Freezer burn

Along with her regular refrigerator with freezer on top, my Redneck Mom also has a chest and upright freezer. Needless to say, she likes to freeze things. From weasels to milk, it goes in the freezer.

Yesterday while visiting Mom, I asked if I could bake something for a snack. After going through all the options, we decided on zucchini bread. Thankfully, she had some bags of already grated zucchini ready to go in the batter. I told her, if it's freezer burned, I don't want to cook with it. She was shocked and asked why why why? See, we argue over this all the time. She can't taste the freezer burn (or doesn't see what the big deal is) and I refuse to eat or cook with foods that have been burned. Turns out the zucchini was rattling around in a plastic bag, was visibly freezer burned and covered with what I call "iced freezer crunchies."

I know that freezer burned food technically isn't bad for you but that doesn't mean I want to east that nasty tasting food. Once, she tried to slip some past me by not letting me see the meat before it was cooked and then serving freezer burned bacon with my eggs. I had no idea there was an issue with the meat until I took a big bite and quickly spit it out on my plate.

I just don't get it.