/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13616896]

/ck/ I need your help direly.

Quick backstory:
>my dad's neighbors moved
>gave my dad approximately 1 fuckton of frozen meats
>dad can't store it all
>wants me to take some (like a lot)

Guys I am shit at cooking. But I wanna take as much as I can because meat 4 exercise stuff.

How do I cook basic frozen meats?

[Anonymous No.13616906]

>>13616896
Thaw the meat. Cook the meat. In the oven. On a grill. In a skillet. Doing it really well takes skill, but cooking an edible steak is idiot proof.

[Anonymous No.13616923]

>>13616896
>How do I cook basic frozen meats?
You let it thaw all the way through in the fridge. Which may take several days depending on the cut of meat. Only thaw what you're going to eat. Then look up a recipe for that cut of meat, or if you want to go bare minimum, oven roast it at 400 degress with salt and pepper.

If you think you aren't going to eat the meat, donate it to a homeless shelter or food bank (call ahead to make sure they can use what you have).

[Anonymous No.13617934]

>>13616896
Make a giant Bolognese batch.

[Anonymous No.13617942]

>>13616896
Why do people do this? Why do people buy tons of meat just to freeze it? Is it that hard to go to the store and just buy what you need when you need it?

[Anonymous No.13617952]

>>13617942
Some people budget.

[Anonymous No.13617954]

>>13617942
It costs less in bulk. Significantly less. I buy standing rib roasts at Costco and then cut my own rib steaks for less than 1/2 the price at a grocery store. I have boughten 1/2 pigs and 1/4 cows too. Great deals.

[Anonymous No.13617965]

>>13617942
People do this when it's on sale or if there's a giant bulk pack price at a membership store. It is a very reasonable thing to do.

[Anonymous No.13617968]

>>13617952
It’s a false savings. They think they’re saving money buying at cheaper price per pound but in reality they’re spending much more because of the bulk they buy in. They lose any savings to inevitable waste. My cousins wife is like this. Buys really shitty quality meat in bulk and needed up buying another freezer to hold it all. Imagine how much “savings” she would have to get to pay back the expense of the freezer. These people are mentally ill. Buy meat for no more than three days at a time.

[Anonymous No.13617977]

>>13617968
>I’m too stupid to do this the right way so anyone who does it is stupid
go be retarded somewhere else.

[Anonymous No.13617980]

>>13617954
Congratulation dumb dumb. You just spent good money on a useless bone and then froze the meat to boot. Enjoy your frozen and defrosted meat grandpa. I’ll spend $2 more and eat fresh beef, thanks.

[Anonymous No.13618013]

>>13617968
Lmao what?

I buy 5-6 whole turkeys every year right around Thanksgiving because the local store has turkeys for under $0.30 per lbs. So I can get 15-20lbs birds for $5-6 each. Then I keep them in my chest freezer all year, i bring one out every 2 months or so throughout the year, until next Thanksgiving where I do it all again.

If I were to buy turkeys once every 2 months, I'd be spending 5-10x the price.

[Anonymous No.13618023]

>>13617980
Congratulations on being an urban nigger who doesn’t have room for a freezer. Is this how you justify your 400 square foot living space?

[Anonymous No.13618101]

>>13618013
>unironically eating year old frozen turkey to save $15

[Anonymous No.13618120]

>>13618101
Its frozen, there is literally no difference between the Turkey I eat in January/Feburary and the Turkey I eat in August/September.


Just for your information, a Turkey can last 2-3 years frozen without issue

[Anonymous No.13618128]

>>13618101
>unironically eating year old frozen turkey to save $15
$15+ per Turkey.
Around here at least Turkey is $1.50-2.00 per pound. So a 15lbs Turkey at $0.30lbs is $4.50. At $1.50lbs it is $22.50. And at $2lbs its $30.

On a 20lbs bird that's $6 at $0.30lbs, $30 at $1.50lbs and $40 at $2lbs.
So its easily saving $50+.

[Anonymous No.13618248]

While we're on the topic, is there anything I could do with a whole frozen lamb from Costco to make many single portions to store in the freezer without thawing and refreezing? Would I have to cook it whole and freeze the cooked meat?

[Anonymous No.13618273]

>>13618248
I don’t buy frozen meat. I buy regular bulk meat and break it down and freeze it. I have no suggestions for you other than buying a hacksaw.

[Anonymous No.13618275]

>>13618248
some sort of table saw or similar might be able to cut it while frozen, but I wouldn't exactly count on it

[Anonymous No.13618500]

>>13618128
Even assuming the smallest bird (15lbs) at the cheapest "normal" price ($1.50lbs), over 6 birds, that's $137 vs $27 at $0.30lbs. A savings of $108 certainly is nothing to scoff at.

[Anonymous No.13618505]

>>13617968
fuck going back and forth to the store every three days to satisfy some fucking retarded arbitrary requirement of "buy meat for no more than three days at a time".
freezing meat isn't some new concept developed by da joos to kill the western world. It's been a method of food preservation since long before we had electricity. inb4 "old therefore bad". It isn't. You are an idiot. And what is your time worth to be going back and forth to the store two, maybe three times a week depending on how the calendar lines up. do you should have a fucking job. Any amount of atomically small and insignificant """damage""" that happens to the meat when being frozen doesn't outweigh the ability to A: purchase a lot in bulk when on sale, and B: prevent you from needing to go to the store all the time. you would have to me an enormous FAG to even have the idea that freezing meat is something that shouldn't be done. I hope you're dipped feet first into a vat of acid.

