/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19488236]

>buy fresh meat
>bring home
>put in fridge
>wait
>put in freezer bag
>put in freezer
>wait a few weeks/months
>put in fridge
>wait a few days
>(forget and soak in cold water)
>thaw
>season
>wait
>cook
>eat

That seems like a gargantuan effort. How do people do this? What are freezers for? Why?

[Anonymous No.19488241]

>>19488236
You should salt the steak before freezing it that way you don't have to wait after thawing it to cook
But I don't do any of that shit my freezers for other shit, twice-frozen meat is weird

[Anonymous No.19488254]

>>19488236
followup. I'll tell you. No one does that. Everyone forgets the food in the freezer and it goes bad.
The freezer exists as a space to dispose of perfectly good things because our intentions outpace our actions.

[Anonymous No.19488260]

>>19488236
>buy and bring home
you are doing this anyway
>put in fridge and wait
Why are you doing this?
>put in freezer bag and then put in freezer
Takes all of 30 seconds. Waiting doesn't take any effort whatsoever, it's the whole point of using a freezer.
>put in fridge
takes 5 seconds
>alternatively, soak in cold water
Takes 5 seconds. You're looking at maybe 1 minute of additional work to freeze some meat with the massive benefit of having it in stock in your house without needing to go to the store on a moment's notice. It lets you shop sales and discounts, too.

[Anonymous No.19488266]

>>19488260
why would you bring meat home only just to freeze it. what

[Anonymous No.19488277]

>>19488266
>meat is on sale for cheaper than normal
>wow, I should capitalize on this great deal! I shall purchase more than a single meal's worth
>with this handy freezer contraption, I can preserve my food for months and then enjoy many meals over time without worrying about spoilage!

[Anonymous No.19488292]

>>19488236
it's advantageous if you get a lot of something at once, like if you buy a whole cow or pig. it's also handy for keeping a stock bag and/or stock

[Anonymous No.19488350]

>>19488277
>buys food for nominally priced savings
>stores it for months in freezer, degrading quality
>uses electricity to store it
>costs money
>worse than fresh
oh dang, I saved $0.10 on this disgustingly freezer burnt chicken breast

[Anonymous No.19488357]

Sounds like you're the problem. All that is literally no effort at all.

[Anonymous No.19488361]

>>19488357
take a piece of meat out of its cling wrap and put it in a freezer bag while burning zero calories.

[Anonymous No.19488365]

>>19488236
it's way healthier than restaurant food.
you
- save money
- lose weight
- feel better
- look better

[Anonymous No.19488373]

>>19488365
or you just go to the market and buy fresh and eat it in a timely manor

[Anonymous No.19488452]

>>19488350
If you just seal it properly it's not going to get freezer burnt. I guarantee you have a freezer in your home anyway, you aren't using any extra electricity for putting a steak in there.

[Anonymous No.19488463]

>>19488373
Sometimes meats and other perishables have amazing sales, so if you’re smart you stock up and save some for later you midwit.

[Anonymous No.19488537]

>>19488236
>What are freezers for?
For freezer food. Like tater tots and shit. Things that can be taken directly from the bag and put in the fryer, oven, etc. Ice and Ice cream are the other purpose of freezers.

Meat does not really belong in it. You can, but shit just gets left in there to burn and get thrown out. You should just meal prep properly.

[Anonymous No.19488556]

>>19488452
>you aren't using any extra electricity for putting a steak in there
This is incorrect. You are bringing the cool thermal mass of meat down to freezing temperatures, which includes freezing water content. This consumes a lot of energy and does in fact cost money, which scales with weight. You aren't cooling ice cream when you bring it home (or any other frozen food), you are just maintaining it's temp, which is more energy efficient.

[Anonymous No.19488558]

>>19488350
>he doesn't comprehend that the incredibly low cost freezer is running regardless

I got a bunch of pork on salt for 90 cents a pound. I bought 40 pounds. The savings are immense, and vacuum bags are unbelievably cheap so the last pound isn't even going to be freezer burned when I eat it.

