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Alan Holbrook[_5_] Alan Holbrook[_5_] is offline
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Default Cooking for the freezer.

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> My biggest item is soup. It is more economical to make very large
> amounts then freeze in single portions. (I use the 1litre pots of
> yogurt so I wash the containers and use them for soup as they stack
> handily) I keep a variety of soups and more often than not, that's my
> lunch.


How do you handle frost? Whenever I freeze a basically liquid thing like
soup, ice crystals form almost immediately. Chunks of ice form eventually
in other things I freeze as well, it just takes a little longer. If I
can't get it into a vacuum bag, I hesitate to freeze it.