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06-22-2011, 11:43 PM #16
what store....
[ i live in maine also and am wondering if this starts friday at shaws and how you found out about it so quickly...I have some .50/1 cheerios coupons which would make this an even sweeter deal....
QUOTE=bigaraycing;893492]one of the local stores is running a special this week on general mills cereal, snack mixes, and a couple other things. The deal is really good, 10/$20.00 with an instant $10.00 saving coupon. works out to a dollar a box! DBF said it would do no good to buy it, cause you can't freeze it and we won't eat it fast enough. So, can I prove him wrong?! lol! can i freeze cereal without it being mushy when it thaws? Thank in advance![/QUOTE]
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You can freeze cereals, crackers, snack foods, etc for several years with no change in flavor, texture, etc. I'm working my way through some shredded wheat I bought about three years ago for .50 a box right now, and we just took some snacks camping that we got cheap on a close-out at least two years ago.
You would freeze such foods vs. leaving them on the shelf because they'll get stale on the shelf and won't in the freezer.
I wouldn't bother with a FoodSaver. The sealed bags work fine, so it's work and expense that's unnecessary. It seems like vacuuming some of the foods would just crush them to crumbs, too.
If I'm short of space in the freezer, I take things out of the boxes and stack the bags in a basket or pail in the freezer.
No offense to the OP's BF in this old resurrected thread, but it's hard for me to believe anyone would think freezing cereal wouldn't work. It seems like a no-brainer to me. I don't remember ever not freezing that kind of stuff.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Not necessarily. We froze leftover hard corn taco shells last year, and after about 6 months in the freezer, they came out kind of stale. Still perfectly edible, but there was definitely a change in texture.
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I freeze taco shells too. I put them in a ziploc bag and they keep quite a while.
Tortillas freeze well too, although they'll get frosty after a few months.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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My initial thought when I saw the title of the thread was "ew no, cereal would get wet and mushy when it thawed!"
I wasn't even going to read the thread, silly me. What is a no-brainer to one person is a new tip to another. Keep 'em coming!LDR
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