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Freeze Fresh: The Ultimate Guide to Preserving 55 Fruits



Freeze Fresh: The Ultimate Guide to Preserving 55 Fruits PDF

Author: Crystal Schmidt

Publisher: Storey Publishing

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Publish Date: July 5, 2022

ISBN-10: 163586447X

Pages: 208

File Type: Epub

Language: English

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Book Preface

Growing up on a small family farm in Alaska, gardening and preserving food have been part of my life since childhood. In my twenties, I became inspired to integrate regenerative agriculture and a more self-sufficient lifestyle into my work and started a commercial organic vegetable garden on my family’s property. A few years into this endeavor, the Discovery Channel contacted my husband, Eivin, and me to be part of a show they wanted to create about living off the land in Alaska, called Alaska: The Last Frontier. One of the greatest gifts the show has brought to my life is the ability to share with a wider audience our passion for living a healthier, more self-sufficient lifestyle in which we give back to the earth and humanity more than we take (not a small feat). I have always believed that it is important to feel connected to where our food comes from. When we do, I believe our own health and the wellbeing of our community are positively impacted. You could say that food and health are my faith and devotion.

Crystal has been such an inspiration to me, prompting me to try many new things. She truly embodies the homesteading spirit and is always willing to share her knowledge in a way that’s easy to understand and approachable. Her love of heirloom beans is contagious and is what sparked our social media friendship. I am now obsessed with growing her beans in Alaska, which, let me tell you, is not easy in our short growing season! It is so neat to trade resources across the country with another food lover and gardener.

As one of the most thorough people I know and an incredible cook, Crystal is the perfect person to write a preserving and recipe book. I trust that if I follow her instructions on how to make anything, it will be successful and taste heavenly. There are few comprehensive resources for preserving food through freezing, and this book fills a huge gap. Freezing is an essential way to preserve food and is much easier and more foolproof than canning. I think the more accessible we can make food processing and home preserving, the better.

The techniques in this book will allow anyone to put up high-quality in-season produce, whether they grow it themselves or buy it in the store, to enjoy year-round. I hope you glean as much inspiration and practical knowledge from this lovely book as I have.

Contents

Foreword by Eve Kilcher

Welcome

A Fresh Look at Freezing Food

Freezing Basics

Why Freeze Produce?

Early Cooling Devices

The Science of Freezing Fruits & Vegetables

Essential Freezing Techniques

Steam Blanching

Boiling-Water Blanching

How to Flash Freeze

Types of Freezer Containers

Removing Air from Containers

Labeling Containers

Helpful Tools & Supplies

All about Freezers

How to Manually Defrost a Chest or Upright Freezer

Special Techniques for Freezing & Working with Frozen Foods

How to Make Baked Desserts Using Frozen Fruit

Freezing Produce from A to Z

Apples

Asparagus

Avocado

Bananas

Beets

Blueberries

Bok Choy

Broccoli

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Cherries

Citrus

Corn

Cranberries

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Figs

Garlic Cloves & Scapes

Ginger & Turmeric

Grapes

Green Beans

Greens

Herbs

Mango

Melons

Mushrooms

Okra

Onions

Peaches

Pears

Peas

Peppers

Pineapple

Plums

Potatoes

Raspberries

Rhubarb

Strawberries

Sweet Potatoes

Tomatillos

Tomatoes

Winter Squash & Pumpkin

Zucchini & Other Summer Squashes

Recipes Listing

Index

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