▲ 122 ▼ What are some of your cheap eats hacks? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did not know it was safe to freeze after the sous vide water-bath. Thanks for that! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just gotta watch out for freezer burn and avoid the food being in the temperature danger zone for a significant time. The real issue here is that you're essentially applying three separate transformations to your food (cooking, then freezing, then cooking again), which compounds the amount of possible error in your finished result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Freezer burn is a function of air reaching the food while frozen. Use a chamber vacuum sealer that can pull vacuum into single-digits mmHg. We live on a sailboat, and our freezer is set at 22F/-5.5C for energy conservation. Never had freezer burn. Here's some more info on food safety with sous vide cooking: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cooksillustrated/articles/1131-is-sous-vide-safe permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just gotta watch out for freezer burn and avoid the food being in the temperature danger zone for a significant time. The real issue here is that you're essentially applying three separate transformations to your food (cooking, then freezing, then cooking again), which compounds the amount of possible error in your finished result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Freezer burn is a function of air reaching the food while frozen. Use a chamber vacuum sealer that can pull vacuum into single-digits mmHg. We live on a sailboat, and our freezer is set at 22F/-5.5C for energy conservation. Never had freezer burn. Here's some more info on food safety with sous vide cooking: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cooksillustrated/articles/1131-is-sous-vide-safe permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Freezer burn is a function of air reaching the food while frozen. Use a chamber vacuum sealer that can pull vacuum into single-digits mmHg. We live on a sailboat, and our freezer is set at 22F/-5.5C for energy conservation. Never had freezer burn. Here's some more info on food safety with sous vide cooking: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cooksillustrated/articles/1131-is-sous-vide-safe permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info! permalink fedilink source parent