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Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh high-
quality vegetables ptcked when barely mature.
For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours
after picking Wash in cold water. sort and cut Into
appropriate sizes Blanch or scald. Pack In recom-
mended container and freeze.
Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks, pota-
toes or fresh tomatoes. All
will
become limp or
mushy. Tomatoes will collapse when thawed
Freezing Meats-The meat you thaw can only
be as good as the meat you freeze. “Drugstore”
wrap in meal-srze packages Flat cuts or patties
should be wrapped individually or in layers sepa-
rated by a double thickness of freezer wrap.
Make sure store wrappings are moisture and va-
por proof. If not, re-wrap meats with one of the
wraps recommended under “Packaging”
Freezing Cooked Food - Prepare cookeg
foods as you would for the table, shorten cooking
tImeI to15 minutes toallow for addrtronal cooking
during reheating Omrt seasonrngs and part of the
liquid. Plan to add them at reheating time Pota-
toes should also be added to soup and stew at
heating time Add crumb and cheese toppings at
heating time.
Cool as rapidly as possible and freeze at once
Liquid or semi-liquid dashes 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 Baked Goods -Wrap baked breads
in recommended materral. Thaw in wrapping. Un-
baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first
rising. Punch down, wrap and freeze.
Bake cookies as usual Cool and freeze on trays,
then pack in recommended freezer bags or car-
tons. Unbaked cooktes may be dropped, molded
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
Frurt pres are best frozen unbaked Bake without
thawing Bake pecan and similar pres before
freezing...rtch frllrngs do not freeze solid. Cut steam
vents rn top crusts when ready to bake.
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