SC - canned asparagus

[Diana L Skaggs]

At 01:36 PM 2/16/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Anybody know if you can freeze it without blanching?
>
>Dana/Ximena

Blanching stops the enzyme action that causes vegetables to go bad.
According to my canning book, freezing alone slows, but does not stop the
process.  I sort my asparagus by thickness.

Little finger and smaller - blanch one minute
Little finger to thumb - blanch two minutes
Thumb thickness and bigger - blanch three minutes

I don't see much asparagus around here thicker than my thumb.

Liadnan
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