On 8/24/2017 10:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "dejamos" > wrote in message
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>> On 8/24/2017 6:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Just curious if anyone has tried this. I am about to make what I
>>> would loosely call Spanish rice. Not a side dish but a one dish meal.
>>> Brown rice, ground beef, asst. veggies and seasoning. I am the only
>>> one in the house who eats brown rice. My new lawn guy said he
>>> preferred the brown as do I. And I do feed him a meal from time to
>>> time if he is here around meal time. He does currently have some work
>>> to finish up but I am not sure that he will be back in the next day
>>> or three due to a nasty insect bite that required a trip to the ER.
>>> So...
>>>
>>> If he isn't back here in time to eat the rest of it, would it do well
>>> in the freezer? If so, would I be able to reheat from frozen? I don't
>>> really want to freeze it but OTOH, I don't want to waste the food.
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> I often freeze pork chops and Spanish brown rice in individual serving
>> portions.Â* I usually take them out of the freezer in the morning for
>> work lunches and by the time I am ready to eat it has thawed enough to
>> reheat as normal in the microwave.Â* Works fine for me.
>
> Thanks! I probably won't have time to defrost as I never know for sure
> when he will be here. He got most of my work done but has been finishing
> stuff up in bits and pieces after he finishes his other jobs. So by the
> time he gets here, he's famished.

It will still be ok that way. I use the defrost mode for a minute or
two first when I am reheating frozen items and then regular power to get
them to the right temp once they are no longer frozen solid.