Marilyn wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Anj wrote:
>>> 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
>> Thank you, I'll look into it. Doesn't quite meet USDA standards but has
>> possibilities.
>>> And I'd also like to than you for taking another look.
>> No problemo.
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>> DW was out mowing this morning, again. Got home from running errands at
>> 1130 and she was just coming in. Heat index temperature was slightly over
>> 120F at that time. Got her into a tepid shower, changed to cold, then
>> dried off and rested for several hours. No fool like an old fool.
>
> It gets to 90 here and we don't mow the lawn. I remember those days from
> when my husband was stationed at Ft. Hood in Central Texas during the mid
> '80s. There's a reason we moved back home.
>
>
>
Hood is heaven in the summer compared to the SW Louisiana coast. Pulled
a couple of summer camps at Hood back in the seventies before I saw the
light and pulled the plug.