Fresh Vegetables, by the Jarful New York Times, United States - Aug 22, 2008 There is another reason she likes the process of growing and canning her own food. “It’sa good release,” Ms. Brosnan said. “And vegetables don’t talk back ...
__________________ There is room for all God's creatures....right next to the mash potatoes.
But times have changed. Freezing foods are much too easy, more convenient, and involve much less time-consuming prep time for the freezer, unlike with canning! Haha!!
And you don't have to sterilize the vacuum seal bags! Haha!!
Last edited by Bentley Green; 09-02-2008 at 08:41 PM.
No, just freeze fruit and veggies. Very easy and so little time involved.
Yeah, when you're about to freeze fresh fruits and veggies, the only boiling water that you need is for blanching them. And ice water to stop the cooking immediately, which helps retain that beautifully green color in green peas, spinach, asparagus and green beans.
All that back-breaking time-consuming drudgery involved with canning, such as washing, rinsing and sterilizing the Mason jars and lids, taking them out of the boiling water, letting them cool off before you can fill them, making syrup for the fruit, boiling the jars of food to pressure-seal them, that, in and of itself, is an all-day project!!
Then there is always the possibility that something can and might go terribly wrong and the canned food could spoil. Add to that, the fear of food poisoning (botulism) whish is very deadly!!
And you'll NEVER have to worry about botulism setting in, or the food darkening in the jars because it sat so long in the cupboard. My mom and grandmother used to can foods.
Plus with canning, you ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY MUST make sure that EVERYTHING the food touches is impecably clean and sterilized as though you were a doctor working in the OR!! One false move or slip-up, and the whole thing is all shot to hell in a hen basket!!
That paves the way for germs and bacteria to invade the process and all that careful work and diligence has gone out the window!!
With freezing, all of that concern is removed. As long as the packages are vacuum sealed and air-tight or double-wrapped very tightly and your freezer maintains a true zero degrees or colder, your food will keep in the freezer almost indefinitely.
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