Re: [Chat] fruits

2010-08-16 Thread jberlin
Isn't there a more natural way? judy On 08/15/2010 02:05 PM, Jon Bringhurst wrote: You would need to freeze the fruit using something like liquid nitrogen or a dry ice and ethanol before you store it in your home freezer. Your home freezer doesn't freeze the fruit fast enough and the

Re: [Chat] fruits

2010-08-16 Thread Jonathan Bringhurst
Not really. Learning how your fruit is processed is a good way to motivate yourself to buy local btw. :) Jon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 16, 2010, at 1:49 PM, jberlin jdy...@verizon.net wrote: Isn't there a more natural way? judy On 08/15/2010 02:05 PM, Jon Bringhurst wrote: You

Re: [Chat] fruits

2010-08-16 Thread Kathleen Wilsbach
I think the more natural ways would be canning and dehydrating. Plenty of info is available on the internet about both methods. I've never done either myself but I don't grow my own fruit. Little fruits like blueberries and raspberries freeze better but even they are not the same when thawed out.

Re: [Chat] Chat Digest, Vol 86, Issue 5

2010-08-16 Thread Lauren Redmond
This website has info for freezing peaches or canning: http://www.pickyourown.org/peachesfreezing.htm Lauren On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM, chat-requ...@charlesvillage.info wrote: Send Chat mailing list submissions to chat@charlesvillage.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the

Re: [Chat] Chat Digest, Vol 86, Issue 6

2010-08-16 Thread macnmum
Judy: There are lots of things you can do with your excess peaches to use them later in the year, but preserving them in their natural state isn't one of them. As someone else answered, the cell structure won't hold up to home freezing. But somethings you can do: Peel and slice them and freeze

Re: [Chat] fruits

2010-08-16 Thread jberlin
This is my backyard tree. I want the peaches from my tree. I'd like to figure a way to save them for the winter. judy On 08/16/2010 01:55 PM, Jonathan Bringhurst wrote: Not really. Learning how your fruit is processed is a good way to motivate yourself to buy local btw. :) Jon Sent from my

Re: [Chat] Chat Digest, Vol 86, Issue 6

2010-08-16 Thread jberlin
thanks. I'm tired of the squirrels beating me to the peaches. On 08/16/2010 03:47 PM, macn...@gmail.com wrote: Judy: There are lots of things you can do with your excess peaches to use them later in the year, but preserving them in their natural state isn't one of them. As someone else