Questions tagged [freezing]
Methods, techniques, and quality/safety concerns around the freezing of various foods.
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Can melted chocolate covered coffee beans be put in the freezer to restore them
I had ordered chocolate covered coffee beans by mail, but they arrived melted and soupy. Should I throw them away or try to save them? I am unable to return them.
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Freezer door left slightly open
My larder freezer door was left slightly open overnight - one of the internal drawers wasn't pushed fully home. The gap was about 2 millimetres and the alarm was sounding.
The freezer was last open at ...
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Frozen can safety
I have cans (most likely glass cans) stocked in a barn. During winter temperatures may sometimes become negative, leading freezing/thawing.
Since the cans are not altered, it is safe for me to consume ...
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Does fully frozen food (bread) give off any moisture?
Or "does bread benefit from being in a sealed bag once frozen?"
I bake bread rolls regularly and freeze them in sealed plastic bags, and then I thaw one or two at a time. Sometimes I don't ...
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Best container (if any) for freezing and putting in the oven?
I keep seeing trends online where people make meal preps in single-serving glass containers, then cook them and keep them in the fridge for meal prep through-out the week like this one here.
I like ...
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Can I freeze already caramelized Mirepoix?
I was wondering if I could batch cook enormous amounts of Mirepoix (finely diced carrots, onions, and celery) until they're a little caramelized and then freeze it in ice cube trays for various ...
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Freezing burnt aubergine flesh
When making dishes involving charred aubergines (e.g., Baba Ganoush), I often find myself producing more aubergine flesh than I need for a meal or two. I'm now wondering if the aubergine flesh would ...
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Is it safe to cook meat in a Sous Vide bath with the absorbent pad attached? [duplicate]
I froze a small beef joint with the intention of cooking this from frozen in a sous-vide bath. On removing the outer plastic wrap, it appears that there is a black pad used to absorb moisture from the ...
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Will freezing homemade brownies affect the texture and taste?
I have recently frozen two cakes and then served to positive feedback.
I'm wondering if the same would be true for chocolate brownies, as well as blondies.
I'm considering making them tomorrow (...
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Can I freeze almond/raspberry cake?
I bought a raspberry almond one layer cake at a bake sale. The almonds were fine grained as in flour. My question: can I freeze this cake?
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How to freeze and thaw black eyed peas
I'm considering moving from canned black eyed peas to dry black eyed peas since they're cheaper. I'm thinking of batch boiling them and freezing them but I'm not sure if I could eat them straight ...
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Freeze tomato sauce with failed seals instead of reprocessing safe? [duplicate]
My spaghetti sauce (no meat) didnt seal last night. Can I freeze the sauce after it's been sitting about 12 hours instead of reprocessing? Thanks.
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Is it safe to eat old ice-cream? [duplicate]
I have an non-opened I ice-cream in the freezer that is older that one year.is it save to eat it?
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Is it OK, taste wise, to refreeze thawed octopus?
Where I live, I have to travel a bit to get octopus. The octopus they sell in the store is imported frozen, and thawed in the store. Sometimes they don’t have it, or the octopus they have is not ...
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What are the best ways to dry seafood before cooking/searing on the pan?
I'll buy refrigerated or frozen shrimp, ahi tuna, mahi-mahi, scallops (especially important to dry), let them defrost a day before in the fridge, and seek to dry them off before laying kosher salt and ...
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