Frozen food is so commonplace that it's easy to take for granted. For example, have you ever stopped to wonder how exactly that process preserves food?
Unfortunately, not all your groceries are fit for the freezer. Some foods just don't handle those subzero temperatures and should be preserved another way, such as pickling, vacuum-sealing or ...
Items in a chest-type deep freezer will fare better than those in an upright, frost-free model. Frost-free freezers periodically cycle to warmer temperatures in order to melt any ice crystals whereas ...