On 09/08/2012 4:31 PM, Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:

> Back when I was married, we bought a 10 cubic foot chest freezer with
> visions of buying all kinds of things on sale. It ended up containing
> mostly sale bread. No matter how you organized it, you always ended up
> having to dig to the bottom to get what you want. We sold it one year
> later.

Hardly worth it to stock up on bread on sale. Bread does not keep well
in the freezer and bread is cheap enough that the loss of quality to buy
bulk on sale and have it deteriorate in the freezer does not make much
sense.

That being said, we don't use much bread, just a couple slices a day for
sandwiches. I get good bread from a local bakery and throw it in the
freezer when I get home and then take out two slices just before lunch
time. They thaw in minutes. It better out of the freezer than it would
be if it had been left out, but I use it up in a week or two. My wife
does not eat bread at all. We have hamburgs most Saturdays, so an 8 pack
of buns goes into freezer and I use two per week. By the end of the
month they need to be replaced used or not.


> The only plus with a chest freezer, imo, is that even though you have to
> spend an hour digging around to find what you want, the cold air stays in
> the worthless thing.

There is lots of good stuff in my freezer that keeps well. I stock up on
chicken and other meats and frozen fruits and vegetables. I just don't
keep much bread on hand.