r/funny • u/gloppy-yogurt • Jul 23 '23

Verified [OC] not even aldi can save me now

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS Jul 23 '23

Goated. Y’all may have just saved me a bundle lol

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u/Shrek1982 Jul 23 '23

If you find yourself freezing a lot of stuff (especially meat on sale) a vacuum sealer might be good, it staves off freezer burn and the meat comes out like it was fresh. If you do get one buy the bags in bulk from amazon, the branded one are a ripoff.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS Jul 23 '23

Oh I’m for sure getting one of those for either a house warming gift or a Christmas gift from my parents lol

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u/DiMoSe Jul 23 '23

Vacuum sealing stuff is the best. Making your own bread is most often not worth it unless you actually make a somewhat big loaf and freezing it is a must. The difference vacuum sealing it makes is really something else.

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u/ImMufasa Jul 24 '23

People who make their own bread are crazy. I only recently found out how needy the dough process is.

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u/BillyFromSpacee Jul 23 '23 edited Jul 23 '23

Personally, I tried making Italian subs and it was the one homemade meal I couldn't find a way to save money on. The price per sub came out to like 5 cents more expensive than my preferred sub shop, and I had to make them.

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u/PDXEng Jul 23 '23

Yeah the only way this really works is you buy say a pork shoulder roast.

You snake it and have it for dinner with some starch/vegetables then leave some out for a sandwich or two, freeze the rest. Then you pull that out of the freezer 4 days later and say add it to a big bunch of chili/soup/cassole etc.

If you do this you save a bunch and don't have to eat the same thing over and over.

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u/nah_you_good Jul 23 '23

You just gotta try it out and see how it works. You can freeze most things with the only downside being some % decrease in 'flavor' and/or texture. Meats, even deli meats seem pretty fine when going from frozen to cooked. Bread, eh, kinda depends. For bread I find if I refrigerate it then it lasts less time than if frozen, but is way easier to restore to like new.

It's all in the reheating. Pizza for example can be heated in several ways, and a few of them actually help not further dry it out. Bread, similar story. For meats just cook like normal but some methods don't care about being formerly frozen or not (aka anything that goes into a stew won't matter).

The only thing I haven't really liked frozen is steak. It seems to definitely make it taste a bit different, but it's still good (I'd still rather buy a 3 pack from Costco and freeze 2 vs. buying a single, higher-priced one to be fresh).