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13-01-2004, 03:12 PM
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Freezing advice ? Ziploc freezer bags have funky smell BEFOREuse!
anita wrote:
Hello all, I am starting to try freezing my food and am running into problems. First I tried to put strawberries (for smoothies later) in ziploc freezer bags and it smelled funny and I found the cause to be the ziploc freezer bags. they have a very strong inorganic odor. I cannot bear the though of putting other kinds of food in it, which would make it worse! So now what do I do ? I am considering the following alternatives, please let me know what brands you recommend or I should stay away from... 1. Freezer paper ? 2. Freezer jars ? 3. Some kind of combination of plastic wrap (for solids ofcourse) used with freezer paper, I dont like this too much, unweildy. 4. A good source of freezer bags, as non-reactive and UNSMELLY as possible! 5. Ziploc freezer containers, but they dont have a seal and am sure will cause freezer burn even with plastic wrap around them. Thanks Anita I really like "Bes-Pak" brand non-zipper freezer bags, but they have gotten *very* hard to find in the past few years; I think the company was bought out by Hefty. Bes-Pak also used to make coated paper freezer boxes, but I don't think I've ever actually seen any. White plastic freezer containers work well; I think they are made of polyethylene without all the plasticizers that you smell in the bags. Also you can use Cool-Whip containers. These don't protect whole berries against freezer burn very well. Freezer paper is my favorite for wrapping meat, but I don't know how you would wrap strawberries in it. Maybe if you chopped them first and froze in little blocks. Best regards, Bob 
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13-01-2004, 06:26 PM
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Freezing advice ? Ziploc freezer bags have funky smell BEFORE use!
Freezer paper is my favorite for wrapping meat, but I don't know how you would wrap strawberries in it. Maybe if you chopped them first and froze in little blocks. Interesting... I saw an Good Eats episode recently where he froze strawberries. He froze them quickly by chilling them in the fridge and then putting them into a cooler with some dry ice. They were little hard rocks when they came out. You could easily wrap them in paper or anything else. He maintained that the quick freeze with dry ice kept them from becoming so mushy/slushy when thawed.
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