On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:53:11 +0100, Ros Butt
wrote:

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.

I freeze mine straight off the plant, never had any problems.
Some people say they have had poor results freezing runners - perhaps
some varieties freeze better than others?

I've tried Red Rum and Scarlet Emperor, using Streamline this year.

Regards,



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