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Doris Night wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:22:04 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote: > > > My friend Susan fixes meals for from 7-15 every time. It's a big > > extended family and they all live within 4-5 houses of each other. > > While some of it is a family 'pot luck style' (where others take > > turns bring things), they also contribute to the budget. > > > > As a result, Susan does a lot of 'cook once, eat many' type dishes. > > Commonly ground beef will be cooked right away and drained then > > frozen in suitable amounts. This not only in the long run saves > > time in her case, but it also takes up less space since the fat has > > been drained off. > > > > When cooking one ham, she says she's apt to cook a second at the > > same time then break it down and freeze the 2nd one for other > > dishes. > > I do the ground beef thing. It's hard to find a package of ground beef > less than 500 grams, and that's to much for us, so I'll fry it all up > and freeze half for a different meal. > > And I sometimes will pre-cook meat if I've had it out of the freezer > for a bit too long. I got out a package of chicken breasts a couple of > days ago and put them in the fridge. For various reasons, I didn't use > them. So I diced them up and sauteed them, then stuck them in ziploc > bags and put them back in the freezer. > > Doris THat makes sense doris and is similar to what Susan does. I was at her house once as we got back from a shopping trip. It was funny to watch 3 others use both her stove tops to brown down 10lbs of ground beef as we split up some spices (we got a bulk set with some for each of us). |
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