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Freezing pulled pork w/o foodsaver

Bash
Bash Posts: 1,011
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I've been spending too much on eggcessories, so don't want to buy a food saver just yet.

Short of that, what would be best to freeze pulled pork - ziplock bags, or wrapped tightly in freezer paper and sealed with packing tape?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Richard
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    Use doulble zipper FREEZER bags an squish out all the air you can before you seal and freeze them.Another trick is freeze in water but I would'nt recommend that for pulled pork!!! :( :whistle:
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
    My recommendation.....make friends and share it with the neighbors, and start fresh next week! :woohoo: It won't be the same after its frozen without being vacuum packed....sorry! :whistle:
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  • Bash
    Bash Posts: 1,011
    I read on the forum to put regular coke in the pulled pork. Thought I would do that. Thanks for the idea of FREEZER bags.

    Richard
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  • Bash
    Bash Posts: 1,011
    What about WITH the foodsaver? Is it just as good on the reheat?

    Maybe I could get it past the wife...
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
    It is closer, flavor will be fine, but the texture will be off a bit. We use the foodsaver a lot, but mostly for bulk buys and freezing raw foods. Leftovers, well, to me, just are never the same after the freeze. Like I said...make friends with the neighbors! (Ours LOVE us!!) :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Also, please understand, I am really super critical of food and food flavors. Spent too many years trying to taste if "something tastes old"....or "just isn't fresh" for business purposes...I know I am super sensitive to certain flavors like that. So, probably better to get more opinions. For me, once a leftover has been frozen, I just can't eat it, foodsaver or not.
    But, that is probably just me. :sick:
    (And no, not really a total food snob....eating Spaghetti O's as I type....LOL!!)
    Happy cookin! ;)
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    Yep,if you reheat the pork,vaccum sealed,in boiling water. ;) I am not about to argue with LC.Hell she's a real chef!But in my defense I have frozen pulled pork in "all the air squeezed out FREEZER bags"and reheated.I admit it was not as good as when cooked "fresh"But it did'nt suck.Put it on a bun with all the fixin's and feed a bunch of drunks.They will think you are the next FOOD NETWORK star!!! :woohoo: :lol::whistle:
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    :woohoo: :pinch: :silly: :sick: .Nothin like "comfort" food!!! :ermm: :woohoo: :whistle: :P :ohmy:
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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
    Richard,

    Several people have mentioned regular coke to reheat pulled pork. Recently I rewarmed some and used water plus a small amount of apple juice. Concerned that 12 oz. of regular coke adds about 240 additional sugar calories!
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
    Next week my 'kick' may be Stouffers mac n cheese, or Campbells Soup....cooking for a couple hundred all day, sometimes you just gotta 'nuke some comfort'! :ohmy: :laugh: :woohoo: :whistle:
    I didn't say that.... :pinch: :woohoo:
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
    Bash....Listen to Hoss....life will be much easier! ;) I can only pray you never have to be as critical as I! It is a curse at times, really!! :blink:
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    I won't tell! ;) And comletely understand!!! :whistle:
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  • Little Chef
    Little Chef Posts: 4,725
    Clark....You rewarmed...how did the AJ work for you? Recommend it for a re-heat? Had it been frozen?
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  • Grandpas Grub
    Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226
    I have been playing with some pulled pork and trying to find some good alternative flavors - not too far off but a little zing...

    Most of the time there is just the two of us here so cooking 4 to 8# butt is going to result on one big meal or some left overs.

    If I am going to use the meat within a week to 10 days I will wrap tightly in plastic wrap then either ziplock or put it in a bigger plastic bag.

    If much longer then 10 days I will wrap tightly in plastic wrap then into freezer gags with as much air removed as possible. After that foodsaver time.

    I have read over and over about using coke when reheating. I tried it yesterday and it works great. I was really concerned I would taste the coke flavor but it just wasn't there.

    Anyway when you do a cook, cook some extra or save some. The try a few different wrapping ideas. Defrost then re-heat the food. It won't take long to figure if you like or don't like a particular method.

    Wish I have LC's training, I know if I like something or not but for the most part I am at a complete loss as how to change/fix something that isn't quite where I want it. Sometimes I guess and it ends up going the wrong way then it disposal time.

    GG
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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
    Michelle,

    I had cooked 2 butts on a Wednesday. I saved one in a aluminum pan, covered in the frig and reheated it on Saturday for a picnic - never frozen. I put it in a low temp oven, poured about about 1/4 cup of apple juice plus about 1/2 cup water in the pan and stirred it around before reheating. Tasted good. I did not mix any BBQ sauce with this - served on the side.

    I vacuum-packed the other pulled butt, with about a pint of meat per bag. I have not rewarmed any of that, though I have given a couple of bags away. (Haven't had any negative feedback, yet). :whistle:

    Like I said in the post, 240 or so extra calories (pure sugar) from the coke, just didn't appeal to me.
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  • civil eggineer
    civil eggineer Posts: 1,547
    Get a ziploc vacuum bagging system for $5 at the grocery store. The work fantastic and keeps the flavors fresher. It is a fantastic product!
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  • Meat
    Meat Posts: 233
    I have a small vacuum unit made by Reynolds. The same company that makes sandwich bags. Costs about $10. Gallon and quart size bags are available. Not as great as a full size unit but works pretty good for me. In the same aisle with kitchen bags. FG
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  • Metalhead
    Metalhead Posts: 668
    this won't help with ur current problem, but at the kroger(a grocery store in ATL) at the end of the summer, they put their food savers on clearence
    I bought a vacuum sealer for 20 bucks, but that wasnt the deal. I BOUGHT 2 rolls of bags for 2.26 each
    I bought all the bags they had. I figured when I run outta bags if I cant find any more on sale then I'll get rid of the vacuum sealer.

    The bags retail for 20.00 for 2 rolls now if any of you know me personally, you'll know theres no way in hell i'D PAY that much

    good luck :lol:
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