Freezing Vegetables ~~ Freeze onlv fresh hrgh- Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cooked
quality vegetables prcked when barely mature foods OS you would for the table, shorten cooklng
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours tImeI to15 minutes to allow for additronal cooking
after picking Wash in cold water, sort and cut Into during reheatrng Omrt seosonrngs and port of the
appropriate srzes Blanch or scald Pock :n recom- liqurd Plan to add them at reheatrng trme Pota-
mended container ond 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 WIII become lrmp or heotrng trme
mushy Tomatoes WIII collapse when thawed Cool OS rop~diy OS possible and freeze at once
Liqald or semr~llquid dashes moy be frozen In rec-
ommended contorners wrth head space Cosser-
oles and other more solid foods may be frozen in
the baking container If you don?t want to leave
your casserole dash In the freezer, lrne it with foil
Bake. cool, freeze, lrft out the foil package, bog 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-srze packages. Flat cuts or patties baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first
should be wrapped rndivrdually or In layers sepa- rising Punch down, wrap and freeze
rated by a double thrckness of freezer wrap Bake cookres OS usual Cool and freeze on trays,
Make sure store wrapprngs are moisture and va- then pack In recommended freezer bags or car-
por proof If not, re-wrap meats with one of the tons Unbaked cookres may be dropped, molded
wraps recommended under ?Packaging? or rolled and frozen on cookre trays Store in bag or
carton, bake wrthout thawing. Refrtgerator-type
cookres 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 rrch fillrngs do not freeze solid Cut steam
vents In top crusts when ready to bake |
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