On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:38:36 -0700 (PDT), Manda Ruby
> wrote:

>I am looking for freezer safe containers that would store one or two
>serving of concentrated stock to be used in making beef soup. The
>stock would be chicken broth.
>
>Shape can be cubes/cylindrical or whatever shapes but I want
>individual storage, i.e, enclosed containers. I do not want thos
>those ice cube trays which has no lid/cover for individual piece and
>also I can't get only whhat I want. I'd have to defrost the whole damn
>thing.
>
>It doesn't have to be plastic but Iif it is aluminum or stainless
>steel it needs to be small so that I can socka it in hot water and
>slide the pice out quickly. I'd prefer micrwaving though.
>
>I have done some googling but the only plastic bottle that are similar
>size I saw are for chemical sipplies but they have neck that are
>smaller than the body - I prefer the cylindrical shape all the way to
>the lid so that I can defrost it quickly and slide the frozen piece
>out into the pot.
>
>Though I'd prefer something that is not that long, an example of
>cylindrical shape (all the way to the lid) is spice bottles shown at
>http://www.fantes.com/images/2240spice.jpg
>
>If you have any useful information what to busy from where and would
>like to share, that'd be great.


You don't need any stinkin' containers... freeze stock in your ice
cube tray, then dump cubes into a zip-loc... use cubes as needed.
However I never use such a tiny amount of stock, I freeze stock
directly in a small zip-loc, then break off what I need, but most
times I use the entire amount.