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Iron Mommy
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Posted: October 06 2006 at 1:27pm |
I've been tracking sales at local grocery chains for a couple of years and have noticed that they always put "Italian" staples on sale around Columbus Day (this coming Monday) and Easter.
So now is the time to stock up on those big 28-ounce cans of tomato puree, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, etc. They are typically HALF price this week and probably won't be that low again til next spring.
Pasta is also on a deep discount this week. Check your local store's circular and STOCK UP!
I also get ricotta and mozzarella on sale, then freeze them in smaller portions for a winter's worth of lasagna.
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Mississipp Mama
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Iron Mommy thanks for the info. I will stock up on some cheese.
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Ironmommy! Had no idea you could freeze ricotta!! Do you freeze it in the tub it comes in or in some other way? Also, I recently heard somewhere that you could freeze milk--anyone doing that? I bought a box of the liquid parlamant milk, got it cold & tried it. We tasted no difference (for the 2% anyway). Shelf life is only about a few months, though.
Thanks for the info!!
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I have froze gallons of milk before, open the jug and push/squeeze about 2 cups of milk out eliminating any air in the container, put lid back on tight and freeze in upright position, removing some of the milk allows expansion. The milk will seperate a little, when defrosted shake it up well. I tried this a few monthes ago, local store had milk 1.00 gallon so I bought 3 to experiement with this, my deep freezer went out ( Yes along with many preps) the milk stayed frozen/cold for at least a day sitting out on warm day.
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HoosierMom! I am so excited about this!! But villiage idiot, here's a little confused. I understand the part about removing some milk to allow for expansion but how do you eliminate the air in doing that? Do you put the cap back on with the milk jug upside down? Am I just tired and should read this again tommorrow?? ?? Thanks, Pamie |
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I have frozen milk plenty of times and have never had a problem. (I usually do this for short term storage ie the milk is almost at it use by date and the grocery store has marked it down to a ridicously low price) I buy a few gallons take a cup or so out of each gallon and then put them in the freezer. Freezing milk undoes the homogenization process though so you have to shake the milk to mix the cream back into the milk. I have never bothered to squeeze the excess air out of the gallon container but we usually use milk that I have frozen in a month or less. If you wanted to store it longer it would probably be a good idea though so it does not freezer burn. I am assuming they mean squeeze the container so the milk comes up to the top and then stick the cap on. I would suggest one person squeeze the jug and another stick the cap on.
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I freeze ricotta in ziploc bags--I buy the giant tubs and put 1 or 2 cups in each ziploc. It freezes fine and is just as good once you thaw it.
Freezing milk is easy, as people said, but it sure takes up a lot of room in the freezer!
I also freeze mozzarella--just grate it, spread it on a cookie sheet and put the sheet in the freezer, then once it's frozen, put it in ziplocs and put those in the freezer. Spreading it out to freeze keeps the pieces sort of separated so they don't all freeze into one big blob. Freeze in amounts you'd use in a recipe.
happy cooking. I'm canning applesauce today!
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