11
GB
Fruits and Vegetables
Food Preparation
Blanching
Time
Wrapping
Storage
(m onths)
Thaw ing Time
Apples and Pears Peeland cut into slices. 2'
InContainers (co ver
with syru p )
12
Inrefrigeratorvery
slow ly.
Apricots,Peaches,
Cherries and Plum s
Peeland pit. 1 ' / 2 '
InContainers (co ver
with syru p )
12
Inrefrigeratorvery
slow ly.
Straw berries
Blackberries and
R a sp b e rries
Rinse and fry.
InContainers (co ver
with su g a r)
10 /12
Inrefrigeratorvery
slow ly.
C ooked Fruit Cut,cook and strain.
InContainers (add
10% sugar)
12
Inrefrigeratorvery
slow ly.
Fru itJuice W ash , cu t an d cru sh .
InContainers (su g ar
to ta ste )
10 /12
Inrefrigeratorvery
slow ly.
Cauliflow er
Rem ove leaves,cut head
into sm allpieces and blanch
in w ater and a littlelem on
juice.
2' PlasticBaggies 12 N ot require d .
Cabbage and
BrusselSprouts
Washandcutinto sm all
pieces.
1'/2' PlasticBaggies 10 /12 A t room tem perature.
Peas Shelland w ash. 2' PlasticBaggies 12 N ot require d .
French Beans W ash and slice ifrequired. 2 PlasticBaggies 10 /12 N otrequire d .
Carrots,Peppers
and Turnips
Peel,w ash and slice if
n ecessa ry.
3'/4' PlasticBaggies 12 N ot require d .
Mushroom s and
Asparagus
W ash,peeland cut up. 3'/4'
PlasticBaggies or
Containers
6Atroom tem perature.
Spinach W ash and m ince. 2' PlasticBaggies 12 A t room tem perature.
Vegetable forSoups
Washandcutupinsmall