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Posted: 6/17/2025 9:50:03 PM EDT
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My wife and I grow a lot of fruits and vegetables. We freeze what we can, but of course, not all vegetables can be frozen expecting them to be crisp when thawed. Are there any options like flash freezing for folks like us? |
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You can use dry ice for this. Penguin has some grocery store locations. This link may be helpful. |
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This guy will sell you a pretty nice freeze dryer that doesn't look anything like this video. He also tells you how to make one on the cheap. Making a REAL Homemade Freeze-Dryer! (with a cold catch!) |
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| I found that putting fruit and some vegetables on a cookie sheet into my chest freezer works pretty well. Just make sure to put everything is a single layer with nothing stacked on top of each other. I always flash freeze strawberries this way and then use them for jams and desserts later on. I also will cutup potatoes into southern style hash browns and flash freeze them using the same method. I have done the same with green beans and they are fine even months later. Of course green beans go straight from the freezer into a pan. |
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