On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:33:41 GMT, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' <Melba's Jammin' >>
>wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Joe Beda > wrote:
>>
>>> I am going to brown up several pounds of ground beef and then freeze
>>> in one pound packages for future use.
>>>
>>> Can it be done in an oven? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Joe
>>
>> I suppose it could be but it seems like a nuisance to me. I think you'd
>> want high heat -- maybe 400 degrees. And you'd be in and out of the
>> oven, breaking it up and moving it around but I suppose it would work.
>> The oven would contain all the spatters. :-)
>
>Just press it into a jelly roll pan and cook it like a big
>hamburger. Drain, and cut into Ziploc sized baggies for storage in
>the freezer. Stores flat and won't take up much room when stacked.
>
>Don't crumble it until after you thaw it.
>
>-sw

i would think that then you'd miss all the mini-maillard reactions
from the frying pan.

your pal,
blake