# Storing pasta sauce semi-long term. (+ other pasta tips?)

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**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-pasta-sauce-semi-long-term-other-pasta-tips/524022 "2010-01-07T12:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-pasta-sauce-semi-long-term-other-pasta-tips/524022/21 "2010-01-07T18:37:17Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> For plastic containers, I believe they make “freezer tape” that will stick to containers, wrapped packages of meat, whatever. Label the side of the container similarly, using the tape and a pen.

They do indeed. Regular tape (e.g. Scotch tape, masking tape) won’t do, either - the adhesive doesn’t stick in the freezer. We’ve proven this (well, with the masking tape anyway, I don’t know that we’ve tried with Scotch tape).

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**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-pasta-sauce-semi-long-term-other-pasta-tips/524022/22 "2010-01-09T02:37:17Z")

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After the goodies are frozen I top off my containers with water.  
The only thing that gets burned is the ice!

CMC fnord!

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**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-pasta-sauce-semi-long-term-other-pasta-tips/524022/23 "2010-01-09T06:23:04Z")

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Funny you posted this - last week I found 2 containers of pasta sauce in the freezer that I froze so long ago, I don’t even remember how long it was. Probably a year. They were each in two-pound deli take-out containers like you would get deli coleslaw in. Each thawed out in the microwave in just a few minutes. They tasted just as fresh as when I froze them. I was very surprised that not only did they not taste like freezer, but they tasted great. I usually use either those deli containers or the heavy ziplock freezer bags.

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