The freezer challenged...

Marilyn, we reuse all our zip bags. I wrap all my meats in food grade plastic wrap first

then put into freezer zip bags or Food Saver bags, which I reuse too. This prevents any juices from the meat getting on the freezer bags. All bags are soaked with Dawn and very warm water first then washed, rinsed well, then I have a gadget for drying them. First my hubs made me a drying rack, which was simply a plank of wood that he drilled holes into and put in long pegs. I placed the bags over the peg and let them dry overnight. Now I use a gadget from our RV used as a mini clothes line. It has plastic clothes pins on each end of about ten pieces that fold out from an umbrella shape, and I pin each bag to it upside down and they dry overnight hanging from the cupboard pull on the door, above my laundry sink. I save a lot of money by reusing all these bags. There is no reason to throw them away after just one use. By the way, I prefer the plain locking rather than the zip type. Here is a link to something similar to what I use. Mine is old so things have changed.

https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-2015461/honey-can-do-hanging-lingerie-drying-rack.jsp?prdPV=24

 
I have these little *bead bags* for spices, so I write my notes on paper, put that in one of

the spice bags, then put THAT inside the ziplock bag and then put the ziplock bag IN the freezer.

I'm exhausted just writing this.

 
So I'm bad ;(

I have notepads on my phone for all 3 of our freezers, special markers to label everything and we still end up with mystery food smileys/wink.gif Colleen

 
Chili or Spaghetti Sauce???

I thought I had some extra chili in the freezer but it was spaghetti sauce. Didn't realize it until I had mixed it with chili that was for hubby's work. I did some doctoring but they knew it wasn't right - didn't taste like my chili always tasted they said.

 
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