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Originally Posted by Caoineag

Wow, I am amazed at the number of people who don't need an extra freezer. I grew up in a household with two frig/freezer combos and a separate freezer. We always used all of those.

That's exactly the set-up we had in my house. A fridge/freezer in the kitchen, another in the basement and an upright freezer next to it.

My mom did almost all of our cooking and baking from scratch and froze things in single-serve portions. We do the same thing, though not to such a great extent. DW will make a big pot of pasta sauce and we'll freeze it in single serve containers. I'll make a couple of batches of different soups and freeze them. DW will make a lasagna or stuffed cabbage and portion that off to freeze. We'll also stock up on OJ when it is on sale and may buy 6 half gallons at a time. Same for frozen dinners (I use them for lunch sometimes). Lots of stuff we wouldn't be able to do or buy if we didn't have an extra freezer.

Originally Posted by ScrimpAndSave

I don't think you need a separate freezer...but maybe that is bc I am a vegetarian?

We eat virtually no meat in our house but still find plenty of use for our freezer, as I noted above. Remember, tofu is better when frozen and defrosted first before use.