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Dug potatoes today ahead of Irma....
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1817474" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I take the seeds out, peel it, cut into chunks, put on a cookie tray on wax paper or saran wrap(just makes it easier to get off the tray)...put in freezer and leave for about 2 hours to get fairly hard, then bag and freeze. I use vacuum bags; gotta be quick to do them and get them back in the freezer so they don't stick together... and vacuum bags work best if the product is harder so it doesn't squish it, and they are not too "wet or juicy"... They are best if eaten just as they are thawing... they will get a little soft when fully thawed... but it sure is nice to have something sweet like that and I can take them just a little soft if they are just really really cold.</p><p></p><p> My mom used to freeze them using one of those "melon ball" scoops... she would add them to canned fruit cocktail... made the fruit cocktail colder as they thawed and it was good eating for something sweet that was not "junk food"...</p><p></p><p>Just like the Vidalia onions for the taste, I guess that is how the Pecos cantaloupes are, too... dependent on the soil that they are grown in...</p><p></p><p>The best cantaloupes I ever grew were in the garden that I had kept the pigs in the year before... They had really "tilled up" the soil... and composted all the leaves and mulch and everything... and I guess the manure really made it fertile...</p><p></p><p>When I do my green beans, I drain good then put in a salad spinner to get more water off... then I use the manual thing so it vacuums out most all the air but before it starts sucking all the moisture out and hit the seal button..... or it won't seal right if there is too much moisture that gets sucked into the little chamber. </p><p></p><p>Lots of web sites for freezing cantaloupe...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1817474, member: 25884"] I take the seeds out, peel it, cut into chunks, put on a cookie tray on wax paper or saran wrap(just makes it easier to get off the tray)...put in freezer and leave for about 2 hours to get fairly hard, then bag and freeze. I use vacuum bags; gotta be quick to do them and get them back in the freezer so they don't stick together... and vacuum bags work best if the product is harder so it doesn't squish it, and they are not too "wet or juicy"... They are best if eaten just as they are thawing... they will get a little soft when fully thawed... but it sure is nice to have something sweet like that and I can take them just a little soft if they are just really really cold. My mom used to freeze them using one of those "melon ball" scoops... she would add them to canned fruit cocktail... made the fruit cocktail colder as they thawed and it was good eating for something sweet that was not "junk food"... Just like the Vidalia onions for the taste, I guess that is how the Pecos cantaloupes are, too... dependent on the soil that they are grown in... The best cantaloupes I ever grew were in the garden that I had kept the pigs in the year before... They had really "tilled up" the soil... and composted all the leaves and mulch and everything... and I guess the manure really made it fertile... When I do my green beans, I drain good then put in a salad spinner to get more water off... then I use the manual thing so it vacuums out most all the air but before it starts sucking all the moisture out and hit the seal button..... or it won't seal right if there is too much moisture that gets sucked into the little chamber. Lots of web sites for freezing cantaloupe... [/QUOTE]
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