Uncooking in the freezer

[Thick]

What happens to a carrot, celery, onion, bell pepper when you freeze it? Does it tenderize them by changing the texture?

I'm not planning on doing this everyday, as I know that some nutrition is lost--I'm just thinking about making some raw gumbo and wondering what your experiences are with freezing & texture issues.

What texture changes have you seen with putting fresh foods in the freezer?

[Thick]

And not just these vegetables, I mean all around what has your freezer done lately?

[Veganforlife]

well, I gave my stove to my dtr. and have a full size freezer in its place. it houses my berries, dates, nuts, seeds, grains, and various dishes I've made in advance. Like Alissa's calzones freeze well as do crackers, onion bread, bananas in their peels (to thaw place in jar w/ luke warm water - they don't turn brown and peels come right off!), avocados whole in their skins, juices, soups, and desserts.

I love my freezer!

I think it doesn't change textures hardly at all for what I freeze. I also feel back in the day when humans foraged, there were many berries and seeds that were gathered frozen and then eaten after thawing.

Like I said -- I LOVE my freezer! I freeze everything!

::looks around for fur babes::

PHEW! There they are! LOL!

[green jeanie]

my policy, when in question: blend and then freeze

bell pepps and onion i would make a sauce

celery i would make a smoothie

[blaqberry]

::looks around for fur babes::

PHEW! There they are! LOL!

Haahaha... Are the "fur babes" kitties?

[Veganforlife]

Haahaha... Are the "fur babes" kitties?

no. the doggies. A mini wire-haired Dachshund - Emma. a Yorkie - Inga, and Dug 'da Pug!

[ginadj]

I was just researching for onions and plan on chopping and freezing those - seems that they come out of the freezer just fine to add to dishes!!!

[blaqberry]

no. the doggies. A mini wire-haired Dachshund - Emma. a Yorkie - Inga, and Dug 'da Pug!

awww... Cute!!

[Thick]

Found out from rawmazing dot com that freezing eggplant makes it very cooked tasting. I salted and pressed it, then froze it--and wow. I highly recommend it. I wonder still, as I haven't done much testing--what other foods are 'cooked' by the freezer?

[rawviveyourself]

I definitely freeze onions...I'll do large batches of slicing them in the food processor and then portion them for the freezer - makes Onion Bread much easier when they are all ready to mix right in.:)

[anniez]

Found out from rawmazing dot com that freezing eggplant makes it very cooked tasting. I salted and pressed it, then froze it--and wow. I highly recommend it. I wonder still, as I haven't done much testing--what other foods are 'cooked' by the freezer?

I see that this is a very old thread and am glad to see it brought back. I, too, would like to know what other foods are "cooked" by the freezer.

Annie

[DebB]

Found out from rawmazing dot com that freezing eggplant makes it very cooked tasting. I salted and pressed it, then froze it--and wow. I highly recommend it. I wonder still, as I haven't done much testing--what other foods are 'cooked' by the freezer?

Hi Thick ~ What did you make with the thawed eggplant? This sounds really interesting!

In the past (pre-raw days) I've frozen onion and bell peppers. Both are quite wilted when thawed.

Ones that are not all wilted that I know of would be frozen corn and peas. *Ü*

[somelikeitraw]

I read somewhere on this site about someone freezing a sweet potato overnight and it was soft as though cooked when thawed, and reportedly very tasty. Haven't tried it yet though.

[Mindy Sue]

I read somewhere on this site about someone freezing a sweet potato overnight and it was soft as though cooked when thawed, and reportedly very tasty. Haven't tried it yet though.

I tried it and it didn't work. It was like rubber and was disgusting. I wanted it to work, I hoped it would - but it didn't, at least not for me. :(

[TaupeRawMan]

Found out from rawmazing dot com that freezing eggplant makes it very cooked tasting. I salted and pressed it, then froze it--and wow. I highly recommend it. I wonder still, as I haven't done much testing--what other foods are 'cooked' by the freezer?

I am wondering if the salting and pressing is still necessary....or just the freezing is good enough?

[sidrah]

Salting will remove water. I would salt and drain then freeze so when you freeze it you are freezing the eggplant and not all of the water in it. The deforosting fruit mixes with the water and can make it taste off.

[JennaHoneyBear]

I think the chick with the sweet potato had left it in her freezer for more than overnight, something like a month or so as she had forgotten about it

[Thick]

Hi Thick ~ What did you make with the thawed eggplant? This sounds really interesting!

Baba Ghanoush..it was really good..not at all bitter or chalky.

[Raw,Raw,RawGal]

It's been my experience that anything high in water content seems to thaw out rather mushy or wilted. I'm no freezer pro at all.. I need some learning my self!!! :o