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Does everyone else have ENORMOUS freezers?

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Franbern Tue 15-Aug-23 08:22:04

I am quite fasinated as to how much freezer space posters on here actually have.
Every time there are requests for more information on'kitchen gadgets'( air fryers, soup makers, etc. etc.), reply after reply comes back about getting a big one and to freeze so many portions

Now I live by myself in a flat, have a 50/50 fridge/freezer in the kitchen and a small under the counter freezer in my garage.

In my kitchen freezer I keep a drawer each for frozen vegetables, meat items, fish items, ice cream and desserts. Always packed full, never any space for putting in my own cooked dishes. The small one in the garage is used with extras of most of the same (means I can take advantage of purchasing multiple items the same and thereby saving money. FIsh, in paricular - I get at Iceland with a twice a year visit. Along with some frozen cream cakes, so never caught out if unexpected visitors.

I suppose that with the two machines I have more freezer space than most flat dwellers, would love to know where people find all this space to put in their extra cooked portions.

I tend to purchase and use compact sizes of these kitchen machines, (soup maker and slow cooker). These give me two good sized portions) - today and tomorrow The only item I changed out from that size was the air fryer, as with the larger single drawer one I now have, I so rarely ever need the large oven.

Norah Sun 20-Aug-23 16:42:19

HeidiJoy2u2

Yikes! Doesn't all that stuff get freezer burn and "lost" in the consumption strategy of life? Don't you get power outages? I choose to dehydrate things from my veggie garden and prefer it that way. I wouldn't keep all that unhealthy stuff in my house anyway.... but, that's me.

Everything is properly packaged there seems to be no 'freezer burn'. I don't lose things in the freezer - because I could, so I keep a list on the inside door. Unusual as I'm not a 'list maker' - but needs must.

Franbern Mon 21-Aug-23 08:21:38

HeidiJoy do enlighten and tell us what unhealthy food we are all storing. Fresh Vegetables frozen as picked, fish, portions of home-cooked batch prepared meals, etc.

It is long time since we did not know how to avoid freezer burn, and as for outages, not only are they so very rare, but even if they occur an unopened freezer can go many hours without problems.

You, obviously do not have a freezer and appear to have no idea how to use one.

25Avalon Mon 21-Aug-23 09:50:28

Hmm! What’s in my freezers? Gluts of fruit, plums, gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, white currants, mulberries, blueberries,loganberries, blackberries, rhubarb, and apple purée.these keep us going in the winter and would otherwise be wasted. They are frozen fresh so retain their nutrients far better than boughten ones. Very healthy.

What else? Frozen elderflower cordial, homemade soups, and home made meals such as curry which you can’t dehydrate.

Also free range and organic meat which is best consumed within a shorter range of time as texture can become impaired. Different items do have different recommended storage times.

Regarding vegetables we try to grow in season so we have something all year round fresh from the garden.

I think all that is pretty healthy and I really don’t know how I would manage without a freezer. My poor mum was bottling tomatoes and salting runner beans amongst other tasks.

Nannagarra Mon 21-Aug-23 10:58:15

“I do run a tight freezer though, in that every month to six weeks I run it right down, then fill it up again almost immediately.”

DH and I would do well to follow 3dognight and Urmstongran.

@ Romola - there’s nothing clever about my freezer drawers. GG13 has posted a better response.