We've been thinking for a while about putting a freezer in the garage, and DC2 is due in December, so I'm trying to think ahead. I know when I was expecting DC1 there was a lot of advice about stocking up the freezer ready for the first couple of weeks, but never really managed it (the kitchen freezer is generally full anyway of regular stuff, but there never really seems to be much choice - more to do with our housekeeping I guess!).
Anyway, if we do get another freezer to keep in the garage, is there much difference between chest freezers and the normal upright freezers? A chest freezer sounds great, but how difficult is it to get the food out from the bottom - do you have to remove everything to find what you are after? Is it also harder to defrost it? I have heard that you need to check the ambient temperatures that the freezers will work at, as obviously garages get colder than houses, so in the winter some freezers kept out there may stop working/not be guaranteed.
The next question is a two-parter - what do you put in it? As well as ideas for food (I guess bolognaise, bread, milk, stews, emergency chips, any other ideas gratefully received), how do you store it? e.g. if you make a shepherd's pie - what do you put it in? I do have some oven bowls I normally use when I'm making things to eat that day, but if I'm trying to stock up a freezer they'll run out very quickly. Do you just get disposable foil trays, etc. (and if so, where from?), or do you buy cheap, 'proper' crockery (and again, where from?)
If you freeze home-made meals, can they be cooked from frozen, or do you have to remember to get them out in time to defrost first?
Thanks in advance for all your help :)
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additional freezer - what type (undercounter/chest) and what do you put in it?
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SoTiredoftheWheelsontheBus · 26/08/2011 13:19
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