Let's face it: No matter how many Turkey 101 or “Easiest Turkey Day Ever” pieces you read, Thanksgiving is, for most people, a tricky, hair-pulling, exhausting holiday—with a hell of a payoff. The home cook would certainly be forgiven for wanting to relive the experience from soup to nuts a month later…without doing a lick of work.
So if you find yourself longingly eyeing your freezer and the bevy of pies, sweet potato casseroles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and turkey you have lying about after the feast, take heart: You can freeze some of that grub., was born in the Midwest and has had to cook “one or two” Thanksgiving dinners in his career, he laughs. He divided up the main T-Day players into three categories, based on their durability in the deep freeze.
Safety caveat: The USDA suggests you pack up food “within two hours of cooking,” stash them in smaller containers to cool them more rapidly, and quickly move them to the fridge or freezer. If you suspect you’ll have leftovers , keep clean, dry resealable containers handy. When you’re ready to tuck into your feast again, pop frozen sealed containers into the fridge overnight, then unwrap and warm them the next day.
The USDA says, “Leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days or frozen for 3 to 4 months.” That doesn’t mean they’ll taste the same after that long, though. “I wouldn’t freeze anything longer than four to six weeks,” said Stevenson. “The flavor will degrade over time.” So recreate Thanksgiving in December and not, say, on May Day.“I am not an infallible genius,” said Stevenson, “but I would just eat the damn pie.
Same goes for stuffing, for much same the reason. Thanks to how much bread, stock, and water is at play, you’re looking at the possibility of a “mushy mess” when most stuffing is reheated, Stevenson warns.Casseroles and mashed potatoes are in this middle territory. “I wince a little bit at the thought of freezing mashed potatoes, but that's because I’m so, so particular,” Stevenson says. Still, he admits that most casseroles freeze pretty well, as do mashed sweet potatoes.
Who has leftovers?
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