When Vidalia onions are in season we buy a bag and freeze them till we are ready to eat. Freezing onions is easy and it will save you some money.
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@selin22135 жыл бұрын
Useful tips ~ thank you! My favorite part: (4:35) "Write on it, what it is and when you put it in there...because after freezing for 3 months you'll think it's pork fat."
@jhernandez8914 жыл бұрын
Great tip on making them in flat bags
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@phloughergirl2 жыл бұрын
Thank you on this tip for freezing onions. We go through onions pretty quickly, as I cook with them frequently. However, we love Vidalias as well. I will definitely use your information to freeze them for the winter when you can’t get them fresh any longer.
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy
@leahsandow9300 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for the tips, and greetings from Australia!
@preachersdayoff Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@lorrainedesmarais89525 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video; it was informative as it gave me the idea to cut loads of onions (ahead of time) and just drop them in when I make a large pot of homemade soup. :)
@haji727 Жыл бұрын
A better way to freeze chopped onions is to put them on a parchment lined baking sheet, freeze them and then put them in a bag. They will be separated and easier to get measure. You can do the same technique with green peas, green beans, and any other veggie you store in the freezer.
@preachersdayoff Жыл бұрын
Great tip!
@haji727 Жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff I do the same with any fruit or veggie I am going to freeze. You can do the same with carrot. Either slice them or shred them. Spread them on a sheet and freeze them. When frozen, bag them and put them back in the freezer.
@miketreen74036 жыл бұрын
So sayeth the shepherd! Those food savers are awesome. Works great for sealing up brass and bullets for shipping 😁
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
So saith the flock! LOL
@jessiecolon60362 жыл бұрын
I liked your attitude. Thank you SR.
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
So nice of you, thanks for watching!
@pamelapruett78333 жыл бұрын
Great information on eating fresh, then the Ziploc bag and then the vacuum bag good information! Cuz I have a bag of Vidalia onions on my counter now
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help, Pamela
@kkx32183 жыл бұрын
You can say Preacher told us So...I love him
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
Love you too! Thanks for watching.
@terrydees59986 жыл бұрын
Vacuum sealing, a great idea. Seal bait fish or cut bait that will be hard to find in the winter blue cat season. Enjoyed the view from your kitchen.
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
Right! I need to do a bait video one of these days.
@chrissewell16084 жыл бұрын
You need to try freezing them (and other veg.) on a sheet pan, then breaking them up, and place into your freezer bags. They can then be used later, in small portions. You wont end up with a big frozen block of diced onions!
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
I do that method with my sweet peppers and it works great.
@colleenpritchett69144 жыл бұрын
Just portion what you normally use into baggies, then into vacumn seal or freezer bags
@joannec93053 жыл бұрын
Lots of great tips - thank you!
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@miss.b58512 жыл бұрын
Hello Preacher….I’ve used the onion peels along with garlic peels ….add Rock Salt or Himalayan salt…some pepper corns and break all in the MIXER or Mill …..makes a wonderful RUB ……..Try it ….Miss. B from TX
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great! I'll give it a try.
@WaynJul6 жыл бұрын
Good tips on saving onions. One jewel ready in the tomato plants. It will be tasty.
@Candy_Gal4 жыл бұрын
This is where a veggie chopper would come in handy, lol. Poor guy, crying away 😂
@xoxoxoxo18315 жыл бұрын
I bought a bunch if cauliflowers, potatoes onions and tomatoes today. I ned to learn how to save them. Thanks
@LoadsofBacon6 жыл бұрын
You never want to mistake the onions for the pork fat. We've worn out a food saver or two. They are well worth the money!
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
My only regret is not buying it years ago.
@angelamc3532 Жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoffso when I vacuum seal onions and peppers do I Have To freeze them?? Or will they last and be ok just in the vacuum sealed bags??
@roger123935 жыл бұрын
Put onions in refrig 30 minutes before cutting to prevent eyes watering.
@bigpapi26584 жыл бұрын
Linda Lincoln for years my wife would laugh her butt off at me when I cut onions and cried my eyes out. I looked like a funny mess. One day she showed our teen son how to cut an onion. She said step one put it in the freezer so you don’t cry and look silly like your dad. I asked why she didn’t tell me that technique. She said, why? Watching you cut onions was the hardest I would laugh all week. So to keep her laughing, 20 years later, I still don’t freeze the onion before I cut it.
@shamarab46324 жыл бұрын
I thought everyone kept them in the fridge anyway.
