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Re: SQFT Spinach - how to store?

I would like to add a little.  The Joy of Cooking also emphasizes the
cooling part.  A large bowl of water with ice to dump the spinach in
after you drain the boiling water off.  Apparently this cooling is
important.  The whole process has something to do with stopping enzyme
action in the leaves, which if allowed to continue affects the flavor
and vitamin content.  Has anyone else heard this??

I've done collards, spinach and snow peas and store them in heavy
plastic freezer bags.  They do quite well.
Diana

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>From:  Clark Womack[SMTP:clarkw@KTC.COM]
>Sent:  May 15, 1997 7:44 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Re: SQFT Spinach - how to store?
>
>At 09:03 AM 5/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Wendy,
>Here are the instructions out of the "Blue Book" from Ball Canning Company.
>-------------------------------------
>All greens should be treated in the same manner.
>Pick young, tender green leaves.
>Wash thoroughly and cut off woody stems.
>Scald 2 minutes and avoid matting of leaves.
>Cool and drain.
>Chop or leave whole.
>Pack in "can or freeze jars" or plastic freezers boxes.
>Seal, label, and freeze.
>----------------------------------------------
>According to the book these instructions apply to all greens so I suppose
>that includes arugula.
>Clark Womack,  Harper, TX  zone 8
>
>>Hello, fellow Square Foot Gardeners.  I have been having fabulous success
>>with spinach in my garden.  I planted them 9 to a square as Mel recommends,
>>gave them lots of nitrogen, and have been rewarded with beautiful, shiny,
>>crinkly leaves that are just about ready to harvest.
>>
>>Now the problem...I am now 8 weeks pregnant, and due to the accompanying
>>queasy tummy, have no desire to eat my bountiful harvest!  :-o  Could
>>someone please pass along some tips for successfully freezing my spinach so
>>I can enjoy it later when my "all-day" sickness subsides.  Do you blanch it
>>first?  Chop it or freeze whole?  Can I also freeze arugula, I have a
>>bumper crop of that as well.
>>
>>Thanks and happy gardening,
>>Wendy Nibeck
>>Maryland, Zone 7
>>
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