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Freezing lunchmeat worked well
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Posted by Dances_in_Garden (My Page) on Tue, Oct 23, 01 at 12:14
| I buy a sub mix for DH's lunch. He only likes it once a week, but the package has enough for two days and it doesn't keep a whole week!
I decided to freeze half of the package (it has salami, pepperoni, and ham). I wrapped it well in waxed paper then in a baggie. Defrosted overnight in the fridge, and it seems to look and feel exactly like it does fresh from the package when I buy it. I am going to try it again with some smoked turkey. I buy it when it is on sale, but we don't eat it fast enough to "stock up".
Anyone else tried freezing lunchmeat and had good (or bad) experiences?
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RE: Freezing lunchmeat worked well
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| I buy double packs of bologna when it goes on sale for my daughter's lunches and toss them in the freezer. It comes out perfectly fine all the time. Heather |
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| I make lunchmeat & cheese sandwiches and freeze them. They come out perfectly fine. |
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| I also buy lunchmeat in the bulk pack at Sam's. I keep one pack in the fridge and everything else goes in the freezer. SLICED cheese (processed, not block) freezes well, too. Again, I buy the large pack at Sam's. I break it down into packs about the size of a regular pack of cheese and freeze the rest. |
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| I buy corned beef, roast beef, salami and ham often and freeze it in plastic bags, thaw in fridge. Perfect always. I also have a deli slicer so I can buy black forest hams and slice them thin to freeze. Had bad luck freezing gouda cheese slices though, too mushy when thawed. |
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| Block cheeses do not slice well after they have been frozen. However, they shred very well. |
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| I'm not much for packaged lunch meat but my husband loves the stuff. I've frozen bologna, salami, boiled ham, turkey roll, olive loaf etc. I also freeze home baked meatloaf sliced thin. I lay the meatloaf slices out on a tray and pack them two to a baggie then bread bag the whole thing. |
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| Are you only freezing the pre-packaged stuff, or are you freezing the fresh-sliced deli stuff? I prefer the meat from the deli counter (cheaper by the lb/oz and I prefer the taste) but I hate that it goes bad sometimes before I've used it up. |
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| I have frozen fresh and pre-packaged. I usually get fresh too but sometimes buy the big vaccumm packed bags at Costco and they froze really well too. |
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