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To blanch or not to blanch, that is the question.

Blanching is the scalding of vegetables in hot water or steam before packaging them for freezing. The vegetables must be heated through to the center as quickly as possible to kill surface bacteria and inactivate plant enzymes. This prevents toughness, color change, loss of flavor, softening and loss of nutritive value.

Blanching time varies with the

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