the car ourselves without instuction from the sales staff as to any installation requirements. HOW IT LOOKS/WHAT YOU GET. The freezer is totally white with a satin sheen.The lid opens from the top with a very efficient hinge at the back that does not take your fingers off on closure. The inside... Read review

Advantages Value, Size, Extras, Ease of use, Warning lights
Disadvantages None yet!

...that the temperature is too low. Temperature control: There is a dial situated just inside the door towards the left hand side of the appliance. You can adjust the control by sliding up and down, you have the option to select numbers 0 to 5- See breakdown below 0: Switched off not cooling at all 1-2: use this setting for short term storage of food in the freezer. 3-4: Used for long term food storage and this is the ideal setting to use. 5- : Supper freeze, used when first setting up and also may be used if you suffer a power shortage or complete loss of power. *If you suffer a power cut for any length of time, please ensure that you check how defrosted your freezer is. In any case of power loss I would suggest that you use option 5 to re-frost.* My Comments The warning lights are a great feature of this freezer and do in fact warn you... Read review