Re:Much fridge food ‘goes there to die’
by tzs on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:26PM
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If you want to thaw it without toasting it, and like me have a crappy toaster where you never can figure out how to heat it enough to thaw without also partly toasting it, I've found that a short time in the microwave thaws frozen sliced bread very well. (Well, frozen sliced wheat bread. I haven't tried other varieties).
If you aren't in a hurry, it also thaws pretty well on the counter. About 10 minutes seems to do the trick.
I wish someone had told me all this a long time ago. For the first 35+ years of my adult life buying bread either meant wasting a lot, or eating a lot more sandwiches and toast than I would have liked.
The other frozen thing I wish I'd known about a lot earlier is microwave "steam in bag" frozen vegetables, such as [1]. They are only $0.78 at my local store, which is way cheaper than the canned vegetables I used to buy, taste way better, and are trivial to prepare (stick bag in microwave for 5 minutes, let stand for 1 minute).
If you aren't in a hurry, it also thaws pretty well on the counter. About 10 minutes seems to do the trick.
I wish someone had told me all this a long time ago. For the first 35+ years of my adult life buying bread either meant wasting a lot, or eating a lot more sandwiches and toast than I would have liked.
The other frozen thing I wish I'd known about a lot earlier is microwave "steam in bag" frozen vegetables, such as [1]. They are only $0.78 at my local store, which is way cheaper than the canned vegetables I used to buy, taste way better, and are trivial to prepare (stick bag in microwave for 5 minutes, let stand for 1 minute).
[1] https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Steamable-Mixed-Veget...