@happygardener284 жыл бұрын
Take bamboo skewers and press them in long wise to the sides of the bag and divide it in thirds it will let you break the block on stripes.
@beafloyd1385 жыл бұрын
I have noticed in the last five years the Vidalia onion are making me cry more than usual but last year I brought a 50pound bag of Carolina sweet and I didn't shed a tear with them
@preachersdayoff5 жыл бұрын
I have been suspicious about that for the last few years. I'll try them if I can find the out here.
@beafloyd1385 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff I got mine from the SC state Farmers market in Columbia SC I was putting up Vidalia onion today and wished I had went to SC Farmers market instead of the GA Farmers market in Cordele ga
@jeffhuntley29216 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure reciting Shakespeare makes tomato’s ripen faster:) thanks for the onion prep tips! I didn’t even have to shed a tear:)
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
I'd read them the whole play if it would
@bonniemegargift4 жыл бұрын
You will never shed another onion tear if you can remember to breath through your mouth ONLY. It takes practice but it works!
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
I'll try that next time
@terryyounts8220Ай бұрын
What kind of tomato cages are those Sir?
@georgiaboy44106 жыл бұрын
Good tips. Being a Ga boy I’ve ate my share of vidalia onions but I like the hotter yellow Texas onions. We will start canning in a week or so. You ever tried a BLT with a fried green tomato? Delicious!👍🏻😁🍅
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
We never ate green tomatoes growing up. I've had them a few times and I like them alright. My wife only eats the red ones so I can't pick the green ones.
@georgiaboy44106 жыл бұрын
Preacher's Day Off . I picked some green ones today and fried them for supper. I noticed I had some little worms eating holes in the ones that were turning red.👎🏻🤣🐛
@jonathansilver87472 жыл бұрын
"Tomorrow....YOU WILL BE MINE." I experience this all the time in my garden. LOL (Then a rabbit comes buy, or some other creature, and has a feast in the mean-time.)
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Birds will do it too! LOL
@conniebass61954 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing👍🏽🥰
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by
@marilyncapehart6632 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing I know it’s a Old Video 5-25-2025❤
@preachersdayoff2 ай бұрын
You came back from the future to watch this video. I am so honored! ; )
@jenniferduncan44902 жыл бұрын
We’re coming, says the tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅, lol.
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha!
@ocean3746 жыл бұрын
Ahhh tomato I love it very nice rows of tomatoes
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
Our have done pretty good this year. They just won't turn red!
@FeiTongWen6 жыл бұрын
I like a man who knows his onions
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
Food is my only field of expertise
@FeiTongWen6 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, Preacher, but I don't believe that. You cut that tree up, and didn't even hit yourself in the head with a branch. Explain that! Luck? No way.
@deborahsimmons52835 жыл бұрын
Just rinse unpeeled onions with cold water or let sit in cold water for a few minutes b4 cutting and u won't tear
@SiriusSam4 жыл бұрын
I plan on using 1 gallon bag with 4 smaller individual bags to keep inside.
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
Thats a great idea
@SiriusSam4 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff I'm going to experiment with different sizes and chopped. Was looking at another video for Green Onion / Scallion, and they laid out small chopped on tray to freeze 1-2 hour before putting in bag or small container to freeze.
@B44SB662 жыл бұрын
The current opinion on the Internet is that you should not vacuum seal onions or garlic because of the gases that they admit they also claim that vacuum sealed onions will not preserve as well as non-sealed
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Mine were fine. They don’t stay in the freezer long.
@joanv819011 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 soo true happen to me all the time keep saying am goin to label but then.....
@preachersdayoff11 ай бұрын
HAHA I still find stuff that slipped by me
@lennyd13134 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Preacher..
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Jason!
@shayesteh129 Жыл бұрын
عالی بود 👌👌
@preachersdayoff Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mags1272 жыл бұрын
Thawing onions b4 you use from the freezer is something I never taught about watery onions on the pan,can you tell me what to do maybe drain on a kitchen towel b4 using them ?? Thanks very much I love onions 🌰
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Yes or put them in a strainer
@mags1272 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff thanks will do 😊🇮🇪
@TheKonga885 жыл бұрын
Hey, it's you.. I've seen you in Colorado.. 😀😀😀😀😀🙌🙌🙌🐸🐸👽
@TERMIN8TOR992 жыл бұрын
You can reseal bag after you take out half the onions.
