Using everything in your freezer?

[stella]

The problem is made worse in our house as I dont get round to putting a label on what I freeze so we have some very odd looking parcels in there. Well the labels always drop off anyway or get stuck to another bag......

[singleseeder]

I heard tell that masking tape makes good freezer labels. Doesn't come off apparently.

Note to self............. must practice what I preach.

[Glutton4...]

My 'beloved' never labels anything before freezing it. He also just bungs stuff in, wherever there is space. I, on the other hand, having a touch of OCD, like everything to be labelled. When our chest freezer died, I insisted on replacing it with an upright - it takes up less floor space in the shed, and has the convenience of drawers, so different things can be kept organised. It isn't going to be large enough, if I ever get the hang of this growing business, and manage to have a glut!

[binley100]

OMG just had a hunt through the chest freezer ...........so much fruit , so many packets of herbs , so many tubs of passata ....etc really need to start using stuff up.

[veggiechicken]

Why don't you all have a week of eating as much as you can from the freezer and put all the money that you would otherwise have spent on food into buying seeds and plants?

[binley100]

Apart from onions I haven't really bought veg since about April last year .....and If I used the tomato sauce everyday we'd look like one. It's fruit which takes up most room and we seem to have stopped eating cakes and puddings at the moment .......

[Bren In Pots]

I heard tell that masking tape makes good freezer labels. Doesn't come off apparently.

Note to self............. must practice what I preach.

Thats what we use on bags and boxes never failed yet

[binley100]

Well I've made a start ......found a portion of chicken curry in the freezer for my tea

[singleseeder]

Yellow stickered sole for me... yum. Managed to drive straight home from work without detouring to the shops on the way home too.

[taff]

permanent marker on ziplock bags for me...

[binley100]

and how did they taste Taff ?

[Two_Sheds]

I'm doing well, we're halfway down the chest freezer now. I was dismayed to find 3.5 kg of courgettes and the same of green tomatoes, but I'm now enjoying a very delicious garlicky beany tomato & courgette soup, with chilli cheese on top

[marchogaeth]

Wine is a good idea, will have to ask on Freecycle for some kit me'thinks.

Doesn't wine made from frozen fruit not clear?

Anyway as a real newbie to gardening, having had lots of fun but not much overproduction last year, I did work out this morning that, if we eat one batch a week (add meat and mushrooms - eight portions) then we still have enough basic cougette pasta source to last three months! You can't really give it away either.

The runner and french beans are going well.
Do not ask about apple and rhubarb.

[zazen999]

I'm just starting my yearly 'clean out the freezer' month. So far, I've made rasp and banana wine; and used up most of the P******s from 2 winter's ago in roasties. I've got all sorts of veg and curries and chillies; so I'm going to grab the curries in one go and add them to a fresh curry - and have that over 2 nights [the second one in jacket spuds] - ditto the chillis. And should be enough veg in there for a hooge soup. After that, it's just packets and packets of quorn to clear, some home made garlic butter [yup, home made garlic bread next week], some home made mozzarella [pizza coming up]; and I've already put all the fish fingers that Mr Z's DD seems to live off of into 2 boxes rather than the 6 that himself never seems to finish.

Once I've done all that - it's defrost time and the rhubarb for the first batch of wine should have been nicely forced and my tiny freezer will be ready, willing and able to receive.

[Two_Sheds]

Doesn't wine made from frozen fruit not clear?

Frozen fruit is absolutely perfect for winemaking