I am interested in freezing different types of foods liqiuds and
solids.Can I freeze cream and milk? and do I need some space at the
top of the bottles for expansion? Can I freeze hard and soft cheeses?
Thanks Susan.

susan wrote:
> I am interested in freezing different types of foods liqiuds and
> solids.Can I freeze cream and milk? and do I need some space at the
> top of the bottles for expansion? Can I freeze hard and soft cheeses?
> Thanks Susan.
Frozen whole milk tends to separate after being frozen, ie the fats
separate from the water part. My mother used to do it all the time once
she got to old to drive and had to have someone take her to grocery. She
did leave space for expansion IIRC. Don't know about cream though.

I have frozen hard cheeses at one point in the past. Didn't care for the
texture after it was thawed. If I buy a large block of hard cheese
nowadays I cut off a part for immediate use the vacuum seal the
remainder and keep it in the fridge. No air gets to it so it doesn't
spoil and still is good when I cut it again and repeat the process.
never tried to freeze soft cheeses though.

Supermarket is just a little way from home today and I just buy what I
need for immediate use.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:34:10 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>susan wrote:
>> I am interested in freezing different types of foods liqiuds and
>> solids.Can I freeze cream and milk? and do I need some space at the
>> top of the bottles for expansion? Can I freeze hard and soft cheeses?
>> Thanks Susan.
>Frozen whole milk tends to separate after being frozen, ie the fats
>separate from the water part. My mother used to do it all the time once
>she got to old to drive and had to have someone take her to grocery. She
>did leave space for expansion IIRC. Don't know about cream though.

So far, I haven't had the problem of milk separating after being
frozen, at least some of the milk I got. I had a problem with one
store brand and won't get milk from them again to freeze, but another
store's brand does just fine. So I have been freezing their milk
lately, when I find a good sale: like $1.99/gallon.

Seems to defrost just fine, compared to the ugly texture of the other
brand when it defrosted. Don't know why this should be so....

Christine

On Oct 21, 3:27*pm, susan > wrote:
> I am interested in freezing different types of foods liqiuds and
> solids.Can I freeze cream and milk? and do I need some space at the
> top of the bottles for expansion? Can I freeze hard and soft cheeses?
> Thanks Susan.

Susan,
It sounds to me like you need a good cookbook, most of the info you
have asked for in your last two posts would be available in one- do
you have Joy of Cooking? Betty Crocker? I