Getting Ready to Freeze Vegetables

HE-0206 Revised August 2003. Evelyn Crayton, Extension Foods and Nutrition Specialist, Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Auburn University. Originally prepared by Isabelle Downey, former Extension Home Economist—Foods and Nutrition.

Do this the day before freezing vegetables.

Make a lot of ice.
This is how you make ice.

Put water in clean pans.
You can use plastic bowls.
Fill them almost full.
Put pans in freezer.

Get these things together before you wash vegetables.

What you need:

A lot of ice
A boiling bag
A big pot or large boiler with a lid
A big spoon
A big pan or bowl
Freezer bags or jars and lids

How to Make a Boiling Bag

What you need:

A coathanger. Use a clean coathanger. It must not be rusty.
A big piece of thin cloth.
It should be 4 times as big as this paper.
A needle.
Thread.
Scissors.

What you do:

Bend the coathanger in a circle.
Fold the cloth so it will be wider than deep.
Cut the sides so the top is wider than the bottom.
Sew the sides together.
Sew the top to the coathanger.

For more information, contact your county Extension office. Visit http://www.aces.edu/counties or look in your telephone directory under your county's name to find contact information.

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