PROCEDURES FOR HOME FREEZING OF VEGETABLES 



Procedures considered most appli- 

 cable to home freezing 



Preparation: 

 Pull oft outside bracts and cut 

 ot't tops of buds. Trini butt to 

 a cone and submerge in water as 

 quickly as possible. 

 Heat treatment: 

 Preheat iii boiling water 7 minutes 

 (75).!/ 



Cooling: 



Cool in ice water or cold running 

 water. 

 Pack: 



Pack dry, without brine (148) . 



Preparation: 



Sort according to thickness of 

 stalk. Wash thoroughly. Cut or 

 break oft tender portion ol stalk. 

 Leave spears in lengths to fit 

 the package or cut in 2-inch lengths 

 Heat treatment: 



Preheat in steam: 

 Small stalks— 2 minutes (100,183). 

 Medium stalks — 3 minutes (180,183) 

 Large stalks — 4 minutes (100,183) • 



Other procedures noted from the literature 

 review 



Preheat in boiling water (preferred): 

 Small stalks — 2 minutes (54,100, 



158,165) . 

 Medium stalks — J minutes (54, 165, 



167) . 

 Large stalks — 4 minutes (54,100, 



148,158,165,167) . 



Heat treatment: 

 Preheat in boiling citric acid solution 7 

 minutes. Use 1 tablespoon citric acid or 

 1/2 cup lemon juice in 3 quarts water (148) • 

 Preheat in 0.75-percent citric acid solu- 

 tion 7 minutes at boiling temperature (75)- 

 Cooling: 

 Cool in cold running water 5 minutes (148). 



Heat treatment: 

 Preheat in steam: 

 Small stalks — 

 3 minutes (165) . 



3 1/2 minutes (130,148). 

 Medium staJks — 4 minutes (167) . 

 Large stalks — 



4 1/2 minutes (130,148). 



5 minutes (165,167) . 

 No stEilk size given — 



2 to 3 minutes (171) . 



3 minutes (57) . 



3 1/2 minutes (87) . 

 3 to 5 minutes (160) . 

 Preheat in boiling water: 

 Small stalks — 

 1 minute (171,180) . 



1 1/2 minutes (38) . 



3 minutes (130,148) . 



4 minutes at 92° Cor 3 minutes at 100° 

 (74). 



Medium stalks — 2 minutes (38,180). 

 Large stalks — 



3 minutes (38) . 



4 minutes (130) . 



No stalk size given — 



2 1/2 minutes (117) . 



3 to 5 minutes (160) . 



Steajn is preferred to boiling water (74,130). 

 No signiticant difference between steam 

 and boiling water (158,180). 



See footnotes, page 95. 



