Can anyone tell me the cheapest/best place to buy takeaway containers for bulk cooking/freezing? Thanks
awoftam,
Aug 20, 3:44am
Try trademe. Seriously.
smallwoods,
Aug 20, 5:11am
They don't keep in the freezer for long before going brittle.
lynja,
Aug 20, 1:48pm
Moore Wilsons has them very cheap and they are good enough quality to stay perfectly fine for a very long time in the freezer and can be re-used many times. Great containers for soup etc. You buy the container and lids separately.
lou-ie,
Aug 20, 2:02pm
Gilmours or Rattrays
valentino,
Aug 20, 2:54pm
Use Plastic Zip Bags.
When defrosting, place frozen bags into a bowl bigger than the bag.
korban,
Aug 20, 9:58pm
I just use icecream containers
valentino,
Aug 20, 10:14pm
Some of them can leak if containing very fine liquids, more so with juices, have noticed that if defrosting overnight that a waterish liquid is on the outside whilst the main juice and any other particles are still within the bag. I use these a lot especially the smaller ones to save freshly squeezed lemon juice (6 lemon batches) ready to use for my sugar free cordials/drinks.
Okay with solid foods, no problem there.
One gets to know these things after using them for quite a while and far better than cracking plastic tops exposed to the deep freeze air within the freezer.
Cheers
valentino,
Aug 20, 10:17pm
These are great too if you want such sized freezing.
They do take up space though but are very easy to manage and more secured.
Cheers
jascas,
Aug 20, 10:27pm
Countdown have them in their Homebrand range of products
buzzy110,
Aug 20, 10:44pm
OK. But I tend not to defrost liquids. I just use from frozen. Maybe I'll remove from the freezer an hour before hand to soften if I want to cut into it, but that is about it really. A bowl or tray for other frozen stuff to catch defrosting condensation is a good suggestion though.
socram,
Aug 21, 12:16am
We just have takeaway curry (2) once a week = 2 curry containers and one rice! But there again, we don't have a separate freezer, just the one at the bottom of the fridge. Agree, they can get a bit brittle, but we usually only use them once. The other method for smaller quantities is to freeze whatever and once frozen, tip out and use Gladwrap.
valentino,
Aug 21, 12:35am
Remove from freezer an hour beforehand etc is something that I should look at, can thaw out a lot quicker once mixed a little too, just that I use those 3 litre bottles and their necks are not big enough or can get a bit messy trying to get them into these bottles but softening and chopping up may be a way.
Thank you.
petal1955,
Aug 21, 1:13am
Im with on the zip lock bags. takes up lesssapce and they are reusuable
nzdoug,
Aug 21, 1:37am
Jimbos cat food containers work and are stackable.
wendalls,
Aug 21, 2:38am
Yep. Agree re jimbos. Handy things. I buy the dog food now and then. I've started using zip locks too. I might freeze things such as cauliflower in patti pans and then tip them into a ziplock when frozen.
paora-tm,
Aug 21, 4:27am
I save and reuse margarine containers. The plastic is more compatible with freezing than any other plastic storage containers - doesn't get brittle. I probably should stop saving them for a while - got boxes of them saved but I can't help myself now. :)
korban,
Aug 22, 4:19am
Davis Trading or Gilmours have them
autumnwinds,
Aug 22, 5:14am
Me too, for Jimbos containers (2 sizes) as they stack so well, and you can put more into the freezer than round containers.
I also like snaplock bags for freflows, for storing all raw and roast chicken bones to make into great chicken stock, for small amounts of things like a cup of feijoas or rhubard (ready for a batch of muffins), and pesto when basil's in season.
The only thing I use the clear chinese-takeaway type container in the freezer for is for Southland cheese rolls, stacked between gladwrap. They seem to fit best into thes containers, and it's not a problem if they get brittle as we have chinese meals maybe every 2-3 weeks, so have a wee supply of them.
duckmoon,
Jan 3, 7:07pm
I got ours from Moore Wilson (Wellington). So either there, or Gilmours
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