Yesterday we bought a dozen red peppers and managed to eat four of them. Here are the other eight – roasted and ready to wait in the freezer for later use.
They are three for a dollar for the third week in a row, so my cast iron skillet is getting a good workout.
There are still six in the refrigerator for crispy consumption. More will be purchased as the week goes by. They freeze fairly well and are a much-welcomed addition to so many dishes for color and flavor.
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I love ripe red peppers, crisp or roasted. When a deal like that comes along I buy now and come up with a plan later!
Exactly! I had just used my last bag of previously-frozen ones about a two weeks ago, so this was nicely timed. They aren’t as good as freshly roasted, having been frozen, but quite usable since they tend to be over (sometimes waaaay over) a dollar each during much of the rest of the year. I froze all the ones you see in the picture, but there are still about ten in the refrigerator, and we will be making additional pilgrimages to the store during the week. There is a limit of six to a customer, so we check out separately. No one seems to care about that, so I guess it isn’t really cheating.
Good strategy! The reason they put them on sale in the first place is to get rid of their over supply. I’ve found that the roasted peppers freeze just fine but the fresh ones get mushy unless flash frozen. I have even gone to the expense of using dry ice to flash freeze.
I found out the hard way about dry ice! It freezes everything! It isn’t like regular ice, much to my dismay. Lesson learned.
Yes, its use is specific: to freeze the hell out of everything that comes in contact with it! I make double use of it on the rare occasions I purchase it to freeze off minor skin cancers which I am prone to. Saves a lot of money on my regular visits to the dermatologist.
Hang on until Medicare age; it’s free then!
Almost there.
Good to know about freezing.
They’re never crispy after freezing, but roasting makes them soft anyway. Really great to add flavor and color to something a little plain.
You can stuff those bad boys with some goodness too.
Oh yes – did that. Made four; two left for tonight!