Home freezer - what can be stored in it and how to use it

[ksyushik]

ksyushik, you don't compare. Eggplant for rolling is a delicate product, one must be very vigilant with them.
And tomatoes, they contain acid and in fact are preservatives themselves. And it seems to me that tomato juice is the easiest and most problem-free for preservation. I would have felt sorry for the scarce freezer space for them.

[Taia]

Taia,
Thanks, I'll think about it. I have a large freezer. There is enough space. Moreover, in addition to bell pepper, I no longer plan to freeze anything. Fruits, greens are already frozen. Especially with our prices now ... you won't overclock ...

Well, if there is a lot of free space, then of course.
And I recently froze peaches in halves.
I already took a sample - it was so tasty, I did not expect it, I clap myself on the hands so as not to carry it ahead of time (i.e. winter). And in the country, raspberries are rushing and rushing. Already ate her fill. I send everything to the freezer.

[Taia]

Taia, and I made wine from raspberries this year for testing. It's so yummy.

I make concentrates from berries and freeze them in ice bags. In winter, well, I threw 1-2 cubes into a glass with water and poured the compote ready, all the vitamins are preserved.

I made wine from raspberries this year for testing. It's so yummy.

Yes, we are in the country and the grapes are catching up with a shaft. The cherry blossoms of a bottle ... I can't overcome that much.

I blended the seeds and skins separately ...

Oh, nope, I'm definitely not ready to separate seeds from skins
Now I'm taking a cart of peppers and a tomato from the bazaar, and I think to myself, well, nafik, I'll still freeze the cake if I bought a tomato at
2.5-3 grams, and even their own little by little singing.
Taya, you're right, it's not worth the candle! Then Lyudmila confused me with her fiber, well, if I find where to attach the fiber from apples, then where tomato is

I like ice cream fruit drink ......
I'm afraid to roll into banks, s

Well, if you like it, then freeze it, of course. You can pick up all sorts of containers for freezing, and even probably plastic bottles. But I would advise you to make a morse rolled up, as Taya writes. And then compare ... fruit drink from seaming of a garazd is tastier for borscht than thawed. I pour the fruit drink into old jars of mayonnaise, which are curled. They stand perfectly without sterilization.
And the fact that a lot of space remains, you can always find something to fill. I'm freezing everything I can now. And not only vegetables and fruits. Milk, cottage cheese, broths, fish, minced meat. Our prices are not low either, but yours are certainly higher. But as soon as I think about what could be in the winter, with this communal apartment, that all the pension and salary will go only to pay for gas, I’d better fill up the freezer now if possible.

[not boiled]

I'm fresh not boiled I pour tomato juice (which is the most delicious without seeds and skins, thickening) into plastic bottles of 0.5-1 liters and freeze it like that. In winter, with a small-toothed knife, I cut off the bottle as much as necessary and use it. I defrosted the bottle completely and drank - the taste of absolutely summer fresh tomatoes! But I only freeze fresh juice and 2-3 bottles, cook the rest of the juice and roll it up, I have a 107-liter freezer, you can't walk around. This is over there at Nelie-nila walk in the freezer with a horse, and I approach the freeze very selectively.

walk in the freezer with a horse

the horse will no longer gallop, and even a small pony will be cramped.
my 310 l is almost to the eyeballs. today sl. I bought 8 kg of red pepper, I will still process it and determine it, and perhaps a mustache
but I still have space in 3 large drawers from the refrigerator

[Nelya]

Nelya, inject, and what is there, in the bins?

How did you get rid of the red pepper? For what purpose? Maybe I need ...

[nila]

nila,
Thank you, I froze them in the glasses again, well, I boiled some of them and rolled them up. It's a matter of taste. I like frozen fresh more than boiled.
We have nothing of our own, I took tomatoes for a tomato for 15 UAH. have to buy. And cottage cheese at 65 UAH per kg so far I don't see any reason to freeze it, when it was cheaper, I froze everything and milk and cottage cheese, and now I take fresh to eat. Although, when everything was just beginning (the war) froze packages of milk, since there were no supplies, they still lie, suddenly there will be no more ...
Thanks for the idea with plastic bottles, I'll try to freeze them in them.

