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My son just gave me a new freezer (freestanding). I'm wondering how full I need to keep it, and if it's not should I fill it in with ice bags.
Someone earlier said I can freeze in glass jars. Can they be touching or should I separate them with something?
When our chest freezer is running low, we feel it is a good time to defrost and clean it. We haul everything out, chip away any ice, and wipe it all down with hot soapy water. Then we begin re-filling with a layer of soda bottles filled with water.
We have found that ice in glass jars will too often shatter the glass.
Having a layer [or three] of ice filled soda bottles in the bottom both fills the air-space which makes in freezer more efficient; and it also helps when the power goes out to hold the freezer at temp for longer periods of time [hopefully until the power comes back on].
Living in N.E. we decided a couple years ago to move our chest freezer outside. We have it on the North side of our house where sun never shines. Alongside of it we also have a row of steel drums. In the winter a snow bank forms around both freezer and drums, and the freezer rarely turns on.
We find that early in the winter we commonly have a huge over-abundance of meat, so we fill those drums with food and bury them in snow. As the winter continues we eat the frozen goods in the drums first. By spring when the snow bank recedes, hopefully, everything will once again fit into the freezer.
When our chest freezer is running low, we feel it is a good time to defrost and clean it. We haul everything out, chip away any ice, and wipe it all down with hot soapy water. Then we begin re-filling with a layer of soda bottles filled with water.
We have found that ice in glass jars will too often shatter the glass.
Having a layer [or three] of ice filled soda bottles in the bottom both fills the air-space which makes in freezer more efficient; and it also helps when the power goes out to hold the freezer at temp for longer periods of time [hopefully until the power comes back on].
Living in N.E. we decided a couple years ago to move our chest freezer outside. We have it on the North side of our house where sun never shines. Alongside of it we also have a row of steel drums. In the winter a snow bank forms around both freezer and drums, and the freezer rarely turns on.
We find that early in the winter we commonly have a huge over-abundance of meat, so we fill those drums with food and bury them in snow. As the winter continues we eat the frozen goods in the drums first. By spring when the snow bank recedes, hopefully, everything will once again fit into the freezer.
Thanks FBK for the tips.
So you never freeze anything in glass containers (I don't mean with ice in them)?
Do the newer Ball canning jars qualify as freezer safe?
I'll get over to the old hardware store to see what they have.
Does DW freeze cooked squash and pumpkin? Just curious as I have fields around me and the farmers say take what you want.
Probably are. Just be sure to leave an inch or 2 for expansion. Squash (pumpkin is a squash) freezes very well. After thawing there will be water. Just mix back in or pour off.
Has anybody in the 2K+ replies you've received pointed out that the word "literal" means "actual"? You are using the word "shoestring" in a metaphorical sense so an appropriate adjective would be something like "virtual". This mistake is so common that it leads to unintentionally hilarious statements like, "I was so embarrassed that I literally died."
Has anybody in the 2K+ replies you've received pointed out that the word "literal" means "actual"? You are using the word "shoestring" in a metaphorical sense so an appropriate adjective would be something like "virtual". This mistake is so common that it leads to unintentionally hilarious statements like, "I was so embarrassed that I literally died."
Oh, OK, so "I virtually died" makes much more sense. Leave it alone. The grammer police hang out on the Writing forum.
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The idea is good but ...
Leave it alone. The grammer police hang out on the Writing forum.
