16 Foods Mexicans From the Old Days Always Froze (You Throw Them Away — Stop Wasting Food)

16 Foods Mexicans From the Old Days Always Froze (You Throw Them Away — Stop Wasting Food) There's a generation of Mexican mothers who never wasted a thing — and the freezer was how they did it. ❄️ Consuelo grew up watching hers wrap, bag and stack away foods that most people today toss without a second thought. Herbs going limp. Half a bag of something nobody finished. The thing at the back of the fridge with two days left on it. In this video she shares 16 foods the old-timers always froze, and for each one the right way to do it — how to prepare it first, how to store it so it doesn't come out ruined, and what to make with it when you pull it back out. 💛 Because freezing the wrong way is why most people gave up on it in the first place. Stay with her — around the middle there's one that surprises everybody. 👀 ❄️ In this video: 00:00 – Why the old-timers froze everything 00:00 – #1 00:00 – #2 00:00 – The one nobody expects 00:00 – #16 00:00 – The freezing mistake that ruins everything 👍 Like this video if your mom or abuela had a freezer full of little packages — and tell us in the comments: what does YOUR family always freeze? 🔔 Subscribe for more everyday wisdom from a Mexican kitchen. ⚠️ Food safety note: freeze food while it's still fresh, not to rescue something already going bad — freezing stops bacteria from growing but doesn't kill what's already there. Cool cooked food before freezing, label everything with the date, thaw in the refrigerator rather than on the counter, and don't refreeze anything that has fully thawed. For informational purposes only. #FoodStorage #FreezerTips #FoodWaste #MexicanKitchen #FrugalLiving #MealPrep #SaveMoney #CookingTips #AbuelaWisdom #NoWasteCooking