[ksyushik]

ksyushik, wow nifigase you have prices, but we cry for ours. We have cottage cheese 30-35, if you're lucky, you can buy cheaper. Tomatoes today at the wholesale were 2.50 (for juice, fruit drink, sauces). I took the red pepper for 7.50, but barely found it to sell the bag in bulk.
Taia, I will work on pepper tomorrow, today I twisted the juice, I was engaged in lunch ... my hands did not reach him.
I'll sort out the one that goes for stuffing, clean it and freeze it whole. I will choose one that can be baked and grill-freeze it. And I'll just cut the rest into strips and in bags. I do not know what will remain there, it may still have to be picked up.
And in the bins ... a lot of things, you can't list everything at once. Frozen milk in tetra packs from superpasteurization of milk and cream. I do not specifically throw these tetropacks away, but as I buy homemade milk, I pour it into the tetropack and freeze it. I will bend the corners, then they are not a box, but flat and take up less space. In winter, in the frosty weather, you can't run into the bazaar, so for such emergencies I ice this milk on porridge or small ones for baking. If I see kefir for the action in packages, then I also take it and put it in the freezer for cottage cheese.
Berries are many different, and frozen in different ways, halves of plums, apricots, vegetables are different. I froze the zucchini in cubes, grated and slices. I froze the blue ones only baked, I wanted more cubes, but I tried it once - I didn't like it. I don't know if it's worth experimenting yet. And like everyone else, there is meat, fish, broths, minced meat, cottage cheese and, of course, whey.

[nila]

Tomatoes today at the wholesale were 2.50 (for juice, fruit drink, sauces)

nila,
We have already forgotten about such prices. I want to freeze the pepper, but so far it does not fall below 20 UAH (40 rubles), and the roundthaw is 35. I'm waiting, maybe it will go down to 15 UAH, at least freeze 15 kg. Apples we have 35 UAH. Is in the Caravan, from private traders-30. But I hope that prices will go down a little - the season is ...
Blue freezers, I didn't really like it, I stopped it, I still shift it to the boxes. Well, yes, everything is like everyone else's, but most of all during the winter I lose berries, fruits, tomatoes, peppers, herbs. And I also typed dough at Ukrainian prices, in winter, different and rich, and puff, but it's not over yet, I use ...

Tell me, please, if the nectarines are blasted and put in the freezer, will they stand normally? In the sense, the taste will not suffer? Me for cocktails

[ksyushik]

ksyushik, Oksana, try to freeze the blue e already baked and skinned, a completely different taste, normal! Otherwise, I also can't eat just ice cream blue, they have some kind of unpleasant aftertaste. And baked ones do not have this taste.

[svetta]

svetta,
Thank you! It's just that my blues don't eat at all, but I have enough of the ones left for sote in Post. But if I do, I will definitely try as you say.

Tell me, please, if the nectarines are blasted and put in the freezer, will they stand normally? In the sense, the taste will not suffer? Me for cocktails

Everything is fine. I do this every year. I put it in portions in bags with a lock (Zip-Lock).

[then the real taste and color of the fruit will appear]

There are fruits that, after the freezer, change their color to dark, such as apricots.
Peaches do not change color. Therefore, if the beautiful color of frozen fruits is important to you, including then after cooking, first freeze a small portion of 1 fruit, then defrost a day later, or what to cook with it - then the real taste and color of the fruit will appear, and you will understand "but I need it?"

[Taia]

Taia, Admin, thanks for the advice.
There are just small zip-locks to divide in portions
I didn't know about apricots, I froze a bunch of apricots, and they turned brown.

Apricots must be frozen firm, slightly unripe, then they retain their color.And T should be below -18, I ice at -28, so-called. shock freeze, then set it back to -18, everything is as fresh in appearance and after defrosting.

Why defrost apricots? From them the juice flows out and the color becomes dark.
We immediately put frozen apricots in porridge before cooking and they will be cooked along with cereals - then they will be delicious and the color is excellent.
Likewise, in compote drinks - without defrosting, immediately into water and cook for several minutes.

And so any frozen vegetables and fruits - without defrosting!

[Admin]

Admin, I put it wrong. Indeed, after simple defrosting, the apricots darken. I do exactly the same as you, I mean that after cooking they are not dark.

[Reine de Saba]

Reine de Saba, do you need a beautiful color for cocktails? The taste remains, but the color of the crushed nectarines is not bright. Maybe it depends on the variety, I froze differently - in a chopped form, the same. I freeze for ice cream and soufflé.

[Taia]

Apricots must be frozen firm, slightly unripe, then they retain their color. And T should be below -18, I ice at -28, so-called. shock freeze, then set it back to -18, everything is as fresh in appearance and after defrosting.

I have ordinary freezers, to be honest I don’t even know what temperatures are there. The chest is ordinary and in refrigerators. Shock freezing is it probably in modern units? I want a shock freeze!

