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> Frozen Food Labels

Congratulations! I've read through all the replies and freezer labels (if
they stick to already frozen cartons) seem to be the winning solution.
Walter Drake also carries freezer labels.

They solve another part of the problem that wasn't made clear in my original
post and wasn't touched on by other posters: there's precious little white
(or monotone) space to write any information on most prepared food boxes.

My folks use Peapod a lot. I can now prep up a number of date labels
written in clear, large black ink against a white background and Mom can
stick them on a forward facing edge of the box. With her arthritis in mind,
I want to keep it as simple as possible. If I can eliminate her wiping the
frost from each and every box before labeling, then the freezer labels will
have hit a home run.

Interestingly, the thread transmuted into writing on plastic
containers and bags instead of prepared food cartons. While grease pencils
*will* make a mark on something like a Stouffer's carton, with the four
color printing, it's almost impossible to see. Dry erase markers seem to
leave the thickest, clearest ink, but the surface has to be dried completely
and there can't be much churning of boxes in the freezer for the writing to
stay intact.

Masking tape, as someone noted, tends to fall off far too easily. Why
bother labeling if all you end up with is a heap of frozen labels on the
freezer bottom? Hopefully the freezer labels have a water-based adhesive
that actually benefits from a slightly frost-covered freezer carton. For
this weekend's delivery, I might try some white bandage tape.

This way, when I visit, I can rotate all the older stuff to the front and
the newer stuff to the back to help to avoid things getting totally
freezer-burned.

Thanks to everyone for your input!

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Bobby G.