Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh hrgh- quality vegetables picked when barely mature For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after pickrng Wash In cold water, sort and cut Into approprrate srzes 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
Make sure store wrappings are motsture and va- por proof If not,
wraps recommended under “PackagIng”
Freezing Cooked
Cool as rapidly as possrble and freeze at once Liquid or
ommended containers with
Freezing Baked Goods
In recommended material Thaw In wrapping Un- baked yeast breads can be frozen after the first rrsrng Punch down, wrap and freeze
Bake cookies as usual Cool and freeze on trays.
then pack In recommended freezer bags or car- tons Unbaked cookres may be dropped, molded or rolled and frozen on cookie trays Store In bag or carton bake without thawing
Fruit pres are best frozen unbaked Bake without
thawing Bake pecan and similar pies before freezing rich fillings do not freeze solid cut steam vents In top crusts when ready to bake
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