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How long at sub zero?
I just read in another post that a member holds veggies up to three years in
the freezer. I thought it was safest to keep frozen food only for a year? My friend had a lot of old stuff in his freezers and both needed cleaned out. We cleaned it all out this weekend and took it all to the soup kitchen. Even they turned up their noses at some which was freezer burned. It was mostly meat he had vac packed, but some was store bought leg quarters and such in regular bags. We got rid of everything two years or older. We only kept a few packs of vac sealed meats that were about ten months old. Other stuff he gave to the dogs. Hope I did not advise him incorrectly?? GarlandGrower |
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Garland Grower wrote:
> I just read in another post that a member holds veggies up to three years in > the freezer. > I thought it was safest to keep frozen food only for a year? > My friend had a lot of old stuff in his freezers and both needed cleaned > out. We cleaned it all out this weekend and > took it all to the soup kitchen. Even they turned up their noses at some > which was freezer burned. > It was mostly meat he had vac packed, but some was store bought leg quarters > and such in regular bags. > We got rid of everything two years or older. We only kept a few packs of > vac sealed meats that were about > ten months old. Other stuff he gave to the dogs. > > Hope I did not advise him incorrectly?? > > GarlandGrower > > > No, you apparently advised him properly. I, personally, would have kept anything vacuum sealed. I'm probably the person who holds veggies up to three years. Here's my methodology: blanch the vegetables for the time called for by USDA and then cool rapidly in ice water. I then drain them well, put through a salad slinger to get more water off. Then I package them in the special bags and vacuum seal them. For meats: I remove them from the store container, pat dry with a paper towel, place in a vacuum bag and then vacuum seal. Meats can last a couple of years in the freezer if not exposed. What causes "freezer burn" is the exposure of the meat or vegetable to the drying effects of the freezer. Things sealed in a vacuum bag do not appreciably deteriorate. I keep my freezer temperature at -10F. I can't speak for anything in a store vacuum bag as I don't trust them at all. I repackage all meats and my vegetables are home-grown. |
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