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[getaclue]

Another hint: Greens that are older, can/do get bitter (especially Collards, and Mustards). Boil them for a little while, not completely cooked, then pour out the water they were cooking in, and put fresh water in to finish cooking them.

 

[lovesfarms]

Another hint: Greens that are older, can/do get bitter (especially Collards, and Mustards). Boil them for a little while, not completely cooked, then pour out the water they were cooking in, and put fresh water in to finish cooking them.

In wintertime I've wanted to make stir fry and the store was out of zucchini so I tried the frozen. They were sliced.The seeds were too hard and the flesh stringy. I won't get frozen zucchini again

 

[pennyJo1960]

Like my veggies fresh as possible, I have a huge garden.

 

[getaclue]

Zucchini is easy to grow, and easy to freeze.

 

[lovesfarms]

Zucchini is easy to grow, and easy to freeze.

I moved to a new place last summer and didn't have a garden.

 

[lovesfarms]

This past year my health was kicking my butt so I postponed digging up the yard for another summer. The person before me seeded the garden with grass

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was in lot's of pain always, had a Doctor figure out why,
Psoriatic arthritis.

 

[getaclue]

penny jo, I agree. Growing up, the grocery stores were not like today. Produce was seasonal. People grew, or went to the neighboring farms, and fields to pick what they were going to need for the winter (by the bushel when it was available and cheaper), then they would can, or blanch/freeze it to put up, to be eaten during the winter. That worked with both vegetables, and fruits. Back then, Birdseye had not perfected frozen vegetables, and fruits, so the store bought frozen stuff not only didn't taste as good, but it was very expensive.

 

[getaclue]

Which brings me to another point. The spaghetti cooker/blancher that they try to pass off today, are NOT even close to what a real blancher should look like. The holes should be somewhat bigger, and many more of them, so the food in them are blanched evenly.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh heck ya spinach is great example. Most do not know how to blanch!