I read the other day somewhere that someone freezes the veg she buys fresh. They don’t turn to mush in the bottom of the fridge ‘cause they got forgotten. I was thinking of giving it a go.

Anyone know of a handy reference that’ll tell me how long specific veg should be blanched; if they should be blanched; which ones won’t freeze well and any special requirements for freezing.

And while I’m talking about veg :-) Anyone know how to cook lebanese eggplant? They’re skinny things like leb cucumbers. I’ve cooked eggplant once and it was revolting (salted and everything). But I thought I’d try again with these.

SueBk said:

I read the other day somewhere that someone freezes the veg she buys fresh. They don’t turn to mush in the bottom of the fridge ‘cause they got forgotten. I was thinking of giving it a go.

Anyone know of a handy reference that’ll tell me how long specific veg should be blanched; if they should be blanched; which ones won’t freeze well and any special requirements for freezing.

And while I’m talking about veg :-) Anyone know how to cook lebanese eggplant? They’re skinny things like leb cucumbers. I’ve cooked eggplant once and it was revolting (salted and everything). But I thought I’d try again with these.

I never bother with the salting.

SueBk said:

I read the other day somewhere that someone freezes the veg she buys fresh. They don’t turn to mush in the bottom of the fridge ‘cause they got forgotten. I was thinking of giving it a go.

Anyone know of a handy reference that’ll tell me how long specific veg should be blanched; if they should be blanched; which ones won’t freeze well and any special requirements for freezing.

And while I’m talking about veg :-) Anyone know how to cook lebanese eggplant? They’re skinny things like leb cucumbers. I’ve cooked eggplant once and it was revolting (salted and everything). But I thought I’d try again with these.

Why was it revolting? Bitter?

Sue I just top and tail my beans and bung them in the freezer and the corn is bunged into the freezer straight from my patch. I can’t see any difference in these 2 vegies.

Cauli & broccoli I can’t freeze well to save myself. Tried freezing broccoli without blanching and when I opened the bag……OMG…. I nearly blew my head off:( Gags…… not a good idea.

This link is from my blog……on how to blanch broccoli.

http://garden-to-plate.blogspot.com/2007/08/blanching-broccoli.html

Bubba Louie said:

SueBk said:

I read the other day somewhere that someone freezes the veg she buys fresh. They don’t turn to mush in the bottom of the fridge ‘cause they got forgotten. I was thinking of giving it a go.

Anyone know of a handy reference that’ll tell me how long specific veg should be blanched; if they should be blanched; which ones won’t freeze well and any special requirements for freezing.

And while I’m talking about veg :-) Anyone know how to cook lebanese eggplant? They’re skinny things like leb cucumbers. I’ve cooked eggplant once and it was revolting (salted and everything). But I thought I’d try again with these.

I never bother with the salting.

I never bother with the eating.

:D