Taia, yes, the color is not critical, the main thing is that the taste is normal.
I froze the strawberries so, also for cocktails, it turns out great, but for some reason peeled bananas just started to taste bitter.

[Reine de Saba]

Reine de Saba, in my freezer you can set T in increments of 1 degree. up to -28. In the prom. On a scale they freeze with shock freezing -36, but I can do it even at -28.
I often ice peeled bananas, my husband eats instead of ice cream, nothing tastes bitter ...

See what cubes I got from tomato juice with pulp. I squeezed the juice from delicious tomatoes in the Princess Juicer. The juice turned out to be thick with a rich, sweet taste. Tasted (licked) a frozen cube. Very tasty. I will add it to dishes in winter, when there are no more such delicious tomatoes.

And I also froze apple cakes after processing them into juice. I laid out the bags in portions. I really like it, it is dry, does not flow, much more aromatic than apples themselves as a filling. It remained only to defrost, add sugar to taste and a little cinnamon.

Did someone freeze grapes? How does he feel afterwards? If you freeze not the bunch, but the berries themselves. The grapes are large, like a plum, ripe.

Behaves normally. Only the color changes to faded. And you don't need to defrost it.
Once special. freezer for salad:
Cabbage salad "provencal" (Admin)



Now I just buy the right amount in winter, and I need a little of it for the salad

I freeze grapes every year. It is large, we only freeze the berries. In winter I make compotes and so we eat - it seems to me tastier than fresh))) We eat without defrosting))) I throw the berry into my mouth, and it thaws a little there and everything bites perfectly!

Thank you.
At our dacha grapes have ripened, such a taste and a lot. I will freeze, the berries themselves fall from the bunch, you don't need to mess around for a long time.

Girls, hello. I urgently need advice for a novice freezer user. I plan to cook squash caviar, fry all the ingredients and freeze it in bags. I don't want to stew it for 2 hours and I want to get it out of the bag in jars, warm it up and eat. How do you like this idea? I just don't want to freeze grated zucchini, I need to have a finished product right away

Girls, did anyone freeze chopped white cabbage? There is nowhere to store cabbage, I wanted to chop it into packages and stuff it into the freezer. but they don’t buy me another freezer, my husband said that two refrigerators with freezers and a separate freezer should be enough for me, but I’m sorely lacking.

Catwoman, I froze the cabbage, but not in very large quantities (chopped head of cabbage). Freezes normally.

Natasha, and then she does not become snotty? Or should you immediately throw it frozen into the soup?

Or should you immediately throw it frozen into the soup?

This is exactly what I do ...

Natasha, and then she does not become snotty? Or should you immediately throw it frozen into the soup?

I threw frozen.

Girls, thanks a lot! Has already cut!

And no one had any idea how to preserve the arugula? I understand that most likely nothing, but what if? As one of the ideas how to cut the basil and pour it with olive oil?

[Marina,]

Marina, Admin prepared basil like that. Arugula was also discussed in the same topic. Here is Tatiana's answer:
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=176139.0

I plan to cook the squash caviar, fry all the ingredients and freeze it in bags. How do you like this idea?

Katerina, I freeze both squash caviar and eggplant like that. Always great results

Has anyone frozen feijoa pureed with sugar, how will freezing affect the taste?

[Cvetaal]

Cvetaal, Sveta, what kind of eggplant are you doing? (There are 4 kg eggplants)

Lily, everything is very simple, I bake eggplants in the oven, peel them, add fried peppers, onions, carrots, tomatoes, grind with a blender and in packages into the freezer. Or I stew all the vegetables together in pieces, and then I also put them in bags. I freeze and just baked eggplants without a skin, and then in winter I make caviar or cutlets from them

For the sake of interest, I froze pepper, carrots and eggplant with a mixture of cubes, all raw. I have already cooked meat with this mixture, very tasty! So you can eat them raw

And about feijoa someone will answer me? really needed! Today I put one small container in the freezer for the sake of experiment. Anyone have any experience with long-term storage of feijoa in the freezer?

[Jenealis]

Jenealis, and I really do not like raw eggplants after freezing, they have a bad taste. But here's an amazing trick - half of the people do not feel it, and half, like me, immediately fubekaka. So the lottery is raw eggplant ice cream.

I didn't like the taste of raw eggplant VERY too

Today I put one small container in the freezer for the sake of experiment.

In such cases, I usually put 1-2 fruits in the freezer, and after a day I defrost it, and look at the state, consistency of the fruit and its taste, and where to attach it next

Tatyana, thank you, I'll be back from the capital and put a couple of feijoa in the freezer