PROCEDURES FOR HOME FREEZING OF VEGETABLES --continued 



Vegetable 



Beets - con. 

 Mature-con. 



Broccoli 



Brussels sprouts — 



Procedures considered most appli- 

 cable to home freezing 



Cooling: 



Cool in cold water: 

 Pack: 



Pack di^y, without brine (148,167). 



Preparation: 

 Wash, peel, and trim. Split length- 

 wise into pieces not more than 

 1 1/2 inches across. 

 Chemical treatment: 

 Soak in solution of 4 teaspoons 

 salt to 1 gallon cold water 1/2 

 hour (158) . 

 Heat treatment: 

 Preheat in steam: 

 5 minutes (40,45,158,163) . 



Preheat in boiling water: 

 3 minutes (38,54,100,160) . 



Cooling: 



Cool promptly in cold water. 

 Pack: 



Pack dry, without brine (38,100, 

 148,158,160,167,171) . 



Preparation: 

 Trim; remove outer coarse leaves. 

 Wash thoroughly. Sort into small, 

 medium, and large sizes. 

 Heat treatment" 

 Preheat in steam: 

 Small — 3 minutes (100) . 

 Medium — 4 minutes (100) . 

 Large — 5 minutes (100) . 



Preheat in boiling water (preferred): 

 Small— 3 minutes (38,100). 

 Medium — i minutes (38,79,100). 

 Large — 5 minutes (38,79,100). 



Other procedures noted from the literature 

 review 



Heat treatment; 

 Preheat in steam: 



3 to 3 1/2 minutes (100) . 

 3 to 4 minutes (171) . 



3 to 5 minutes (163) . 



4 to 6 minutes, dependingon size (148) 



5 1/2 minutes (167) . 

 Preheat in boiling water: 



3 to 3 1/2 minutes (100) . 



3 to 4 minutes (38,54,160). 



4 minutes (38,45,54,142,158,160). 



4 1/2 minutes (167) . 



3 to 5 minutes (40,79,148). 



5 minutes (161) . 



Preheating in steam gave better product 



than preheating in boiling water (5) . 

 Cooling: 



Cool in cold water 4 to 5 minutes (148). 

 Pack: 



Pack dry or in brine (100) . 



Pack dry or in 1 l/2-percent brine (38) . 



Pack dry or in 2-percent brine (160) . 



Pack in 2-percent brine (51) . 



Heat treatment: 

 Preheat in steam: 



Axillary buds — 2 or 3 minutes (171) . 

 No size given — 

 3 to 4 minutes (163) . 

 5 minutes (130,148) . 

 Medium— 5 l/2 minutes (167) . 

 Preheat in boiling water: 

 No size given — 



3 to 4 minutes (163) . 



4 minutes (130, 148) . 

 Medium — 4 l/2 minutes (167) . 



Boiling water is preferable to steam (148) 



