Is there actually any food you can't freeze?

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Moving on from 'can I freeze a fruitcake?' I thought we could just cut to the chase.

Okay, I know strawberries go mushy and three times cooked prawns are not and good idea- but there actually any foodstuff that can't be safely or practically frozen?

My mum currently has in her deepfreeze a whole round of camembert and a dead owl waiting to be stuffed both of which seem to be faring rather well, considering....

bananas and avocado's apparently..

All cream says do not freeze, no idea why though.

Lettuce can't be frozen

Dead owl

i have a large tub of cream i havent used

ROLF at the dead owl!!!

i've never successfully frozen milk but my Dad swears he can

Green beans.

Unless you blanche them first, apparently.

I don't know what blanching is.

can i freeze cream

yes it will be ice cream

you nob

Not single but double cream can be frozen. Milk is fine in the freezer, I always have a couple of pints on stand by in the freezer.

Blocks of cheddar don't do well, end up dry when de-frosted.

Blanching is part cooking.

I'llbe watching this thread with interest. I always wonder if I can freeze my extra's from dinner, but am not really sure of what I can't freeze

mashed potato is disgusting after freezing, it goes all bitty.

Cucumber, cooked eggs. Raw eggs too presumably?

Unless you buy aunt bessie's frozen mashed potato, as I found in MIL's freezer....

nigella freezes egg whites for mereingues and says her freezer resembles a sperm bank

You can freeze double cream or whipping cream but not single cream.

Why would you freeze uncooked pasta?

You can freeze raw egg whites according to Nigella at her most Domestic Goddessy.

Bananas can be frozen and then used for baking (although their skin goes completely black which is unnerving). If I have one that's too old to eat I put it in the freezer until I fancy making banana bread etc. You can also allegedly shove them straight into a smoothie without defrosting them which sounds like quite a good idea (bloody Nigella again).

Why would you freeze uncooked pasta?

ROFL

Why does frozen milk look like wee?

parmesan cheese doesn't freeze well.

bananas can definitely be frozen, but probably best to use them in baking or smoothies.

mushrooms. They come out all rubbery.

You can freeze uncooked pasta (not dried, obv, but the soft kind). And milk. I have both in my freezer AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

Uncooked fresh lovingly handmade pasta? Or just dry spaghetti?

Everything can be frozen, but it might not be very nice when you unfreeze it.

Leek and potato soup goes a bit odd.

i have home made pasta in my freezer... we make a double bath so some for now and some for later

homogonised milk freezes ok, but if you buy non homogonised milk (ie waitrose ORGANIC milk is not homogonised but most other brands of milk are) then it will not freeze properly