On Jul 13, 3:44*pm, George Shirley > wrote:

> > I'm not quite a newbie to canning, nor am I an expert.
*snip*
and freeze my vegies. **I came across an interesting way to freeze
certain
> > vegies the other day and thought I'd get an opinion on it.
>
> > Basically, this method is to slice, quarter, etc., your vegetable and
> > then put them in a triple thickness of brown paper sack (the freezer
> > kind or double lunch sacks) and toss the sack into the freezer. *I did
> > some reading on this and found that unblanched vegies will last up to
> > 6 months, but blanched will last up to a year. *That was news to me
> > because I'd ALWAYS blanched in the past.
>
*snip*
>
> > Does anyone have an opinion on this method? Has anyone tried this
> > method? *If tried, what were the results? *(And I apologize in advance
> > if this topic has been covered before. *I did a search of the group
> > but didn't find any relevant results.)

> Had not heard of this method before Anj, do you have a cite for the
> method so we can look it up too? Sounds interesting.
>
> I do freeze a number of things by slicing or chopping, put on a bun pan,
> stick it in the freezer for an hour, then move the product to a vacuum
> seal bag, seal, mark as to product, then toss in the freezer. Lasts two
> to three years that way if we don't use it all up first. Mostly do sweet
> chiles and okra this way with no degradation of the vegetables. All the
> other stuff I freeze by blanching according to the time table, running
> it through an ice water bath, put it in a colander, then run it through
> the salad spinner, after that it gets bagged and vac sealed.

Thanks for the response, George! I really appreciate it.

Sorry! I meant to include the link the last time.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf25719721.tip.html

And I'd also like to than you for taking another look.

Whew! I am expecting a package and being at the end of a longgggg
lane the UPS and Fed-X people usually just leave it at our front
gate. So decided to walk down and take a look. I know better than
that in this heat! Now I'm hot, dizzy and sweaty and trying to cool
off.

Hugs,
Anj