[Anonymous No.13618513]

>>13618505
t. buttblasted freezer fag

[Anonymous No.13618528]

>>13618513
You're just a retard if you don't have at least one full size dedicated freezer (either chest style or upright).

Things like ground beef, cheaper beef roast cuts, large pork cuts (shoulders, butts, etc), chickens, whole, or in parts. All are fantastic to keep in the freezer and can be bought when found on-sale and kept for when needed.

It's the smart thing to do unless you get some sort of cathartic benefit from shopping for fresh meat every couple of days.

[Anonymous No.13618541]

>>13618513
You sound like a third worlder trying to cope. Anyone who can have a deep freeze wants one.

[Anonymous No.13618553]

>>13616896
Just make a shitload of chili. It's really easy to make: any peppers you want (jalapeno, serrano, etc) onion, garlic, bell pepper, whatever beans you want (inb4 spergs), tomato puree, tomato paste, your choice of meat(s), chipotle for smokiness, chili pepper, cumin, etc.

Just toss in whatever you like. Chili is basically fool proof.

[Anonymous No.13618556]

>>13618553
while true, you don't want to use like some tenderloin or something for chili.

You generally want fatty cuts that are a bit tougher, so they break down as the chili cooks and are hearty chunks of beef when fully cooked.

[Anonymous No.13618581]

>>13618556
Yeah, I just assumed OP was gifted a random assortment of stuff like hamburger, frozen chicken, etc. I wouldn't use either in my chili but other people that I know have made it like that and it turned out decent. OP doesn't really know how to cook but chili is very easy to make and even a mediocre batch usually tastes okay. OP can't really fuck it up too bad.

[Anonymous No.13618591]

>>13617954
Yep I'll buy entire new York strips then cut it into steaks and freeze them. I thaw 3 at a time, I eat steak literally every day.

[Anonymous No.13618653]

>>13618513
Freezercucks SEETHING

[Anonymous No.13618666]

>>13618591
>I'll buy entire new York strips then cut it into steaks and freeze them
Literally ruined.

[Anonymous No.13618681]

>>13618013
I wish I had the space in my freezer to hold that much meat (I don't like turkey though.) I just have a small fridge/freezer combo that came with my apartment, and I don't have the space (nor the budget for the larger electric bill) for a deep freeze.

When I eventually achieve the sad millennial dream of homeownership, I would invest in one and hunt deer or elk a during hunting seasons. Makes a hell of a chili or curry.

[Anonymous No.13618688]

>>13618681
To each their own, but i'm a sucker for a roast turkey.

[Anonymous No.13618701]

>>13618500
Modern freezers need ~100W according to google. This number is probably applicable for more conventional freezers. If you want to freeze six whole turkeys at the same time, then this number is probably way to low. Hoever, their compressors are not running the whole time. So let's say one third of the time. This leaves us with an energy consumption of ~290kWh for the whole year. The average price per kWh in the US is ~$0.14 which leaves us with ~$40, give or take a few bucks. This means you save ~$60 bucks a year.

Now factor in that you probably pay an additional ~$300 for the freezer itself. After ~5 years of eating stale, frozen meat you actually begin to save money IF you buy a modern and efficient freezer, and IF you pay 14 cents per kWh, and IF you find such modern freezer for six whole turkeys for just $300. Congratulations, anon.

[Anonymous No.13619132]

>>13618666
Tastes just fine to me, Satan.

[Anonymous No.13619142]

>>13618688
>included thermometer popped

It's toast. Those things are set to go off at like 175-180. Enjoy your dry turkey.

[Anonymous No.13619145]

>>13617942
yes

[Anonymous No.13619149]

>>13617954
>boughten

[Anonymous No.13619197]

>>13619142
Lmao, that's why you baste it with butter and it's own juices every 15-20 minutes while cooking.

So it doesn't turn to dry shit.

[Anonymous No.13619304]

>>13618013
For me, the best yearly deal is huge slabs of corned beef.
One month left.

[Anonymous No.13619308]

>>13619197
I'm not him but that does look a little overdone.

[Anonymous No.13619318]

>>13619304
Last year I bought a bunch of sale corned beef. Made reuben sandwiches, then reuben cabbage rolls. Both were great.

[Anonymous No.13619322]

>>13618701
BASED

[Anonymous No.13619390]

>>13618701
I pay even less for electricity, and the freezer came with the house.

Also, you're a fucking moron if you think food from the freezer is inherently stale.

Just kill yourself all around for such a shit "argument"

[Anonymous No.13619540]

>>13619390
Sure, friend. Buying large amounts of food in order to freeze them is simply an okayish idea at best. If you want to make it work economically, you surely can. But if you are tight on a budget, then simply stop buying liquid corn syrup and alcohol. What you shouldn't do is buy an oversized freezer for your oversized basement in your oversized house in some depressing suburb so that you can attempt to save the equivalent of an hour of work worth of money.

Get a normal sized freezer for leftovers and for the special offer once in a while.