13 GB

Fruits and Vegetables

Food Preparation Blanching
Time Wrapping Storage
(months) Thaw ingTime
Apples an d Pears Peeland cutintoslices. 2' InContainers(cover
with sy ru p ) 12 Inrefrigeratorvery
slowly.
Apricots,Peaches,
Cherriesand Plum s Peeland pit. 1' / 2 ' InContainers(cover
with sy ru p ) 12 Inrefrigeratorvery
slowly.
Straw berries
Blackberriesand
Ra sp b e rries
Rinseand fry. InContainers(cover
with su ga r) 10 /12 Inrefrigeratorvery
slowly.
Cooked Fruit Cut,cookandstrain. InContainers(add
10% sugar) 12 Inrefrigeratorvery
slowly.
FruitJuic e W ash, c u t a n d crush . InContainers(sugar
to taste ) 10 /12 Inrefrigeratorvery
slowly.
Cauliflower
Remove leaves,cuth ead
intosmallpiecesand blanch
in waterand a littlelem on
juice.
2' PlasticBaggies 1 2 Not required .
Cabbageand
BrusselSprouts
Washandcutinto small
pieces. 1'/2' PlasticBaggies 10/ 12 Atroom temperature.
Peas Shellandw ash. 2' PlasticBaggies 12 Not required .
FrenchB eans W ash and sliceifrequired. 2 PlasticBaggies 10 /12 N otrequired .
Carrots,Peppers
and Turnips
Peel,wash andsliceif
nec essa ry. 3'/4' PlasticBaggies 12 Not required .
Mushrooms and
Asparagus W ash,peeland cutup. 3'/4' PlasticBaggies or
Containers 6Atroom temperature.
Spinach W ashand m ince. 2 ' PlasticBaggies 12 At room temperature.
Vegetable forSoups Washandcutupinsmall
pieces.
3' PlasticBaggiesor
Containers
6 /7 N otrequired .
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Rinse and dry
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