Tips, tricks or hacks.

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I'm on a "see food" diet lol.

Seriously though, I never understood cutting out a type of food completely for dieting purposes, but since I've never been on a diet, I happily live with an extra 25 pounds.

Me too!

 

[Barriehie]

And then an irresistible sale pops up. Happens to me regularly.

I don't buy store ice cream. It's too cheaply made in the interest of profit to have the flavor and mouth feel I call ice cream.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I don't buy store ice cream. It's too cheaply made in the interest of profit to have the flavor and mouth feel I call ice cream.

I wasn't thinking about ice cream, I was thinking meat. It takes up freezer space too. In fact I haven't had ice cream in my freezer for at least a year.

 

[Barriehie]

I wasn't thinking about ice cream, I was thinking meat. It takes up freezer space too. In fact I haven't had ice cream in my freezer for at least a year.

Oh, I only make ice cream once and then I'm done so it has a short window of existence in my freezer.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Oh, I only make ice cream once and then I'm done so it has a short window of existence in my freezer.

I buy it for family dinners occasionally if I make a pie and thats about it. I do love ice cream though, but DH won't eat it. I'll stop and get a cone at a specialty ice cream stand about 1x a year.

But I'm constantly trying to free up space in my freezer, like for freezing pasta or a steak sale. Haven't seen one of those in a few years, unfortunately, though I have found ground beef for $1.99 lb. A few years ago I found a bunch of Black Angus ribeyes and NY strips on sale and man they were good. Now beef is skyrocketing again.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I have a tub of ice cream in my freezer every week.
Swedish Glacé to be precise which is a soy icecream.
Tbh it’s not my thing but Mr SSOAP loves it.

There was an interesting icecream blind taste test done with critics and celebrities with the majority of them (including Jay Raynor) choosing Swedish Glacé as the best tasting ice cream not knowing it was the only non-dairy icecream amongst them

 

[Barriehie]

I buy it for family dinners occasionally if I make a pie and thats about it. I do love ice cream though, but DH won't eat it. I'll stop and get a cone at a specialty ice cream stand about 1x a year.

But I'm constantly trying to free up space in my freezer, like for freezing pasta or a steak sale. Haven't seen one of those in a few years, unfortunately, though I have found ground beef for $1.99 lb. A few years ago I found a bunch of Black Angus ribeyes and NY strips on sale and man they were good. Now beef is skyrocketing again.

Beef is stupid expensive. I don't even look at it anymore when shopping unless I'm getting the $4/lb. oxtail at my specialty butcher. I'm eating that "new white meat" they call pork... OT so I'll stop.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Beef is stupid expensive. I don't even look at it anymore when shopping unless I'm getting the $4/lb. oxtail at my specialty butcher. I'm eating that "new white meat" they call pork... OT so I'll stop.

I don't look at it either unless I saw it on sale in the grocery ad, like the ground beef for $1.99 lb or the steaks for $5.99 lb. I portion the GB and seal it in cryovac packages with my food saver. I like pork (especially bacon and sausage). I do love a good steak or a hamburger. Oxtail sounds pretty good. I haven't seen it around here.

 

[Barriehie]

I don't look at it either unless I saw it on sale in the grocery ad, like the ground beef for $1.99 lb or the steaks for $5.99 lb. I portion the GB and seal it in cryovac packages with my food saver. I like pork (especially bacon and sausage). I do love a good steak or a hamburger. Oxtail sounds pretty good. I haven't seen it around here.

It's all over here but:

Then on the side of the road 9 miles from nowhere... oxtail.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I have a hand crank spinning cheese grater I specifically use for hard aged Italian cheeses. Instead of washing it every time i use it, I just keep it in a ziplock in the refrigerator. I do take it apart and wash it about every 4 months or so.

 

[Morning Glory]

I have a hand crank spinning cheese grater I specifically use for hard aged Italian cheeses. Instead of washing it every time i use it, I just keep it in a ziplock in the refrigerator. I do take it apart and wash it about every 4 months or so.
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Do you have a microplane? I find that works very well for hard aged parmesan. I simply brush it off or rinse under the tap. I had one of those hand crank graters many many years ago. Back in the 70's I think! I think it was before microplanes were invented. In fact I used to use it more for grated cheddar than hard Italian cheese.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Do you have a microplane? I find that works very well for hard aged parmesan. I simply brush it off or rinse under the tap. I had one of those hand crank graters many many years ago. Back in the 70's I think! I think it was before microplanes were invented. In fact I used to use it more for grated cheddar than hard Italian cheese.

The amount of parmesan cheese we use, I'd have a sore arm using a microplane. That's great for zesting though.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

To grate Parmesan, I use my small/mini food processor.

 

[TastyReuben]

I use a microplane, but occasionally skin my knuckles when the parm wedge gets down near the end. Those microplanes can be pretty slick.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I have a hand crank spinning cheese grater I specifically use for hard aged Italian cheeses.

That's what I've got.Works a treat, and just like JAS_OH1, we get through loads of Parmesan cheese every month.