Can you freeze pork pie for a short period.

Good to know.😃
Pork pies don’t last long in this house tho.Somebody who shall be nameless scoffs them with mustard pickle.

I didn't think that pork pies would freeze , but they do .

I have prepared , cooked and frozen a cottage pie .
I am visiting one part of the family on Saturday 24 th , for Christmas. I am returning home to receive another part of the family on Tuesday 27th , approximately mid afternoon, traffic willing .
I dont think there will be time to either defrost the pie or cook it from frozen for an early evening meal .
Would it be OK to remove it from the freezer , before I leave on the 24 th , and put it in the fridge to defrost until I cook it on the 27th ? Any health hazards here ?

Personally I think it would be fine.

Wht on earth should there be, unless you leave the heating on full and put the pie on a radiator to defrost while you are away.?

I have just collected the Christmas pork pies and shoved them in the freezer. If we do not eat them over the holidays, they will be there until Easter

They never last long enough in our house to freeze, but I use the website freezeit.co.uk - it says a definite yes on there. I refer to the site for lots of freezing queries & find it a big help

Most pork pies are chock full of preservatives so should not need freezing.

If it specifically says do not freeze then presumably some constituent part has been frozen and then thawed at some point.

M0nica - when I have food delivered that is in quantities that I cannot eat at one go, I always divide them up into separate bags/cling film before freezing them - I can then just pick a pack out and use it.

Wedi - your cottage pie will be fine defrosting slowly in fridge. Just make sure it's fully reheated as if fridge is fairly cold, it might still be bit frozen in the middle.

Thank you. My delivery came this morning and my Dickinson and Morris pies were not available. Local co-op only had small party size ones so going to have to hope that I can get some in M&S. So will travel and join the General bun fight. I will get some Dickinson and Morris when I can and I will certainly freeze them.

Bought one from aM&S. A large one but not as large as my daughter gets which looked Dickensian! Will be freezing if necessary. So thank you again for all your advice.

Elegran

A lot of things are sold in packs (fresh or frozen) that are too big for one person to finish before they start to deteriorate. I divide them up into reasonable portions before freezing them, and either repack them in smaller containers or put bits of foil ot plastic between the pieces. That way, you can get out enough for immediate use without defrosting the rest. It can sometimes make for a lot of work when I get a big supermarket delivery, but it saves waste, and bigger packs save money. (Sorry if that is teaching anyone to suck eggs)

That's exactly what I do. It only dawned on me recently when trying to bash and separate a 4 pack salmon fillets, chicken bits, and even turkey mince. (the latter cheaper than chicken and very low cal)

My other option, which may save on cooking costs, with chicken pieces and fish, is to cook them all the night I get them, have one, and freeze the rest in small separate bags then a quick microwave before eating the rest.

I wash and re use the freezer bags and save bread and other plastic bag packaging for same.

PS done the same with large pork pies!