freezing onions
 

with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?

"hillier" wrote in message
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with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?

Cut up and frozen 'loose' would seem to be the best option, but won't they go
soggy?

I've never tried it myself.
Jenny

On 30/10/04 11:17, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"hillier" wrote in message
...
with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?

Cut up and frozen 'loose' would seem to be the best option, but won't they go
soggy?

I've never tried it myself.

Nor have I but I have seen them in the freezer compoartments of the food
wholesaler we go to, Bookers. It's the only place I've ever seen them and
that was only once. I'm hoping I find them again this week to use in the
Guy Fawkes hotdogs and hamburgers! ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

In article , hillier
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with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?


Onions are not considered suitable for freezing because they lose their
texture on defrosting and because other food in the freezer can be
tainted by their odour. We harvest our onion crops on a dry day, let
them finish drying for a few days, then hang them in nets complete with
tops and roots. They remain in good order until they begin to shoot the
following spring.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 30/10/04 11:17, in article , "JennyC"
wrote:


"hillier" wrote in message
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with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well
does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?

Cut up and frozen 'loose' would seem to be the best option, but won't
they go
soggy?

I've never tried it myself.

Nor have I but I have seen them in the freezer compoartments of the food
wholesaler we go to, Bookers. It's the only place I've ever seen them and
that was only once. I'm hoping I find them again this week to use in the
Guy Fawkes hotdogs and hamburgers! ;-)
They also sell them in iceland.

On 30/10/04 19:59, in article , "ex
WGS Hamm" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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snip Nor have I but I have seen them in the freezer compoartments of the
food
wholesaler we go to, Bookers. It's the only place I've ever seen them and
that was only once. I'm hoping I find them again this week to use in the
Guy Fawkes hotdogs and hamburgers! ;-)
They also sell them in iceland.


Good! Thank you.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

"hillier" wrote in message
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with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep well does
anyone know how to freeze them please ?


Try this site www.myveggiegarden.com follow the links to freezing veggies
it's all in there...

hillier wrote:
:: with a good crop of onions, and knowing they will not all keep
:: well does anyone know how to freeze them please ?

You don't need to freeze them, they will keep fresh for months if you tie
the tops together with twine (about 4 or 5 large onions per tie) then hang
them somewhre dry, you can get onion sacks from your greengrocer - they are
netting bags and are perfect for keeping them dry.

PS:
Don't cut the tops off when harvesting them or they will 'bleed', making
them open to rot and mildew and impossible to dry - when I say 'dry' I mean
the outer skins and tops, the inner will be perfectly fresh even next spring
and into summer, freezing them will turn them watery and useless for
anything other than cooking with.


HTH