Petee_c
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2014
- Location
- Heidelbe...
About 1-2 yrs ago, I bought a food saver on sale and a bulk package of rolls and bags to try to save 'family pack' of meat.
Usually we buy pork chops or back ribs on sale and try to freeze them for later use.
I'm finding that at least of 1/3 of the food saver'd meat tends to loose the vacuum. I am not sure if it is sharp edges of the bones poking though the plastic from the inside, or rough handling while in our small (5 cu ft) chest freezer. We have to move stuff around to find things.
I often buy back ribs from costco, which come as a pack of 2. I will food saver them as single full racks and 1/2 racks. For our family of 4, I can cook 1.5 racks of ribs and still have leftovers for snacking. I've been wrapping the ribs in wax paper and then putting them in the food saver bag. Pork chops we freeze in pairs or 3's as we can thaw the right number depending on the meal or guests.
I just found a 6 month old full baby back rib in the freezer from November that is likely freezer burned (ice crystals on the meat) because the seal failed.....
Sometimes I can find cryovac'd single rack ribs on sale, and buy those. There packaging seems to be tougher.
Baby back ribs around here $3/lb is a really good price, I've seen them for $6-7/lb
Usually we buy pork chops or back ribs on sale and try to freeze them for later use.
I'm finding that at least of 1/3 of the food saver'd meat tends to loose the vacuum. I am not sure if it is sharp edges of the bones poking though the plastic from the inside, or rough handling while in our small (5 cu ft) chest freezer. We have to move stuff around to find things.
I often buy back ribs from costco, which come as a pack of 2. I will food saver them as single full racks and 1/2 racks. For our family of 4, I can cook 1.5 racks of ribs and still have leftovers for snacking. I've been wrapping the ribs in wax paper and then putting them in the food saver bag. Pork chops we freeze in pairs or 3's as we can thaw the right number depending on the meal or guests.
I just found a 6 month old full baby back rib in the freezer from November that is likely freezer burned (ice crystals on the meat) because the seal failed.....
Sometimes I can find cryovac'd single rack ribs on sale, and buy those. There packaging seems to be tougher.
Baby back ribs around here $3/lb is a really good price, I've seen them for $6-7/lb