Re: [CH] FROZEN HABS

Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Sat, 8 Feb 2003 10:31:19 -0600 

Jim writes:  > I just got one of those vacuum sealer thingies.

Absolutely a great investment.  And great for storing seeds.  The rather expensive bags are reuseable even though pepper sauces will stain them and you lose about 1 1/2" of bag length each time.

Fresh fish fillets will store for a couple of years w/o freezer burn in these heavy duty bags.

Unless you get a model that will draw the air out of canning type jars you will have problems with liquids.  I freeze soups, stews & sauces in cheapo ziploc bags and then remove from the cheap bags and put frozen into the good bags and vacuum seal.    

You can reheat frozen bagged stuff in a pot of boiling water or by nuking w/o hurting the bag.

I use mine for fresh pods and whole tomatoes too.  Wally*World had the best prices on my FoodSaver brand.  

JohnT  



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim DeLillo 
To: 'Fred Morris' ; Chile-heads@globalgarden.com 
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: [CH] FROZEN HABS


I just got one of those vacuum sealer thingies.

And they really work.
I've frozen some hab halves and it makes quite a neat package.
No loss of color, no ice crystals.

I will definitely seal and freeze habs and other peppers from now on.

I have yet to try it for my fresh refrigerated stuff, but it should allow
keeping them for weeks without molding.

<< Jim >>

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
[mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Fred Morris
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 1:39 AM
To: Chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: [CH] FROZEN HABS


Thanks, Doug.  I have frizzed them before, just threw them in the baggie
first, though, and they are good, but don't have the crunch that a fresh
one does - that's what I'm looking for.  Does frizzing them on the plate
first help in that respect?

On a funny note, I threw one from the freezer in the microwave one time
and tear gassed the DW who is definitely NOT one of us.  If she could
have quit coughing she would have killed me on the spot.

Fred the habaneronut