Freezing Vegetables ~ Freeze orly fresh high- Freezing Cooked Food ~ Prepare cooked
quality vegetables plcked when barely mature foods as you would for the table shorten cooking
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours time 10 to 15 minutes toallow for additional cooking
after picking Wash lrl colu water sort and cut Into during reheating Omlt seasonings and part of the
opproprlate sizes Blanch or scald Pack In recom- ?lqutd 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 sticks pota- heating time Add crumb and cheese topplngs at
toes or fresh tomatoes All WIII become IImp or heating time
mushy Tomatoes will collapse when thawed Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once
Liquid or semi-Ilquid dishes may be frozen In rec-
ommended containers with head space Cosser-
ales and other more solid foods may be frozen In
the baking contolner 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 materlal 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 lndlvldually or In layers sepa- rising. Punch down, wrap and freeze
rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap
Make sure store wrappings are moisture and va- Bake cookies as usual Cool and freeze on trays,
por proof If not, re-wrap meats with one of the then pack in recommel-ided freezer bags or car-
wraps recommended under ?Pockagtng? tons Unbaked cookies may be dropped, molded
or rolled and frozen on cookie trays Store In bag or
carton, bake wthout thawing Refrigerator-type
cookies can be wrapped and frozen in roll form.
Thaw only encugh 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 solld Cut steam
vents in top crusts when ready to bake
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