Thread: Green beans

George Shirley wrote:
> We picked about three quarts of green beans today off our one 26 foot
> row. Washed, snapped, and stringed they're about to get blanched and
> then frozen and bagged in vacuum bags. We also picked three crookneck
> squash and three Ichiban eggplant plus a large green bell pepper. In
> addition we've got a new batch of chard and oakleaf lettuce in green,
> red, and purple, should make an interesting salad. Thinking of
> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>
> George


If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
freezes a lot better. ;-)

Bob

On 5/3/2012 12:19 PM, George Shirley wrote:


> Thinking of shredding
> the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and breads, sliced
> squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't make much difference
> with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>



Exactly. I freeze shredded zucchini and the golden zucchini hybrid
in 2 cup vacuum bags for my zucchini bread recipe. When I remember I
have it, it makes zucchini bread as good as fresh squash does. If you
wring it out well, it also adds an almost undetectable, healthy layer to
lasagna.

gloria p

On 5/3/2012 12:29 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:


>> Thinking of
>> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
>> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
>> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>>
>> George
>
>
> If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
> freezes a lot better. ;-)
>
> Bob

It's nicer at that size if you remove the seeds before shredding.

gloria p

gloria p <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/3/2012 12:29 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>
>
>>> Thinking of
>>> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
>>> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
>>> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>> If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
>> freezes a lot better. ;-)
>>
>> Bob
>
> It's nicer at that size if you remove the seeds before shredding.
>
> gloria p

Then save the seeds and compost the damned zucchini...

On May 4, 12:07*pm, Dave Bslderstone <d...@balderstone.ca> wrote:
> gloria p <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On 5/3/2012 12:29 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> >> George Shirley wrote:
>
> >>> Thinking of
> >>> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
> >>> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
> >>> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>
> >>> George
>
> >> If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
> >> freezes a lot better. ;-)
>
> >> Bob
>
> > It's nicer at that size if you remove the seeds before shredding.
>
> > gloria p
>
> Then save the seeds and compost the damned zucchini...

LOL

Hi All, If I have to freeze zucchini, I cut them into 5/8-3/4 inch slices &
put themraw into Tomato Juice or Tomato sauce to cover. I can then use them
for tomato zucchini soup, spaghetti sauce, or chili. The squash stays firm
when you thaw it out. John

On 5/3/2012 1:29 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> We picked about three quarts of green beans today off our one 26 foot
>> row. Washed, snapped, and stringed they're about to get blanched and
>> then frozen and bagged in vacuum bags. We also picked three crookneck
>> squash and three Ichiban eggplant plus a large green bell pepper. In
>> addition we've got a new batch of chard and oakleaf lettuce in green,
>> red, and purple, should make an interesting salad. Thinking of
>> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
>> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
>> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>>
>> George
>
>
> If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
> freezes a lot better. ;-)
>
> Bob
Eons ago there was an email going around about a guy proud of his squash
crop, zukes if I remember right. Then as the plants continued to produce
he started complaining that the neighbors no longer wanted to see him
coming with a bag. Then the vines took over the rest of his garden. At
the end he used the zukes to build a new garden shed but vowed to never
plant anymore squash.

Looks like we're eating more squash today.

On 5/3/2012 8:35 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 5/3/2012 12:29 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>
>
>>> Thinking of
>>> shredding the squash and bagging them for later use in cakes and
>>> breads, sliced squash doesn't keep well and turns to mush, doesn't
>>> make much difference with shredded used in breads and cakes.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>> If you let the squash get about alligator-sized and then shred it, it
>> freezes a lot better. ;-)
>>
>> Bob
>
> It's nicer at that size if you remove the seeds before shredding.
>
> gloria p
>
Dehydrated squash seeds make nice snacks. Think store bought pumpkin
seeds but grown by you. Squash = pumpkin = squash, all same-same.