rowan2•26d ago

My sister called me out for freezing everything and it made me rethink leftovers

I used to freeze basically any leftover I had without thinking about it. Then my sister came over last month and saw me shoving a container of week old rice into the freezer. She told me I was wasting freezer space on stuff that would taste terrible after thawing. At first I got defensive but then I actually tried her frozen rice trick. She said to spread cooked rice flat on a baking sheet, freeze it for an hour, then bag it. That way it doesn't clump up into one gross brick. I also stopped freezing things like cucumber slices or watery veggies that turn to mush. Now I think about my freezer like a planned menu instead of a black hole. Has anyone else had a family member call them out on a bad kitchen habit?

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milaprice26d ago

Freezer space is meant for efficiency, not for rice that tastes like cardboard.

grant.nina26d ago

Honestly I used to freeze everything but you totally changed my mind on this one.

the_riley26d ago

So basically your sister saved you from freezer rice that tasted like frozen gravel and I'm here for it. I had the same wakeup call when my dad saw me stacking bags of old broccoli in the deep freeze and asked if I was just collecting freezer burn samples. Now I actually label stuff with dates and know what I'm defrosting instead of playing freezer roulette. Honestly, my freezer used to be a museum of expired hope, not a practical appliance.