"Steve Freides" > wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:20:55 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:
>>
>>> Our local WF is having a three-day sale on grass fed ground beef,
>>> which is what we buy, anyway. We like it, and they grind and
>>> package it in the store - it seems quite fresh to us.
>>>
>>> Is it OK to buy extra and freeze? If so (I imagine it is OK), what
>>> are the best practices for doing this, e.g., keep it in the
>>> Styrofoam + plastic_wrap it comes in, put aluminum foil around that?
>>> Or put it in a double freezer bag? Take it out of the original
>>> packaging? Etc.
>>>
>>> We'll use it before too long, anyway, I suspect. We usually buy 2
>>> lbs. once a week or so - grill a few burgers, cook make the rest in
>>> frying pan with seasoning and save in the 'frig that way, maybe add
>>> tomatoes sauce (Sloppy Joe) to some of it.
>>
>> Provided there's not a lot of air in the package (usually at the ends
>> of the styrofoam, the packed would freeze fine in their original
>> styrofoam+overwrap packages for 4-6 weeks.
>
> Well, now that I reread everything, I may just throw some of them in the
> freezer. We don't have a big one, and probably I don't want to buy and
> have to store more than 4-6 weeks worth of ground beef, but I think I'll
> try the quart-sized ziplock bags, just to see what kind of difference
> that makes.
>
> I'm off to the store - they opened at 8 AM and I'll be there by 9:15 -
> hopefully they still have some left!
>
> -S-

I would use the freezer ziplocs though and not the regular kind. It does
make a difference.
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