Saturday, August 22, 2015

By Shawn Hunter


Most of the crops are seasonal and if someone loves them he or she will seek a way to preserve them and make them available in the next season. Peaches usually ripen during summer. They would be sweeter for use during the winter and this way there is need to get a means to have them obtained from the farm and preserve them in your home usage for future use. Freezing is one of the easiest means that is easy and yet cheap. The following is all you need to know on how to freeze peaches

Make a selection that is worthy keeping for a long period of time. Visit the orchard and make the selection you like. They are known to have varieties that come in different seasons. This also creates a difference in how they taste. Some are sweeter that the others, especially the ones called cling stone and they are growing in the season that occurs during mid June.

What you need to take note of is the selection of the produce that you make. If its unripe it can get bad when you try to freeze it so it lasts for long time. Despite the fact that it will soften, you will not like how nasty it will taste. And this is why the choice made matters a lot. Get one that even at the current moment of picking or buying, it can be fit for consumption.

There is need to have the equipments for use as well as the ingredients ready with you. Make a list of what I required before you start following the procedure. For this instance, the first thing you require is the fruit to be canned. Have a jar funnel ready, a pot that is large enough to help handle what you have, ladles and spoons which are quite large. Have a food sealer that does not allow air inside or alternatively a Ziploc bags used for freezing. A fruit juice may be used instead of sugar.

There will be sudden cooling after the time is over. A slotted spoon is used to move content from one bowl to the next that is filled with very cold water. The skin is lose this time and can be peeled without any difficulties.

Sugar pack is another technique used. Small layers of the fruit are packed in the pint. Sugar is sprinkled lightly in layers that are repeated. A half of an inch of the head space is left and another one for quarts. It is then covered and left for around fifteen minute or until it become juicy. After that, the slices are ready to be chilled.

When you conduct this procedure successfully without omitting or defaulting any of the steps, they are then ready for storage. A wide range of methods are used and it is your choice to go for the cheaper one and that is much easier for you to obtain.

Rims of the container in use need to be wiped. Then seal the bags in accordance to the directions from the manufacturer. Around the lid, use a tape to tighten and label the containers indicating what is inside, date and amount. They can be used for eight to ten months.




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