FoodBanter.com - View Single Post

taxed and spent

> wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 13:48:00 -0800, "taxed and spent"
> > wrote:
>
>>
> wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 15:59:34 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article >,
says...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 09:14:42 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >Alan Holbrook wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> wrote in
>>>>> >> :
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > 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.
>>>>
>>>> If that's what Alan meant, he needs a frost-free freezer like mine.
>>>>They never grow ice or need defrosting.
>>>>
>>>> JanetUK
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>so they will thaw out faster?
>>
> Nope! That's the old ice cube question.

so when they thaw out they will be piping hot?