It's peach season folks and the three boxes of peaches we have in the classroom fridges are deteriorating!!!! So it is time for Putting Them Up! (Putting Up something is when you process it some way in order to get a longer life from an item) When Putting Up something, you could can them - which takes a lot of equipment and work and time, but does produce yummy things OR you could freeze them - my preferred method of dealing with fresh seasonal fruit to keep them a long time and enjoy their tasty goodness for months to come. Freezing is relatively quick and does not involve any specialty kitchen gadgets. Before freezing, one has to BLANCH them - learn how to BLANCH HERE.
After your peaches are blanched and peeled, simply slice and place on a cookie sheet. Freeze on the cookie sheet for up to a day, then drop the frozen peaches into bags or containers and put back into the freezer. Freezing them on a tray first allows each slice to freeze on its own verses attached to other slices, this makes them easier to pull out of the freezer and use later.
Have fun Putting Up!
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