Gerry Atrick wrote:
> I am not very organized with
> cooking. *When I finish my days work I want something to eat and want
> it fast. *That usually means some tv dinners or a frozen pizza or lots
> of instant mashed potatoes in the microwave coated with ketchup.
>
> But there are times I really want something more. *I am not a good
> cook, but I can make a hamburger or something like that. *The problem
> is that I live in a rural area and the stores are not open late. *I
> have to get my food in advance. *If I buy some ground beef or
> something like that, it ends up sitting in the fridge. *Some days I
> work late, other days I am too tired to cook when I get home, often I
> will stop at a fast food place on my way home from work, or get
> invited to a friends house to eat. *The next thing I have forgotten
> about tis ground beef and it's gone bad in the fridge. *
>
> After far too many instances like that, I now toss all meats in the
> freezer. *But that seems to be where they permanently "live". *I know
> it takes a full day to thaw out something like that, and then I am
> often back to the same issues. *I take it out of the freezer, forget
> about it, and once again I have bad meat.
>
> Is there any way to defrost frozen meat quickly. *Can I do it in the
> microwave, the oven, or anywhere else? *I want it to defrost in under
> an hour if there is a way. *Can anyone please help....

There's no reason you can't form your burger meat into pattys before
freezing... if made fairly thin (~3/8") they can be fried while still
frozen, in fact that's exactly what many restaurants do. Of course
you shouldn't be buying that preground mystery meat booger, grind your
own. Prepare a large meat loaf, cook, slice, and wrap into portions
and freeze... when you get home just zap... by the time you pour your
2ni it be ready to eat.