kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

How does everyone freeze their meat? Mine always turns out to be freezer burnt and then I have to throw it away

Message edited 3/25/2009 11:16:10 AM.

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Posted by TeamBurns

How does everyone freeze their meat? Mine always turns out to be freezer burned and then I have to throw it away

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

glad you asked this because I have the same problem

i was thinking of getting a vacuum sealer- we buy steaks from omaha steaks and they come sealed and are always amazing no matter how long they stay in the freezer

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Posted by Baby09

Posted by TeamBurns

How does everyone freeze their meat? Mine always turns out to be freezer burned and then I have to throw it away

For my shower, someone bought us one of those Food Saver machine things. It basically vacuum seals everything. It works great and everything stays for a long time. No freezer burn!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I use the ziplock freezer bags that seem to work good. I always wanted one of those machines though.

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I freeze a lot of my meat. We have 2 fridges and the freezers are packed! When stuff is on sale, I stock up. I haven't had to buy chicken, meat or pork in so long!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Posted by TeamBurns

Posted by Baby09

Posted by TeamBurns

How does everyone freeze their meat? Mine always turns out to be freezer burned and then I have to throw it away

For my shower, someone bought us one of those Food Saver machine things. It basically vacuum seals everything. It works great and everything stays for a long time. No freezer burn!

hmm are those expensive? maybe I need to invest

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

they have a nice small one on sale at Macys

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Posted by Baby09

Posted by TeamBurns

Posted by Baby09

Posted by TeamBurns

How does everyone freeze their meat? Mine always turns out to be freezer burned and then I have to throw it away

For my shower, someone bought us one of those Food Saver machine things. It basically vacuum seals everything. It works great and everything stays for a long time. No freezer burn!

hmm are those expensive? maybe I need to invest

this is just like ours...
Foodsaver

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I wrap the meat in freezer paper and then put it in a freezer zip lock. It works very well IMO.

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I havn't taken my food saver out of the box yet.
I usually pat dry the meat with paper towels, wrap it tightly in foil so that no air touches the meat, and then place it in a ziploc freezer bag.
Cutlets are packed four to a package, so I have one serving.
Meat that I leave in the store package gets an extra layer of saran wrap.

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I saw on the food network to wrap meat in foil, then in a ziploc to prevent freezer burn. I only started doing this recently so I don't know how it will work yet!

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

double zip lock and squeeze all the air out. We will invest in a vaccum sealing machine at the end of the year. We just don't want to spend the money now and I know you should really get a good one since my parents purchased a cheapie and it stinks.

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I love the food saver..

I usually buy the big packages of chicken when they are on sale> I fillet them and put them in the food saver bags..
They are also much easier to defrost with the bags

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Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I put all of my meat in seperate freezer bag just enough for each meal I cook

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

i use the ziplock freezer bags and they work great

Re: kind of a spin off to buying in bulk- how do u freeze your meat!

I wrap mine in freezer foil and then place it in ziplock bags. Works like a charm