Some things you can easily buy fresh, but having them frozen is a convenient way to have them on hand in the kitchen. Other things like ice cream can only live in the freezer.

There are so many pre-packed products to fill up your freezer, when I was growing up there were always burgers and pizza in there and a big bag of beef mince. Of course there were loads of frozen veggies in there too, even though we would usually get fresh vegetables. The idea was you could get a full meal from the freezer at any time.

Fish is great from the freezer, it’s funny that most people don’t realise that the “fresh” fish they get at the supermarket (or anywhere else for that matter) is frozen on the boat on the way back to port…they display it on ice for a reason!

One of my favourites is fish fingers. They are one of those childhood favourites which is a hard thing to let go of. Slap them between two slices of bread with a dollop of tomato ketchup and I’m a happy man.

Another thing I like from the freezer is sesame seed burger buns. They are perfect for when you have a planned or impromptu barbeque!

With so many freezer foods from whole chickens and legs of lamb, from sweet little snacks to full on deserts, it becomes a hard choice to pick a favourite from them all.

For me I am going to give a pretty boring answer – it’s peas. I go with the consensus that frozen peas are better than fresh. Fresh peas start to lose their sweetness the second they are picked. It also then takes an age to shell them when you get them home. Whereas peas which are frozen within minutes of being picked not only taste better and are much more convenient.

Remember to share what your favourite freezer food is in the comment below!

Michael Robinson

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That unmistakable plinky-plonky music takes you back to another world and instantly gets you excited…even as a grown up!

This particular van wittily plays the Monty Python theme (as a child my local one played the match of the day tune) and blasted it through my front room as it pulled up outside my house…and I mean right outside, I could have leant out of the front door and grabbed myself a Mr Whippy (see pic).

Now if today’s kids are anything like my generation, the sound of the ice cream van is probably the bane of their parent’s lives. The minute you hear one in the distance the nagging starts “mum, dad can I get an ice cream”.

When I was a kid I remember the range of ice creams as being incredible. As well as the soft scope cones variants you also got the choose things like funny feet, screwballs and the rockets. Some of them I never got to try, like the outrageously expensive Oyster, despite my constant nagging.

Even though I can now afford the reckless decadence of the legendary Oyster, I always plum for the Flake 99, a true classic and beloved by many.

It’s a little know fact that a certain Margaret Thatcher (before moving into a rather successful political career) worked as a developer for Lyons and played a major part in the creation of Mr Whippy ice cream!

Always a welcome sign of summer, bringing us ice cream on a hot day wherever and whoever you are…God bless you ice cream van!

What was or is your favourite ice cream van treat?

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