Egg prices - OMG!

[Linda0818]

and what is your amount of time?

How do you know they're not freezing them?

Okay, I didn't know you could even freeze eggs. So after I read your comment, I went and looked it up and saw something pretty cool. Some people break the eggs into muffin tins, freeze them, then put the frozen raw eggs into zipper bags.

How cool is this?

 

[taxlady]

If you have a silicone muffin tin, it will be easier to get the eggs out, once they are frozen.

 

[FrankZ]

And I would vacuum seal them, but I like playing with the vacuum sealer

 

[Linda0818]

And I would vacuum seal them, but I like playing with the vacuum sealer

I've always wanted to get one of those, but just never spent the money on one. I should have bought one years ago when I could have afforded it.

 

[FrankZ]

I've always wanted to get one of those, but just never spent the money on one. I should have bought one years ago when I could have afforded it.

I've had a FoodSaver for a long time. I just got a chamber sealer. That is some neat stuff.

 

[Linda0818]

I've had a FoodSaver for a long time. I just got a chamber sealer. That is some neat stuff.

You know, especially these days with food prices being so high and the possibility of needing emergency food at some point in our lives and also never wanting to waste food by throwing it away, I really should invest in one of those things.

 

[FrankZ]

You know, especially these days with food prices being so high and the possibility of needing emergency food at some point in our lives and also never wanting to waste food by throwing it away, I really should invest in one of those things.

We do find they make food last longer.

 

[caseydog]

You know, especially these days with food prices being so high and the possibility of needing emergency food at some point in our lives and also never wanting to waste food by throwing it away, I really should invest in one of those things.

I buy meat on sale, or in family packs, or especially the clearance items that are close to "sell by" dates. I vacuum seal them, and freeze them. I have kept meat in the freezer for a year, and it has been good as new when thawed and cooked.

You can keep leftover soups and stews, and sauces, if you put them in the bags, freeze them standing up, and vacuum seal them once they are frozen solid.

CD

 

[Linda0818]

I buy meat on sale, or in family packs, or especially the clearance items that are close to "sell by" dates. I vacuum seal them, and freeze them. I have kept meat in the freezer for a year, and it has been good as new when thawed and cooked.

You can keep leftover soups and stews, and sauces, if you put them in the bags, freeze them standing up, and vacuum seal them once they are frozen solid.

CD

Thanks, CD, great tips. I'll look into the sealers and see if I can find a decent one that I can afford.

 

[caseydog]

Thanks, CD, great tips. I'll look into the sealers and see if I can find a decent one that I can afford.

Look at the Foodsaver web site. They have dozens of models at widely varying prices, depending on how fancy you want to get.

https://www.foodsaver.com/food-vacuum-sealers/

CD

 

[Linda0818]

Look at the Foodsaver web site. They have dozens of models at widely varying prices, depending on how fancy you want to get.

https://www.foodsaver.com/food-vacuum-sealers/

CD

Very nice. Thanks much

 

[taxlady]

As @blissful would say, check Facebook Marketplace.

 

[Badjak]

Has anyone here ever tried that frozen egg idea?
I just wonder about them. Could you still fry them into sunny side up eggs?
I've no need to freeze them. The freezer is full enough already and eggs are readily available (and about U$ 3.50 for a tray of 30)

 

[dragnlaw]

I have frozen egg whites quite successfully but don't remember trying to make meringues with them. For other purposed they're just fine. Plus I've done yolks as well, Again I can't remember even why I was doing it but whatever it was was successful.
I do rember reading that they should be frozen separately and again, don't know why.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

and what is your amount of time?

How do you know they're not freezinhg them>

9 weeks past the Best By date.

In order to freeze whole eggs you would have to scramble them, which could make them useless for cooking or baking. In order to freeze hard boiled eggs you would need to separate the yolks and whites, which would again make them useless for anything but eating.

 

[Badjak]

9 weeks past the Best By date.

In order to freeze whole eggs you would have to scramble them, which could make them useless for cooking or baking. In order to freeze hard boiled eggs you would need to separate the yolks and whites, which would again make them useless for anything but eating.

I can't see it working for me.
Hence querying if anyone actually tried.
I am quite tempted now to put a couple of eggs in the shell in the freezer.
But then, I had a couple of ciders

 

[taxlady]

I can't see it working for me.
Hence querying if anyone actually tried.
I am quite tempted now to put a couple of eggs in the shell in the freezer.
But then, I had a couple of ciders

I assume you mean cider the way we do in Canada, the alcoholic stuff. When people in the US mean the stuff with alcohol, they call it hard cider. This has been known to cause confusion.

 

[Badjak]

I assume you mean cider the way we do in Canada, the alcoholic stuff. When people in the US mean the stuff with alcohol, they call it hard cider. This has been known to cause confusion.

Absolutely
If it ain't got alcohol, it's apple juice
If it ain't got bubbles but got alcohol it's a cider gone wrong

 

[dragnlaw]

Actually there is a difference between apple juice and cider. And then there is 'hard' cider.
Apple juice is very clear, usually pretty sweet and refined but cider is generally fresh pressed, cloudy and tastes like you just bite into that apple!
Hard cider is when the teenagers take a jug of cider, add a bit of extra sugar, a packet of yeast, stir it up, cover it and then hide it under the stairs and hope my parents don't find it before it becomes "Jacked".
Another name for hard cider, at least where I came from, is apple-jack. Darn potent stuff!

 

[Badjak]

Sorry, but this is a language issue.
In my lingo:
Apple juice comes either in a pack or can be freshly squeezed. It's non acoholic

Cider is alcoholic. Both bubbly and non carbonated. But as soon as it is called cider, it is fermented.

I know it is different in American English, very confusing