Esmeralda
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Good idea....I pureed mine and just poured it into freezer bags. I also froze some whole ones that I just throw into my spaghetti sauce. I made salsa so many times, that uses up a whole bunch....I gave tons away to friends and finally I was so tired of going out there to pick them I just finally quit watering them and the plants died. I shouldn't plant so many plants, but in the spring, I get over zealous thinking a few plants is not enough and before I know it I'm way over the number that is reasonable.....
When I gardened, I canned tomatoes and made cucumber pickles. Also made pickled beets. When I had too many zuchinni, I pureed them and kept them in the freezer to use in cooking. I also went out to the farms and picked berries to make jam. At that time I made fresh bread as well.
I bet that was rewarding. I haven't gotten into canning. Freezing is the extent that I will go....but we sure do enjoy the fruit of my labor, when we start reaping the rewards...
There are recipes for freezer jam. I never made it, but my mom did. I learned canning as a child because my mom did it. Mostly she made jam in jars, sealing it in a canner with boiling water. But later on, she started making freezer jam because it was easier. I think basically you clean the berries and cook them with sugar and probably pectin. Then just put them in freezer containers. You have to have a big freezer though, not just a freezer compartment to your fridge. My mom always had a big stand up freezer.
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