On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 13:48:00 -0800, "taxed and spent"
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>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 15:59:34 -0000, Janet > wrote:
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>>>In article >,
says...
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>>>> On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 09:14:42 -0500, Gary > wrote:
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>>>> >Alan Holbrook wrote:
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>>>> >> wrote in
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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.
>>>> >
>>>> >Alan...the tiny bit of frost you get in sealed containers is not even
>>>> >worth worrying about. It will be on the top but then you have a pint
>>>> >or quart of liquid underneath with none. As soon as you take the
>>>> >container out of the freezer, you can stick the open top under running
>>>> >warm water for about 5 seconds and eliminate the frost moisture if it
>>>> >really bothers you.
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking maybe Alan meant frost on the freezer walls - I do get
>>>> that but I just wait and soon enough I can push a large pallet knife
>>>> in under the ice and pop it off.
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>>> If that's what Alan meant, he needs a frost-free freezer like mine.
>>>They never grow ice or need defrosting.
>>>
>>> JanetUK
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>> Mine is supposedly frost free and I suppose it is except once I have
>> made 12-14 pots of soup, I want them in the freezer, so I put them in
>> very hot.
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>so they will thaw out faster?
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Nope! That's the old ice cube question.