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American Freezing

Appalachia, the Gulf, the Midwest, and the county fair pantry turned into blanched produce, frozen sauces, labeled portions, and low-waste winter food.

blanching, cooling, packing flat, excluding air, labeling, and respecting texture.

cold box
root cellar

Methods

Traditions

Freezing to build from

American reference batch blanched sweet corn

01 blanched sweet corn first shelf 25 min 02 flat-packed tomato sauce winter shelf 45 min 03 freezer peaches market surplus 1 day 04 stock cubes family batch 3 days 05 herb butter logs holiday jar 2 weeks 06 pie cherries weeknight reserve 20 min-overnight

winter shelf flat-packed tomato sauce

market surplus freezer peaches

family batch stock cubes

Open the pantry by problem.

Start with the thing you need to solve: a quick jar, a long cure, a safer shelf, or a batch that makes the season last.

Same method, different pantry

Same pantry, different method

American Freezing

American freezing guide: blanched produce, frozen sauces, labeled portions, and low-waste winter food, safety notes, shelf logic, and recipes from Appalachia,

blanched sweet corn - cold box work from root cellar - 25 min
flat-packed tomato sauce - cold box work from root cellar - 45 min
freezer peaches - cold box work from root cellar - 1 day
stock cubes - cold box work from root cellar - 3 days
herb butter logs - cold box work from root cellar - 2 weeks
pie cherries - cold box work from root cellar - 20 min-overnight

American Freezing

Freezing to build from

Open the pantry by problem.

Same method, different pantry

Same pantry, different method

American Freezing

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