Comments on: Water Bath Defrosting http://gnowfglins.com/2009/08/14/water-bath-defrosting/ Enjoying "God's Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season" Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caroline http://gnowfglins.com/2009/08/14/water-bath-defrosting/comment-page-1/#comment-23975 Caroline Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:14 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=3817#comment-23975 I freeze stock in plastic bags (after cooling). When I freeze them, I lay them flat on a cookie sheet, until they freeze. After that, I reclaim my cookie sheet for baking, and they're easy to store. When I'm ready to defrost them, I give the thin frozen block a good wack or two against the fridge or counter edge. This cracks the ice into many small pieces, enableing it to be easily removed from the bag, and defrost easy. If it suits your meal, they can be popped right into the pot to melt and heat in the meal you need them for. if you need them liquid, water bathing them or even just letting them sit out for a little while in a bowl (or metal bowl over the pilot light) quickly defrosts them. .-= Caroline´s last blog post... <a href="http://craftyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-spirit-of-full-disclosure.html" rel="nofollow">In the spirit of full disclosure....</a> =-. I freeze stock in plastic bags (after cooling). When I freeze them, I lay them flat on a cookie sheet, until they freeze. After that, I reclaim my cookie sheet for baking, and they’re easy to store.

When I’m ready to defrost them, I give the thin frozen block a good wack or two against the fridge or counter edge. This cracks the ice into many small pieces, enableing it to be easily removed from the bag, and defrost easy. If it suits your meal, they can be popped right into the pot to melt and heat in the meal you need them for. if you need them liquid, water bathing them or even just letting them sit out for a little while in a bowl (or metal bowl over the pilot light) quickly defrosts them.
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]]> By: Jillian http://gnowfglins.com/2009/08/14/water-bath-defrosting/comment-page-1/#comment-23947 Jillian Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:12:59 +0000 http://gnowfglins.com/?p=3817#comment-23947 I tend to make large batches of different beans or grains in the crock pot, put them in bags by serving size, and keep them in the freezer. I just run these under VERY hot water to loosen the clump of grain or bean, then put that into a colander and run hot water over it and serve it (with salads and such) or add it to the meal if it's a hot meal. Works great, and keeps me from saying there's nothing quick for dinner. .-= Jillian´s last blog post... <a href="http://jilsyt.blogspot.com/2009/08/starting-our-experiment.html" rel="nofollow">Starting Our Experiment.</a> =-. I tend to make large batches of different beans or grains in the crock pot, put them in bags by serving size, and keep them in the freezer. I just run these under VERY hot water to loosen the clump of grain or bean, then put that into a colander and run hot water over it and serve it (with salads and such) or add it to the meal if it’s a hot meal. Works great, and keeps me from saying there’s nothing quick for dinner.
.-= Jillian´s last blog post… Starting Our Experiment. =-.

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