Dinners in January, 2016

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I forgot to mention, we had Italian Bread ( with sesame seeds )  that was in the freezer for two months.
It was as if the bread was bought fresh today! ....

What I do, is wrap the entire loaf ( with the bakery white sheath / bag it comes in, with foil.
Then, I place that in a plastic big zip lock, or one of the bags from the grocery store.
I let it thaw in the fridge overnight, and when ready to eat, we slice it and let it come to room temp. for about 20 minutes. It still has the crispy crust as when it first came out of the oven.

The savior, is the foil wrap. It prevents that freezer burn.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I forgot to mention, we had Italian Bread ( with sesame seeds )  that was in the freezer for two months.
It was as if the bread was bought fresh today! ....

What I do, is wrap the entire loaf ( with the bakery white sheath / bag it comes in, with foil.
Then, I place that in a plastic big zip lock, or one of the bags from the grocery store.
I let it thaw in the fridge overnight, and when ready to eat, we slice it and let it come to room temp. for about 20 minutes. It still has the crispy crust as when it first came out of the oven.

The savior, is the foil wrap. It prevents that freezer burn.

Remember PeteFL who use to make his own bread multiple times a week?  He use to say the same thing about HIS bread.  Said to take it out of the oven and as soon as you could handle it, wrap it in foil and freeze.  He swore it came out just as fresh as when he took it out of the oven.  Swore the foil was the only way to go.

Barbara101 wrote:I did not buy the freezer that was on sale. No lock on it and no bottom drawer and it just seemed crappy made..

NormM wrote:It is a portable propane heater from Sam's Club.  It puts out a lot of heat.

Barbara101 wrote:I just made some puff pastry beef pot pies..