I have personally never tried it, but I know people that freeze it for use in soups, stews, casseroles, etc. They chop it up, saute it a bit (in oil or butter) then freeze in portioned amounts. Because of the water content in the vegetable, if you freeze it raw it will be limp and mushy when thawed, hence the sauteeing (gets rid of a bit of the water). I doubt it would be any good eaten "fresh" if frozen in any form, but for cooking you should be fine.
--- On Mon, 9/27/10, herchelle2000 <herchelle@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: herchelle2000 <herchelle@hotmail.com>
Subject: [frozen-assets] Fresh Celery Question...
To: frozen-assets@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 10:31 AM
I have NEVER grown celery before and right now I have the most amazing celery that I have ever seen...the leaves are huge and the stalks are so full of flavour! I love having chopped celery for my soups and other dishes, but I need to harvest it now before the frost comes. The storebought stalks are so tasteless to me now.
Now...my question to all you wonderful folks is this...can I harvest and chop the celery, portion it and freeze it without any problem? Do I just flash freeze it like parsley? Thank you so much for all your wisdom and insight...love the recipes, and now that my yard is getting put to bed, I can fill up my freezers again.
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