[Sca-cooks] OT, OOP Preparing veggies for the Freezer

[Johnna Holloway]

Haven't done squash myself.
Take a look at
http://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE266

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/ssquash1.html

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/wsquash1.html

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/nutrition/summersquash.html

Several of these are extension documents so you might also try your own 
state's
extension service and see what they have.

Johnnae

chawkswrth at aol.com wrote:
> As can happen in the Spring, I think I kinda, sorta overplanted. I have Squash...something like 30 plants To say that I am up to my waist in the lovely golden edible gourds is putting it mildly. 
> I have blanched and all before, doing the boiling water bath and sudden icing down method. Somewhere in my sweaty, sunbaked memory, I recall hearing about using the microwave to blanch water-based vegetables, such as Squash. 
> Has anyone done that? And can Squash slices be put in the dehydrator to dry them out a little and then freeze?
>