North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>]

We keep fish, game meats, poultry and other animal products for years without freezer burn. A good vacuum sealer keeps any air away from the meats, so there is nowhere for the vapor to go. I don't know if that would work for scion wood, but it's so expensive that I wouldn't try it unless I were going to hold it for several years or the variety were rare enough to make it worthwhile.

---

From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:36:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] frozen scion wood



Alexander Dragotin wrote:
> Steve, the storing scion wood in block of ice is a bright idea but the
> freesing watter expand the volume and the arising pressure in the ice
> block should be considered.
>
> Using freesing the stored scion wood can be dehydrated only if the
> humidity escape. If the stored matherial is closed in a proper plastick
> bag there is no way to loose the enclosed humidity........

That isn't quite true. Again, I can't use actual scion wood as an
example because I have never frozen any scion wood.
However, we do buy frozen chicken breasts in a big zip-lock bag. If we
don't use it all in a few months, there is some visible freezer burn
(dried out areas on the surface of the chicken) and there is a handfull
of ice crystals, much like snow, in the bottom of the bag. Obviously,
water moved out of the chicken pieces and into the rest of the bag, even
though the plastic bag is sealed shut.

Steve
_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites.
Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission!

**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded.
No exceptions. 
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex

File attachments are NOT stripped by this list.
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!

NAFEX web site:  http://www.nafex.org/