AN INSULATED CARRYING BOX 



INDEX 



If you take packages of food to a locker plant for 

 freezing, you'll need an insulated box. To make such 

 a box, set a carton inside a larger one. Pill the space 

 between the cartons with shredded paper or excel- 

 sior. Seal edges of box with gummed paper and use 

 wooden strips to strengthen and hold box off floor. 

 For the lid, use gummed strips of paper to hold to- 

 gether several layers of corrugated paper. 



Or you can use two wooden boxes or two tin 

 cans, or any other containers you have on hand that 

 will provide 3 to 4 inches of space for insulation. 



Apples 18 



Apricots 18 



Asparagus 12 



Beans, lima 12 



Beans, snap 12 



Berries, except strawberries 1 6 

 and blueberries. 



Blueberries 18 



Box, carrying 24 



Broccoli 10, 12 



Cauliflower 12 



Cherries 18 



Chilling vegetables 3 



Containers, kind of 4 



Cooking frozen vegetables. . 20 



Corn 6, 13 



Cranberries 18 



Darkening, ways to prevent 2 



Figs 19 



Filling packages 22 



Greens 13 



Head space . . . 4 



Interruption of current .... 5 



Labeling 5 



Nectarines. See Peaches . . 19 



Packaging 4, 22, 23 



Peaches . . . . , 1 4, 1 9 



Peas 8, 13 



Peppers 13 



Plums 19 



Prunes 19 



Rhubarb 19 



Scalding vegetables: 



in boiling water. . 3, 6, 0,10 



in steam 10 



Sealing 4, 23 



Soybeans 13 



Storage 5 



Strawberries 16, 19 



Sweetening fruits 3 



Temperature, freezing .... 5 



Thawing fruits 21 



Thawing vegetables 20 



Varieties for freezing 2 



Prepared by 



Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics 



in cooperation with 



Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry 



Agricultural Research Administration 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 



Washington, D. C. 



May 1946 



This publication supersedes AWI-100, How to Prepan 

 Vegetables and Fruits for Freezing 



