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Re: SQFT Spinach - how to store?

At 03:53 PM 5/15/97 -0500, you wrote:

Hey, you spinach lovers,

The "book" also said to start counting the scalding time from the very
instant the spinach is put into the water, so the actual boiling time is
probably closer to a minute

Clark, Texas zone 8


>Hey Wendy & co.
>
>My only reservation on the following "rule of thumb" would be that I would
>hesitate to boil spinach for more than a minute.
>
>Fia
>
>--
>Sophia Hansen
>fia@netcentral.net
>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.
>
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