Ros Butt wrote in message
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Once again, it's coming to the season of busily freezing excess runners.
I've always blanched them, but I've read recently that there is no need to
blanch. Has anyone any experience of blanched versus unblanched? I'm not
even sure of the reason for blanching.

Any help would be great.
Blanch them because the heat stops all biological processes. If just frozen
they come out as mush. Have you ever tried pickling some; not too bad in
the winter.