Is it still good or should I discard?

shanarishona ↓

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 8:04 pm

I did a freezer inventory in advance of Rosh HaShana and I have a few questions:

I have 3 dairy tupperwares - one from 5/22, one from 8/22 and the other with no date but probably also from 5/22.
It's orzo, plain macaroni, and farro.
In a stand alone freezer.
Is this safe or should I discard?

Plus I have a tupperware with chicken and another tuperware with sweet carrots - one from 4/23 and one from 7/23.
Would you keep these or discard?
thanks

SuperWify

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 8:07 pm

I’d definitely throw out the pasta orzo and farro. Carrots too. Those are cheap items I wouldn’t really bother ever freezing.
Chicken would be the only thing I’d maybe keep.

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 8:09 pm

SuperWify wrote:

I’d definitely throw out the pasta orzo and farro. Carrots too. Those are cheap items I wouldn’t really bother ever freezing.
Chicken would be the only thing I’d maybe keep.

Same. The chicken might not have a great texture, I would keep if it was difficult for me to buy new: otherwise I would throw it as well.

↑ shanarishona ↓

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:10 pm

Thanks!
So basically more than one year you would all throw out?
I also have some zucchini soup from 4/23
and
I have some lamb stew from last succos.

Those are the oldest things I think.
I guess from last succos is ok cuz it's just under a year?

scruffy

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:12 pm

Maybe it's just me but I don't like how anything tastes past maybe 8-9 months. That would be my cutoff.

imanotmommy ↓

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:13 pm

shanarishona wrote:

depends on the item, depends what I want to use it for, depends how it was wrapped, depends how it looks/smells, depends how long it was out or how close to expiration before freezing

NechaMom

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:13 pm

I would discard all of it.
https://www.statefoodsafety.co.....overs

↑ imanotmommy

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:15 pm

ap wrote:

I thought freezer doesnt expire?

If it stays frozen solid the whole time, then the issue is mainly taste/texture/quality, not health/safety

effess

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:40 pm

Depends on your freezer.
I had soup in my freezer that was almost a year old and tasted perfect last week. And my regular freezer after two weeks it’s no good.

↑ ap

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:42 pm

effess wrote:

Depends on your freezer.
I had soup in my freezer that was almost a year old and tasted perfect last week. And my regular freezer after two weeks it’s no good.

Which freezer is good?

groisamomma

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 10:59 pm

3 months in the small freezer (on top of the fridge), and 6 months in the large stand-alone freezer.

Don’t you all empty those out for Pesach anyway?

flowerpower

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 11:00 pm

I would chuck em all. Too much time has passed since

↑ shanarishona

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 11:29 pm

Thanks everyone!

This was in the chart from NechaMom:

Remember that frozen foods are safe indefinitely, so the following guidelines for freezer food refer to food quality, not safety.
*but it also said that a lot depends on how long you had it in the fridge before freezing.

giselle

Sun, Sep 29 2024, 11:32 pm

I always thought there was a limit on how long you can keep chicken and meat in the freezer but maybe that’s specifically raw. Personally I’d throw it all out.

chocolate moose

Mon, Sep 30 2024, 7:35 pm

if you have room, keep them through tishrei. with all the 3 day yomim toivim coming up, you might need emergency food.