New and grateful South Georgia (Albany ) subscriber ! I watched your video as I blanched and put up my Cream 40 Peas💚. THANK YOU Anna! It was absolutely wonderful to listen to a fellow Georgian on You Tube !!!!

"Retired construction welder". Moved in with Mom when she got lung cancer. I do all the cooking/cleaning. I have a day job and have started learning to garden. I bought peas this year. Growing 'maters, squash, eggplant, and okra. peas next year. I paid $36 for a bushel of white peas here in Abbeville Alabama. This will be my first year freezing and canning. Wish me luck! Great video.

@AnnaVogler

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck on your food preservation adventures! Tons of videos out there that will help you!! Thanks for watching mine! :-)

@michaelgood1576

3 жыл бұрын

In the same type situation. You're a real good man and son!

Thanks for the video. It helped me alot

Thank you for this! I am blanching peas this morning for the first time. I loved your big stock pot and drainer idea so I did that too. It made things so much more efficient!

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!! This makes me so happy!!!! Yea I needed a BIG strainer so I made my own!🤣 Glad this helped!!!

Thank you for sharing! Extremely valuable! Happy Harvest!

Love your video! Your explanation is clear & concise plus your very organized. We’ve recently moved to an area where there’s lots of farms and I will be filling the freezer. Thank you so much🌽🥦🧅

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo much!!! I’m so glad this was helpful!!!!! Thanks for watching!!

I blanch mine the same way, with the exception of the ice water bath. I dump the peas in the tub first then pour in twice as much ice water as the tub will hold, but slowly so the doesn't overflow. Then I pour them out on to clean dish towels with a fan blowing on them so they'll dry. This prevents ice crystal from forming on them. This'll help them last longer and hold their flavor for a longer period of time in the freezer.

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you!!!!

Got 2 huge bags of peas from one of our local farmers markets. So I am blanching peas this morning, thank you for this vid!! And it's a bonus that your from Georgia, I'm in Macon!!🍑

@AnnaVogler

3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME Rhonda!!!!! I’m not far from you!! I come to Macon for work and appointments but live in Fort Valley! There’s lots of peas out in Byron and a place I go to in montezuma. Anyways! Holler at me if you have any questions! Thanks for watching!!!

@debbietaylor1141

Жыл бұрын

I’m from South Georgia, and live in Albany, Ga. Hi neighbor 💚

I just learnt if I place baking soda …ratio for each cup of vegetable use 1/2 tsp of baking soda it will make your greens amazing long lasting Color and there is not weird after taste either. You have to try this you use it all the time once I’ve done it once I won’t do it no other way now and I dehydrate them so my freezer isn’t over flowing. And love love love your home made strainer so have to do that for large amounts of veggies! awesome!! That is a tube with poked in holes right cause I’ve never seen a store bought one like that

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting!!! I’ve e never heard of that!!! Glad you found a cool technique to preserve those peas!!!!!

New sub; fellow Georgian. Good video! Hope you and your family are all well. Enjoy your weekend.

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!!

Very informative ^_^ 'preciate you

@AnnaVogler

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hunt-360

4 жыл бұрын

Very informative! I thought this was a lost art..

@AnnaVogler

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!! Surprisingly I don’t think it is!! At least not down here in the south! thanks for watching!

You don't pour off the liquid, you let it all cool putting the pan in a sink of cold water and bag up juice and peas Old school ❤️

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I do it the way my mom taught me. I haven’t had no problems and it works for me. Thanks for watching!!!

Very good Jawjagirl

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA Thank you!!!

Oh how l wish there was something like this around my area,l have a heart condition,and can't garden,but,l can freeze and can😮

I like your pineapple colander

Can you can the peas after you blanch and freeze them?

The longest you should wait to blanch you mentioned is 1 day. Will they be bad if they go 2 to 3 days when stored in the fridge?

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just my rule of thumb for “Fresher is always better!” I personally wouldn’t go past 2 days. But, I would check the bag. In the video I talked about how to check your peas for freshness at the market. So do the same thing if you store them in fridge for 2-3 days. You will want to check the bottom of the bag to see if you see juice, slime, discoloration. Also, open the bag and smell it. They should smell fresh. if it’s soured they’re ruined. I have a feeling you would be fine up to 2 days, as long as they were picked and shelled fresh when you bought them. That’s why I suggest asking the farm market folks when the peas were picked/shelled. That helps you know how long you got before they go bad. Hope this helps!

@johnhill8046

2 жыл бұрын

One more note I did not get the foam in the pre boil time, none came out.

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting!!!

I bought a fresh bag of black eye peas from a local farm. I didn’t blanch them. Just wash them and froze them. They never softened up when I cooked them. Was that because I didn’t blanch them?

@AnnaVogler

Жыл бұрын

Hi Raja! Probably so. I'm so sorry they never softened up. Try blanching them next time! :-)

I don't know what kind of peas these are but where I live, 6 minutes is about the fully extent you want to boil your peas for eating. Let alone having them already in the pot while it is coming to a boil. I would get pea soup if I did that with our peas. Blanching, to me, is dunking into already boiling water for 2 minutes max.

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

I do this technique for any “white” pea (Acre peas, Zipper Peas, Cream peas, butter peas, Butter Beans, Black eye peas, purple eye peas). I don’t cook them long enough to become pea soup.

@laurensplompen

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaVogler understood, we must have different types of peas here

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurensplompen No problem!!! Have a great day and thanks again for watching!!!

Do you just heat them up when you want to serve them? Or do you need to boil them for a bit?

@AnnaVogler

Жыл бұрын

I actually bring them to a low boil to finish cooking bc in the video here I am just blanching them so they’re not cooked all the way through. So when you get ready to serve them, just boil them for about 15 minutes and taste them to see if they’re tender to your liking. Thanks for watching!!!!

@berlapfamilyfarm

Жыл бұрын

@@AnnaVogler okay Thankyou!😊

nice sharing friend, greetings new friend, new subbr

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing!!!

So you do not fill the bags with water?

@AnnaVogler

2 жыл бұрын

no sure I don’t. ☺️ Just let the peas cool and drain after you’ve plunged them in an ice bath. You should be good to go!!