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Household Hints & Help

PennyK

(2,317 posts) Thu Jan 5, 2017, 10:35 AM Jan 2017

I'm getting my first freezer [View all]

From Sears. I wanted the upright kind and frost-free for sure.
Any and all tips you can give me about how to best take advantage of this resource? How to best store stuff, markers that work for the freezer, things I can freeze that I might not know about. I already read that ice cream shouldn't be kept in the door (that warms up quickest when it's opened).

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I'm getting my first freezer [View all] PennyK Jan 2017 OP

use ziplocks to seal everything - frost free isn't the perfect feature many think it is Kali Jan 2017 #1

Well, you don't really want your ice cream rock hard when you... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #2

Everything in teh 2 replies above dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #3

Garage PennyK Jan 2017 #4

Also,,,,a trick,,,, dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #5

One thing I will get PennyK Jan 2017 #6

Boy, this is fun! PennyK Jan 2017 #7

A Food Saver, Half-Gallon size freezer containers, baskets,and a sharpie are my system. Lars39 Jan 2017 #8

So far so great! PennyK Jan 2017 #9

My husband finally admitted getting the freezer was a good idea PennyK Jan 2017 #10

I learned how to freeze bacon PennyK Jan 2017 #11

i use a system like this NMDemDist2 Feb 2017 #12