"Ophelia" wrote:
>"Gary" wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> "sf" wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Have you ever seen the recipe/method for caramelizing onions in the
>>> > slow cooker? I'm going to try it if I ever make enough space in my
>>> > freezer to hold a decent sized batch.
>>>
>>> No, so if you find out please report back. Thinking about it though I
>>> can see it would work on high setting with a little butter. Hmmm I might
>>> give it a try.
>>
>> I can't even imagine caramelizing a large batch of onions to save in
>> the freezer. WTH? So quick and easy to do them fresh whenever you
>> need them. That's just as dumb as Julie cooking all her steaks to
>> freeze for future meals.
>
>I love to experiment and do so all the time I will try it (I do have
>plenty of freezer space as it happens)

Caramelized onions when frozen turn to mush, their texture will be
awful when defrosted... besides once you caramelize five pounds of
onions if they're good you'll swallow them all before they cool.