Freezing Vegetables-Freeze only fresh high- Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked
quality vegetables prcked when barely mature foods as you would for the table; shorten cooking
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours trmel0to15minutestoallowforadditional cooking
after prckrng. Wash in cold water, sort and cut Into during reheating. Omit seasonings and part of the
appropriate sizes Blanch or scald. Pack in recom- lrqurd Plan to add them at reheating time Pota-
mended container and freeze. toes should also be added to soup and stew at
Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot strcks, pota- heating time. Add crumb and cheese toppings at
toes or fresh tomatoes All will become limp or heating time.
mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once
Liquid or semr-liquid dishes may be frozen in rec-
ommended containers with head-space Casser-
oles and other more solid foods may be frozen in
the baking container If you don?t want to leave
your casserole dish in the freezer, line it with foil
Bake, cool, freeze, lift out the foil package, bag it
and return to freezer.
Freezing Meats-The meat you thaw can only Freezing Baked Goods -Wrap baked breads
be as good as the meat you freeze. ?Drugstore? in recommended material. Thaw in wrapping Un-
wrap in meal-size packages. Flat cuts or patties baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first
should be wrapped rndividually or In layers sepa- ristng. Punch down, wrap and freeze.
rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap
Make sure store wrappings are moisture and va- Bake cookres as usual Cool and freeze on trays.
por proof. If not, re-wrap meats with one of the then pack In recommended freezer bags or car-
tons. Unbaked cookies may be dropped, molded
wraps recommended under ?Packaging?. or rolled and frozen on cookie trays. Store in bag or
carton, bake without thawing. Refrigerator-type
cookies can be wrapped and frozen in roll form.
Thaw only enough to slice when ready to bake
Fruit pies are best frozen unbaked. Bake without
thawing. Bake pecan and similar pies before
freezing ..rich fillings do not freeze solid Cut steam
vents in top crusts when ready to bake.
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