On 1/7/2013 10:29 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:13:07 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> If you freeze it shortly before the expiration date,
>> label the package(s) accordingly. Eg. Exp 1/10,13 with the date you
>> froze it. That way you know before you take it out of the freezer to
>> thaw whether or not it should be used the same day. You'll know if you
>> have a little lee-way if you put the dates on the freezer bag/container.
>
> That's something I always forget to do. Labeling isn't a big forte of
> mine. I've tried to change my ways, but I have a couple quarts of
> stock in the freezer that I have to guess by color if it's beef or
> chicken and I have no idea what date they went in there either.
>
I used to forget, too, until the one time I brought in a foodsaver bag
of something for work lunch and it turned out to be raw fish. I thought
it was soup.

I bought a neato gadget label dispenser where you can pull off one label
at a time, write on it then stick it on the food.