Can you freeze milk and / or loaves of bread?

@oldman11's "Crazy Freezer Idea" thread caused me to start thinking of things I should possibly try to freeze for a bit longer storage.

I came from a large family. In our home, my parents had a full sized refrigerator / freezer. In our "freezer" room, which was outside and attached to our two-car carport, my parents also had two chest freezers and another upright refrigerator / freezer - an old steel "Frigidaire" in fact. Going out there in bare feet to get something from it would give you one heck of a shock.

Anyway, I think I recall my dad freezing one, the other, or possibly both of these items, in the deep freezers. Am I correct, in that you can freeze a plastic bottle of milk, and bread, for a length of time?

 

I have frozen bread in the past. One thing I found is that as it thaws, condensation forms and can make parts of it soggy.
I have read of milk deliveries in frigid places like Siberia being frozen, so yes, milk can be frozen.

 

Sure! We freeze bread all the time because there is only two of us and rather than it go bad we only take out half a loaf at a time to use. As far as freezing milk, my wife (a third-worlder) assures me that they use to do it all the time as a child because a neighbor had a cow so they use to get a lot in trade.

 

Growing up, I was in a large! family with just Dad working. To stretch the budget, Mom would go to the "Day Old" bread store and purchase the even more discounted 'end of day' bread just before the store closed. We also ate a lot of rice, mac & cheese and a spread made from ground bologna W/ pickles added.

Anyway, these loaves went into the large "Zero Freeze" box. They would be pulled and thawed out of wrapper. The bread was just fine, I think the freezing put a bit of moisture back into the loaf.

Dunno about freezing milk, we drank dry (instant) milk for years. Mix on demand, no need to freeze.

 

Is there a way around this? Here, and I don't know if it makes a difference - when you buy bread, it is not sliced.

 

I can't do canned or dry milk. Both taste horrible to me. I only drink fresh bottled milk.

Did I mention I was the youngest in my family, and spoiled rotten?

 

You can take the bread out as needed. Mrs 3M & I are doing keto, but every other weekend is "free" so we can get any carb lusting out of our system. I just pull out a slice or so as needed without taking out the entire loaf. In the past we would buy bread on sale and freeze most of it. Never had any moisture issues, but the bread we bought was double wrapped and we let it thaw before opening.

 

Do don't buy the milk here, too damn $$$$

So we get the 2% UHT stuff in the box from any of several Big Box stores and leave in the fridge. Mostly for cooking. Cost is about 24% less than store brand 'local' milk. (All milk here is imported from somewhere)

 

My mother would always freeze milk, bought at the commissary when my Dad would do his 2 weeks reserve duty every summer, I guess it was a whole lot cheaper, you have to shake it up after freezing, and it doesn't taste fresh, but it is milk. And we always freeze bread products, an 8 pack of hamburger buns for just 2 people will not last, so they get frozen, no soggyness here.

Mom was a prepper, bought everything on sale and stored it away.... LOL

Rancher

 

they have all kinds of shelf stable / ready to bake pastry stuff >>> that stuff is good to go for years in the freezer ...

 

I think it is pretty costly here, as well. I will have to ask Chan how much she pays for each 2 liters bottle.

My main issue is, we live too far to buy more than I can consume over the few days it will remain good. This is why I made the post. Next time we go shopping, I'm gonna buy a lot more of it, and bread too!

 

We did offshore
Don't think it lasts very long once thawed out

 

Get a cow? Or a goat.

 

Chan buys me large loaves, similar to Texas Toast, from a local American Christian NGO restaurant & bakery. We buy white, wheat, and more often, whole grain breads from them. They don't add preservatives, as far as I know. It is baked fresh, daily, as we have to order what we want, one day ahead. It is pretty costly though, something like $4 or $5 USD per loaf.

Khmer bread is typical of SEA made small loaves, containing tons of sugar, and at a cost of something like $1.25 USD per loaf. (I will ask her when she wakes this morning, to confirm the prices.)

Nasty French baguettes are found everywhere in this country.

 

We have cows. Goats before the end of the year, I hope.

 

Or you could just bake your own bread?

 

Both bread, and milk may be kept in the freezer...oh and eggs (not in shells)....the combo has the makings of a bread pudding (add a little sugar, vanilla and some dried sultanas or raisins.