Tip: Bacon & Sausage
As much as I love sausage and bacon, eating a pound of either at a single meal seems a tad excessive. But sausage and bacon are typically sold in one pound packages. So when I buy buy bulk breakfast sausage, I cut it into patties, wrap each individually, and then freeze the lot. An advantage to this is I can buy the expensive but supremely good local Benton's sausage and have just a patty or two when I want it. (And by the way, some of the frozen biscuits now available are pretty good and also enable you to only cook a few at a time.)
As for bacon, when I buy a package I roll up each individual strip and then wrap the roll in plastic. Again, these individual rolls go in labeled freezer bag in the freezer. Then I can pull out two or three strips as needed.
Note: In both cases these will thaw on the counter in an hour and because of the limited time in the danger zone (between 40 and 140 degrees Farenheit) they are safe to thaw on the counter if provided you cook as soon as they're thawed.
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Just out of curiosity, why roll the bacon? Is it to save freezer space? I like freezing individually (in packs of 2 or 4) too. I’ll either wrap it in plastic wrap or, if I’m feeling industrious, I’ll use my vacuum-sealer. I find that freezing it flat enables it to thaw quickly. If I’m in a real rush, I will even put the package in a bowl of warm water to speed things along.
Jessica,
Yeah, I roll to make smaller more easily managed packages. My freezer is so packed that every little bit helps.