Fruits and Vegetables

Food	Preparation	Blanching	Wrapping	Storage	Thawing Time
Food	Preparation	Time	Wrapping	(months)	Thawing Time
		Time		(months)

Apples and Pears	Peel and cut into slices.	2’	In Containers (cover	12	In refrigerator very
Apples and Pears	Peel and cut into slices.	2’	with syrup)	12	slowly.
			with syrup)		slowly.

Apricots, Peaches,	Peel and pit.	1’ / 2’	In Containers (cover	12	In refrigerator very
Cherries and Plums	Peel and pit.	1’ / 2’	with syrup)	12	slowly.
Cherries and Plums			with syrup)		slowly.

Strawberries			In Containers (cover		In refrigerator very
Blackberries and	Rinse and fry.		In Containers (cover	10 / 12	In refrigerator very
Blackberries and	Rinse and fry.		with sugar)	10 / 12	slowly.
Raspberries			with sugar)		slowly.
Raspberries

Cooked Fruit	Cut, cook and strain.		In Containers (add	12	In refrigerator very
Cooked Fruit	Cut, cook and strain.		10% sugar)	12	slowly.
			10% sugar)		slowly.

Fruit Juice	Wash, cut and crush.		In Containers (sugar	10 / 12	In refrigerator very
Fruit Juice	Wash, cut and crush.		to taste)	10 / 12	slowly.
			to taste)		slowly.

	Remove leaves, cut head into
Cauliflower	small pieces and blanch in	2’	Plastic Baggies	12	Not required.
Cauliflower	water and a little lemon	2’	Plastic Baggies	12	Not required.
	water and a little lemon
	juice.

Cabbage and Brussel	Wash and cut into small	1’ / 2’	Plastic Baggies	10 / 12	At room temperature.
Sprouts	pieces.	1’ / 2’	Plastic Baggies	10 / 12	At room temperature.
Sprouts	pieces.

Peas	Shell and wash.	2’	Plastic Baggies	12	Not required.

French Beans	Wash and slice if required.	2	Plastic Baggies	10 / 12	Not required.

Carrots, Peppers and	Peel, wash and slice if	3’ / 4’	Plastic Baggies	12	Not required.
Turnips	necessary.	3’ / 4’	Plastic Baggies	12	Not required.
Turnips	necessary.

Mushrooms and	Wash, peel and cut up.	3’ / 4’	Plastic Baggies or	6	At room temperature.
Asparagus	Wash, peel and cut up.	3’ / 4’	Containers	6	At room temperature.
Asparagus			Containers

Spinach	Wash and mince.	2’	Plastic Baggies	12	At room temperature.

Vegetable for Soups	Wash and cut up in small	3’	Plastic Baggies or	6 / 7	Not required.
Vegetable for Soups	pieces.	3’	Containers	6 / 7	Not required.
	pieces.		Containers

Various Foods	Preparation	Blanching	Wrapping	Storage	Thawing time
Various Foods	Preparation	Time	Wrapping	(months)	Thawing time
		Time		(months)

Bread			Plastic Baggies	4	At room temperature
Bread			Plastic Baggies	4	and in the oven.
					and in the oven.

					About 10 minutes at
Cakes			Plastic Baggies	6	room temperature, cook
					at 100/200°C.

Cream			Plastic Containers	6	At room temperature or
Cream			Plastic Containers	6	in refrigerator.
					in refrigerator.

Butter			In original wrapping	6	In refrigerator.
Butter			or tinfoil	6	In refrigerator.
			or tinfoil

Boiled Food or			Plastic or Glass	3 / 6	At room temperature or
Vegetable Soup			Containers	3 / 6	in hot water.
Vegetable Soup			Containers		in hot water.

Eggs			Freeze without shells	10	At room temperature or
Eggs			in small containers	10	in refrigerator.
			in small containers		in refrigerator.

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