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
True!
@leelongeway71175 жыл бұрын
Really great for cheese
@deejacks14 жыл бұрын
Do you rinse the onions after freezing? I usually rinse mine right after peeling. I'm wondering if that will cause an issue freezing.
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
I don't rinse mine and they have kept just fine.
@lorrainestone Жыл бұрын
Hi preacher, how do you freeze garlic?
@preachersdayoff Жыл бұрын
I don't know, I've never grown enough to need to learn that.
@farmertrip3 жыл бұрын
he says about the ripe tomato--one more day, tomorrow you'll be mine, --come back tomorrow and a bird will have eaten on it, lol
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
I've got plenty to share with the birds
@louiseeckert15742 жыл бұрын
Brown or red papery 🧅 skins make a BRILLIANT fertiliser for garden and house plants. Soak a fist full in a half bucket of water for a week, then pull the skins out. (The solution should look like weak tea.) Dilute if it looks too strong. It gives a fantastic burst of growth for about a week. Louise, Australia 🦘
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@kylelusk89946 жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced VI-DAY-Yuh. Lol. Great job sir!
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
I'm from Arkansas! How dare you challenge the linguistics of a superior dialect. lol
@kylelusk89946 жыл бұрын
Preacher's Day Off hahahaaa! I love it brother!
@almightydawnthegreat4 жыл бұрын
Have you tried this with Tupperware? Any freezer burn?
@davidgadbury18324 жыл бұрын
I have got to get us a food saver.
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
My only regret is that I waited so long to get it.
@annwood68124 жыл бұрын
If you don't have a vacuum sealer just push out as much air as possible with your hands, seal the bag almost all the way up, put a straw in the hole and suck out the rest of the air by inhaling. Don't inhale an onion piece; that would be bad.
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
Haha yep that will work
@annwood68124 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff My straw takes up so little counter space! :-)
@IMBIue5 жыл бұрын
How long do these chopped onions last in the freezer from your experience ?
@preachersdayoff5 жыл бұрын
We are some last week and I couldn't tell they had been frozen for a year. If you're cooking with them I'd say a year.
@dorothyadams75944 жыл бұрын
Ad ised in other site to saute onions before freezing...
@alaistermclellan67104 жыл бұрын
awesome cheers!
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@andyreid83472 жыл бұрын
so whats the tip then for them not stinking the freezer out please preacher?
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
Squeeze the air out and make sure the bag is sealed. I never smell them in the freezer.
@andyreid83472 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff thanks for getting back to me
@rickknight8950 Жыл бұрын
you do not say what size to cut the onions .
@preachersdayoff Жыл бұрын
What ever size you need
@tatuanui4 жыл бұрын
The "sliced" onions - did he freeze them just cut in half?
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
No, sliced in rings
@bestill76985 жыл бұрын
Can this work for onion salad
@lilidoucet2 жыл бұрын
I had leaned that vacuum sealing onions is dangeroous and it is not recommended. Your comments please.
@preachersdayoff2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard this.
@lilidoucet2 жыл бұрын
@@preachersdayoff . You can certainly freeze it just not vacuum sealed. It
@luzcruz48963 жыл бұрын
How can a vega tele can be in a freezer
@luzcruz48963 жыл бұрын
How Long can a vegetales be in the freezer
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
It depends on how well it is sealed. 6 months no problem, after a year the quality may start to go, but you could safely eat them well after that.
@stevewilkerson39633 жыл бұрын
What about potatoes?
@preachersdayoff3 жыл бұрын
IDK, I've never froze them, they may change colors
@hopenoneya81614 жыл бұрын
No blanching?
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
nope, and it worked just fine
@judimantos9042 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily 😄
@judimantos9042 жыл бұрын
Not necessary
@AnimusZen4 жыл бұрын
No need to label how many onions, just that they're onions -- and add the date!
@preachersdayoff4 жыл бұрын
yep
@HuntinwithHattaway6 жыл бұрын
Had a subscriber ask me to do a video on southern fried wild turkey. The wife put a half breast of one I killed in the freezer and now I can't find it to save my life...Got to write on them bags that's for sure. Mater sammich for you coming up I reckon! I don't eat maters, I know you probably think I don't eat no vegetables... No Kraut, no maters, I'm just a pure communist huh?
@preachersdayoff6 жыл бұрын
hahaha I've learned to label the hard way myself. I'm mainly a meat eater and I only use vegetables for seasoning.