Did you know that you can freeze eggs?
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
April 18, 2009 4:56pm CST
I was just reading a very interesting article today about how you can actually freeze eggs. Who knew! What a frugal idea.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/68031_how-long-will-that-keep
I'm always trying to find new ways to make food last longer.
Last week, I cooked up taco meat and froze half. Then this week, I had an instant dinner without cooking! Just warm and serve.
Do you have any frugal food ideas?
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I don't think I would like to freeze my eggs because I wouldn't want to wait for them to thaw out to be able to use them.
I always cook up extra to put in the freezer to make meals so it doesn't heat up the kitchen when ever we want a meal. Every one here is on a different schedule too so this way i only have to let the kids fix their own meal and not have a lot of left overs setting around waiting to be eaten.
Instead of buying creamed soups I now make my own instant mix and can use it for gravies or casseroles.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
19 Apr 09
Dee, you may want to figure a way to put that recipe into a discussion. You are not supposed to just post recipes, but you could have a discussion about "Have you ever really needed a cream soup and not had one on hand?" or something like that.
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
21 Apr 09
That's a really good tip about the instant mix. Very frugal! Would love to see some of your recipes sometimes.
Thanks for your comments. Always appreciated.
@jerzgirl (9291)
• United States
19 Apr 09
When I cook, I always make enough for leftovers so I don't have to cook the next day or two. It's also good for making lunches for work.
I've also learned that you can freeze raw tomatoes. You can't slice them for sandwiches when they thaw, but you can easily peel them and use them for stews and sauces. So, if you are canning tomatoes and need to stop before all the tomatoes are used, just freeze them for later use.
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@aprilsue00 (1991)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I had no idea that you could freeze eggs. It seems like a crazy idea to me. But I don't like eggs all that much anyway. When ever I cook anything I always double the ingredients so I can freeze half of whatever I make. It works pretty good and on the nights that I am to busy to cook I can just grab a meal out of the freezer.
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@hezoid (2144)
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19 Apr 09
To be honest i've never really given it any thought becuase i've never had a need to freeze eggs! I ignore the use by date on the anyway and do the floating test to check if they are ok (even when in date becuase they can still be bad). My husband doesn't eat eggs so i only buy half a dozen at a time, and tend to eat them off well before they'd be past their best.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I had no idea that you could raw freeze eggs, but I guess I should not be too surprised. I think I saw egg substitute in the freezer section of a store once. I know there are frozen cooked scrambled eggs in breakfast stuff at the store.
I like to brown up a big package of ground beef or ground turkey at once and season it for tacos or chili, so I can just grab it out when I need it. I will also chop up several onions or carrots at the same time if I know I am going to be using them within a few days to save time later.
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
21 Apr 09
The article gave full instructions. I think there is a special technique.
@snowy22315 (180667)
• United States
18 Apr 09
That was pretty interesting. I guess the eggs would kind of be like egg beaters which are often times frozen. I think that freezing things is pretty safe most of the time, but I kind of freeze things most of the time when they are already starting to go bad so I dodnt know how good that actually is.
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
19 Apr 09
I had no idea that you could freeze eggs. I knew about meat and vegetables (and even milk), but this is something I have never heard of before.
They do say that you need to remove the eggs from their shells, so I am quite eager to know how people would store that. Tricky bussiness, or at least sticky bussiness! .
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
19 Apr 09
If milk begins to go sour, I freeze it, and thaw it out to make pancakes and biscuits and other things that like to have sour milk or buttermilk. No waste that way.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
21 Apr 09
Very frugal! In my house, one gallon of milk rarely lasts a day so nothing to freeze. I might start freezing half the milk after I get it home from the store, that way there would less waste. Thanks for your comments.
@mummymo (23706)
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24 Apr 09
I really didn't think I knew that but as soon as I read about not being able to freeze the egs in their shells I realised it was filed away in my brain all that time! lol As for the rest of it I am going to bookmark so that I can go back and read it when I have more time and perhaps even retain the info near the front of my brain! lol Thanks sweety xxx
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
19 Apr 09
I never knew you could freeze eggs either. I guess you can freeze just about anything and it would be good. I know when I have left overs I freeze most of it because otherwise it just ends up in the garbage after a few days. This way I can just take it out of the freezer and warm it up, for a quick meal. There is just myself and my daughter to cook for and most of the time my daughter isn't home, she's at her boyfriends, so it is just me to cook for so this works good for me.
Or I might freeze my leftovers and use them another day, to add them to my home made soup. I even like to freeze left over mashed potatoes and put it into my soups when I am cooking one. It just makes the broth a little thicker with a little more substance.
Yesterday I went grocery shopping and they had blocks of cream cheese on for $1.00 and the expirey date is in 5 days so I took the only two that were left and when I got home I put one of them in a freezer bag and put it into the freezer. It may not be real good for spreading on bread but it will be good for baking.
@moonchild1au (6237)
• Australia
19 Apr 09
I did know about eggs but I always thought you had to seperate them first. I have dogs so my frugal thing is to give them the table scraps & any left overs that have been in the fridge more than 3 days - saves money on dog food :)
@GreenMoo (11834)
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21 Apr 09
I freeze eggs quite regularly, as there's several cakes I make which require either just the yolks or just the whites. I put the spare egg in a plastic cup in the freezer and use it when I have enough or add it to scrambled eggs.
I normally use up leftovers straight away but if I have something left over or a glut of something that won't keep I always stick it in the freezer to keep it fresh. I can't abide wasting good food.
One frugal food idea is to cook extra rice, pasta or potato when you are using it. Use the extra to make a tasty cold salad for the next day and save power. Salads and soups are a great way of using up extra veg. Make a salad if the veg is fresh, but put it in the freezer in a box dedicated to a mixed veg soup if it's cooked and make a big batch of warming soup when you have enough. You can then freeze the soup into meal sized portions and have some ready meazls stored away.
@makeupartisteileen (653)
• Singapore
19 Apr 09
well what i know even you freeze the food does not mean the food will stay fresh ,after defrost you will realist the food is spoil. once i place the meat in freeze for 2week i thought if putting in freeze the food won't spoil, after that i defrost the food and i realist the food spoil.just that when you see on your eye you see like very fresh .but end up is spoil.
@xbrendax (2662)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I never knew you could freeze eggs! What I like to do when I have a spare moment is I chop up onions, bell peppers, cooked bacon and sausage and put them all in their own containers and freeze them for when ever I want to make tacos, pizza or an omlet!
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I had no idea that you could freeze eggs, but that is a good thing to know..My son got me four chickens for Easter, it will be about 4 or 5 more months before i start getting some eggs. now i know what to do with them..
I always make extra of some of the dishes that i make so i can freeze some for a later date, it makes it so much faster. and easier on the days when their does not seam to be enough time in the day.
@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
19 Apr 09
Yea, definitely a good way to save food. Well, usually i just what i need that can last me for the week and make do with it...Be it instant noodles or canned tuna...But most of the times, my mum deals with the food. Maybe i should suggest this to her..haha..=]