"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> I gave away my chest freezer when I moved interstate so only have a small
>> fridge and freezer. Anything that comes in a container or packet I take
>> out then I divide what I took out into meal sizes. If I had a pizza in a
>> box I would toss the box and cut the pizza into serving sizes and freeze
>> it. I freeze just about everything I buy in the meat line as soon as I
>> get home from the shops. I don't buy in bulk anymore like when I had 4
>> kids at home and a deep freeze but doing it the way I do it now works for
>> me. If I get 6 chops I put 3 in a freezer bag and 3 in another. That way
>> there is no waste.
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> I think she likes the concept of pizza. I mean it's always being
> advertised on TV and such. And people talk about eating it. But when it
> comes right down to it, I don't think she really likes it. I hated the
> stuff as a kid. My parents used to complain that when we went out for
> pizza, they had to get my food from McDonalds. So to me, pizza must have
> been really vile because I hated the food at McDonalds, except for the
> fries. I did like those, but could never get as much of them as I wanted.
> If I did get them, they were rationed. We would get one portion (I think
> they came in one size in those days) and split it four ways.
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> Only after I began to venture out and was able to try different kinds of
> pizza did I realize that I didn't necessarily hate it, although I still
> don't really like it. My parents only ever got sausage and black olives
> in those days. I can't stand greasy sausage and I don't like olives on a
> pizza. I actually don't like any vegetables or meat or anything other
> than cheese on a pizza. Unless it is a Taco pizza and I don't think
> that's really Italian.
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> So perhaps she will never eat that other half of the pizza.
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> As for the meat, I generally don't like dealing with it once it has been
> frozen. I always forget to take it out to defrost. I have tried to
> defrost it in the microwave but that never seems to work very well. The
> ground beef is okay once frozen, so long as I cook it ahead of time.
> Really only shaves a few minutes off of the cooking time though. Now I
> did like those pre-cooked patties I bought, but I haven't seen them since.
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> I really must stop buying the big packs of meat though. Neither of us is
> a big meat eater. I should probably just make vegan/vegetarian meals at
> home and save the meat for when we dine out.
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Could you try buying the big packs of meat only in unfrozen form, and
repackaging it into smaller packages before freezing it?

Robert Miles