[Anonymous No.19488587]

fellow freezechads how do we avoid freezerburn?

[Anonymous No.19488614]

>>19488558
In fact to add onto this, a fuller freezer actually uses less energy because less of it gets warmed up when you open the door

[Anonymous No.19488617]

>>19488373
I don't like to go to the store all the time, so I buy stuff, I eat some fresh and freeze the rest to use if I want something without going to the store again.

[Anonymous No.19489131]

>>19488236
Because some people are high time preference. I bought a shit ton of ribeye around Easter for $4 a pound. Still have a steak every week or so. Or i even slice it real thin while it’s still frozen and marinate it and cook a broccoli beef.

[Anonymous No.19489338]

>>19488350
>uses electricity to store it

What the fuck are you talking about? Do you turn off your freezer if nothing is in it?

[Anonymous No.19489413]

>put in fridge
>wait
>put in freezer
>wait weeks/months
>put in fridge
>wait a few days

What the fuck are you doing? How bored are you?

[Anonymous No.19489506]

>>19488556
it costs like 3 cents to cool a pound of meat dude

[Anonymous No.19489528]

>>19489506
specific heat of meat is basically the same as water so from 25 to -40 C 1 kg takes 65kcal = 273kJ = 273/3600 kWh at .2 $/kWh it’s 1.5 cents. Double that if you consider the efficiency of the compressor motor etc or fuck even bump it up 10x it’s pennies

[Anonymous No.19489917]

>>19488537
>shit just gets left in there to burn and get thrown out
No. You do not have a freezing meat problem. You have a significant retardation problem. If you were capable of even the most basic life management skills like most functioning adults, you would simply be saving money like the rest of us. At least you have identified your lack of basic competence, which is something I guess.

[Anonymous No.19489943]

>>19488236
I often buy a lot of meat if there's a nice sale, like 4-5kgs or more that I need to store in the freezer. Just don't be a retard and cut it in pieces first, so you don't need to defrost the whole chunk everytime you want some meat. And its a great quick dinner if you are lazy or forgot to go to.the store, just pull out a piece of meat, but it on the grill or pan and you are done

[Anonymous No.19489947]

>>19488361
>Buy meat
>Cook meat
Simple as. You're the one taking numerous unnecessary steps.

[Anonymous No.19489969]

>>19488236
? what do you mean
for me it's more like
>but fresh meat
>get home
>put them all in the freezer
>feel like eating meat
>take out frozen meat
>salt the still frozen steak and leave in fridge to dry brine and thaw
>eat it the next day

[Anonymous No.19489977]

>>19488587
AIR is the enemy, also people not letting hot foods cool to room temp before tightly packaging.
This may help:
https://happymoneysaver.com/prevent-freezer-burn/
Short answer? Go get a decent vacuum sealer. the $100 you spend will save thousands over the course of it's life if you don't waste the bags on shit that should really go in other containers.

[Anonymous No.19489978]

>>19488236
>go to butcher
>ask for fresh meat for the day and rest frozen
>put in freezer
>pull it out the day before
>cook
>oh no I forgot to pull the meat out, I guess it's pizza today and we eat it tomorrow
>>19488254
Shit doesn't go bad in the freezer unless you packaged it poorly or have a shit freezer that doesn't stay cold reliably.

[Anonymous No.19489999]

>>19489528
Based Math cu/ck/..
Also, a 75% full freezer with a little space left around food for airflow is WAY more efficient, lengthens the life of the freezer, and drastically cuts down on the loss from the slight Freeze-Thaw cycle that goes on every time out open the door.
Even if you don't have 20% of your freezer full, you can help it out by loading it with water bottles--also helps when the power goes out for short periods. Nothing more infuriating that having a retarded roommate stand in front of the open refrigerator door when the power has gone out from a storm.
t. haven't had a roommate for over 15 years.

[Anonymous No.19490057]

>>19489999
>Shamelessly self-Checking muh Diggits