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George Shirley[_3_] George Shirley[_3_] is offline
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Default strawberries today (learned one lesson)

On 12/5/2016 11:51 AM, songbird wrote:
> songbird wrote:
>
>> picked a bunch yesterday, so cleaning and
>> making jam or just freezing them as crushed
>> berries.

>
> ...
>
> the berries i picked later in the season
> were overripe and not the best, were even
> sorta fermenting and very dark when i was
> slicing them up and putting them into jars
> for freezing. i knew it was questionable
> but hoped the freezer would do in the
> microbes. instead i got a very long slow
> cold ferment. some jars blew the tops off
> when i went to open them.
>
> none of these were good when i opened them
> up. they didn't taste horrible, but they
> weren't right either. the texture is what
> ruined them for me. spongy and all stuck
> together as one mass. i've eaten some of
> them and they don't upset my stomach, but...
>
> a lot of work for little results. the
> worms will be fed any left in a few more days
> when the rest of them are done thawing out.
>
> i have two pints we'll use up that are
> borderline acceptable.
>
> next year i will know better. i was
> excited last summer because the ones i had
> done the previous summer turned out perfect
> (just what you would expect).
>
> well at least we have freezer space now.
>
>
> songbird
>

What is freezer space? Dear wife makes odd soups and such and puts them
in plastic container and into the freezer with no label on them. I may
have to get her go visit somewhere while I empty the containers that are
needed for food you know what it is. <BG>