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Adventures With Frozen Meat

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kilted exile
, 02-06-2008 at 09:21 PM (1479 Views)
I got waylaid with the political system questions this morning & frogot to put up the blog entry I had meant for today.

Since moving into the new place I have been attempting to eat healthier - no more frozen microwave crap; no HungryMan dinners; lots of fresh veg & freshlly cooked food. I am aiming to get back to my rugby playing weight of 180lbs (currently 205)

I had been buying enough mince to make a portion of food & then re-heating it through the week when I get back from work. When I was at the store this weekend though I realized that instead of paying $4.95 for a pound of mince I could buy 3 for $9.00 in a value pack. So I get the value pack & think "I'll just throw this in the freezer & thaw out as much as I need, when I need it". Ah the ignorance of youth.... Of course the first sign something wasnt going to go right should've been when I got to the checkout and the thing leaked bloody juice all over the cashier as she scanned it.

So last night was cooking night & I decided I would make a nice sheperds pie to eat this week. So out comes the mince from the freezer. Ok, looked a little hard, but I thought I could just snap off the bit I wanted (always was a fan of the Thing in my youth & felt sure I could at least snap some frozen beef). Nope, didnt work, hmmm I know the barbecue flipper/spatula has a nice sharp bit to it I'll use that to seperate it. CREAK, nope only managed to irrevocably bend the spatula, gonna have to buy a new one of them. By this time I'm mildly annoyed and get to thinking about the hammer, yeah, that'll definitely work so I wrap the frozen meat in a dishcloth put it on a plate and go get my claw hammer. I come back and thwack . The thwack however is followed by a loud crack and I realise the plate I put the meat on is now in 3 pieces. My reaction is basically "meh, it wasnt a expensive plate, at least the meat must be broken up enough" but no, the meat is still together and as solid as ever. So, that leaves me thinking what other tools do I have - the saw, erm no I dont want to poison myself but that gives me an idea. I ended up sawing the piece of meat off using my breadknife (which is now blunt by the way) so 2 hours later I can now start cooking.....

So the way I see it I have 2 choices:

1) Break the meat up before freezing it.

OR

2) Quickly get married and have a bunch of kids so I can just defrost the lot of it and avoid this hassle (also may be able to talk a wife into cooking for me )
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  1. Shalot's Avatar
    well, I would say get a microwave and defrost. Or halfway fill the sink with water and put the wrapped packaged meat in it (but in your case, since the package was leaky when you bought it, I don't know if that's a great idea. At the grocery store, they have these baggines and I put my meats in those at the store, so you could get one of those to avoid the funky sticky meat drippings). Or you could run the meat (while wrapped) under some hot water. That might save your implements. I always want to freeze meats but I am impatient, and I don't think about cooking until I am already hungry so I buy in small quantities and leave it in the fridge until I am ready to use it. good luck. don't give up on cooking!!
  2. 1n50mn14's Avatar
    hahahahaha.
    Ohh being 16 and living on my own has been fun. Many adventures with salmonella poisoning... never assume your roomate cleaned the kitchen. Never.
  3. 's Avatar
    hahhaha I did that once also. Now I'll buy those big value packs of chicken, seperate into smaller portions (each wrapped individually) and then freeze those smaller servings.
  4. andave_ya's Avatar
    thaw it first?
  5. 's Avatar
    Rest assured that we all go through the same stages (re-invented the wheel over and over again). Like Papaya suggested, freezing it in small portions might be a better idea.

    That or (I usually opt for this to save time later on), cook the whole thing as soon as you buy it and freeze it in cooked small portions. Then, you can simply defrost and voila! You have ready made food on your plate! It works with almost everything like cottage pie, shepherds pie, chilli, curries...
  6. Virgil's Avatar
    Yes I would recommend the smaller packages individually fozen. I guess i've been stuck like that too.
  7. B-Mental's Avatar
    How friggin' tall are you Kilt? I'm 5'8". What is that, 1.7 meters? Anyways, I play soccer and rugby, football, whatever. Anyways, I cook meat the night before a big game and then go camping to stretch my legs, if you know what I mean!
  8. kilted exile's Avatar
    I'm 5'11" but I'm built like the proverbial brick **** house. The 180 will be mostly muscle. I have my home gym I am using to get back into shape again (much better than a nonsense gym subscription.)
  9. B-Mental's Avatar
    yeah, and cheaper too...! Cheers, B....oh and I only weigh 193 pounds of muscle, sweat, blood, and water.