I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
successful this time.

Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
again?

TIA


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On 8 Dec 2016 17:16:51 GMT, KenK > wrote:

>I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
>recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
>of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
>dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
>This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
>fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
>successful this time.
>
>Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
>again?
>
>TIA

I have frozen chicken livers before, just put them in the freezer in
the carton but they were only there a few weeks, then used. They were
fine. Probably if yours was beef liver I can see it maybe not
looking so good when unthawed but in the event, I'd at least try
frying a bit to see.

On 2016-12-08, KenK > wrote:

> Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
> again?

I'm shocked you would even eat liver, frozen or otherwise.

I learned to like liver when I ate fresh killed calves liver, at the
age of nine. I've loved it ever since. Unfortunately, I've also
learned what a liver does. It filters out all the garbage in yer
body. IOW, you eat liver, you eat all the crap the animal has consumed
and filtered out. IOW, toxins magnified!!

I no longer eat liver ...unfortunately. 8|

nb

On 12/8/2016 12:16 PM, KenK wrote:
> I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
> recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
> of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
> dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
> This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
> fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
> successful this time.
>
> Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
> again?
>
> TIA
>
>
I don't buy beef liver but any time I see it it is always cryovac'd and
already in the freezer case. So yes, it can be frozen. (I guess there
isn't a big call for liver where I live.) I would suggest zip-lock bags
before a plastic container to get a better seal. Get the air out first.
Or buy a vacuum-sealer.

Jill

On 8 Dec 2016 17:16:51 GMT, KenK > wrote:

>I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
>recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
>of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
>dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
>This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
>fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
>successful this time.
>
>Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
>again?
>
>TIA

Don't freeze liver or any meats in paper, use plastic cling
wrap/zip-locs. How long was that liver in your freezer?
http://stilltasty.com/fooditems/index/16493

On 8 Dec 2016 17:16:51 GMT, KenK > wrote:

I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
successful this time.

Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
again?

TIA
=================

I freeze liver but lamb's. I haven't tried beef so maybe that is different.

Yes it darkens in the freezer but it is fine when cooked.




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"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 12/8/2016 12:16 PM, KenK wrote:
> I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
> recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
> of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
> dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
> This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
> fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
> successful this time.
>
> Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
> again?
>
> TIA
>
>
I don't buy beef liver but any time I see it it is always cryovac'd and
already in the freezer case. So yes, it can be frozen. (I guess there
isn't a big call for liver where I live.) I would suggest zip-lock bags
before a plastic container to get a better seal. Get the air out first.
Or buy a vacuum-sealer.

Jill

===============

Yes, I use my vacuum sealer with mine.



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In article >, notbob says...
>
> On 2016-12-08, KenK > wrote:
>
> > Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
> > again?
>
> I'm shocked you would even eat liver, frozen or otherwise.
>
> I learned to like liver when I ate fresh killed calves liver, at the
> age of nine. I've loved it ever since. Unfortunately, I've also
> learned what a liver does. It filters out all the garbage in yer
> body. IOW, you eat liver, you eat all the crap the animal has consumed
> and filtered out. IOW, toxins magnified!!

There's a price to pay for buying industry meat. And it ain't financial.

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 14:33:27 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On 8 Dec 2016 17:16:51 GMT, KenK wrote:
>
>> I have a book on freezing and it says beef liver can be frozen. I seem to
>> recall doing so in the past. However, a week or two ago I opened a couple
>> of packages of liver slices in freezer paper. Both looked horrible - very
>> dark and poor texture. I threw tham out and bought a new package of liver.
>> This time I cut the liver I didn't immediately use into pieces and lightly
>> fried it before freezing it in plastic containers. Hope I will be more
>> successful this time.
>>
>> Anyone else have such problems or it just my poor food handling skills
>> again?
>
>Frozen liver always looks like hell. It was probably fine.
>
>-sw

Liver looks worse not frozen... however I occasionally enjoy grilled
calves liver.

On 8 Dec 2016 17:16:51 GMT, KenK > wrote:

> or it just my poor food handling skills again?

Probably. Why don't you buy yourself a Seal a Meal and vacuum pack
what you store in your freezer? It's not expensive... around $35.



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