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Today's green(purple) bean harvest. {And a question on preserving} (lemmy.zip)
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First year growing beans, and they've been doing really good. I've blanched them for about 2 minutes, followed by an ice bath. Dried and then put in bags to freeze. First batch I don't think I fully dried before freezing and had a lot of ice crystals in the bag. Second batch was much more dry after blanching, but still had a bunch of ice crystals. Wondering if thats normal, or will reduce how long they stay good?

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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The longer something is frozen, the more the moisture in the item sublimates out and forms into ice crystals. That’s what the “freezer burn” is, all the moisture/water has been removed from the item.