Frugal Shopping and Frugal Cooking
Written by admin on March 8th, 2008I have been busy this morning putting food in the freezer. My internet buddies know that we eat a lot of venison here, so ground chuck is a treat for us. Yesterday Food Lion had ground chuck on sale for 1.32 a pound. So I bought 12 pounds.
I systematically put seasoned burgers into the freezer for inexpensive, easy cooking later on. The meat was put in a large pan to be seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and mixed well.
I use a small stainless steel lid to cut the flattened ground meat into a perfect circle.
This system saves me the time and effort of having to make patties by hand. The patties are stacked between little pieces of wax paper, put into a freezer bag, labeled, and into the freezer they go.
I froze three bags of 12 each for 36 burgers. That’s 44 cents a burger. 
The more I save, the more debt we can pay off and the more I can be home.
Lynn
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That brings back memories! My mom did the same thing with ground beef when I was a kid. I loved helping make the patties.
It’s funny how simple memories like those can stay with us forever.
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Tanya, that’s true! My children hover around me while I’m doing stuff like this, so I’m sure they’ll have memories of it.
Groceries are getting so expensive, I am trying to do things like this more and more.
Lynn