Thawing Pears after freezing

[Poni]

hey,

I am not a fan of freezing fruit such as pears, but i have them ripening right now, and some will be too ripe by the time i get to use them. So i decided to pull the yellowing ripe ones out and freeze them until the green ones are ready. hey great idea!

My question is, how long should i have the pears out of the freezer before i use them? 24 hours at room temp?

i will have them in freezer bags, should i just thaw them out in those? How do you folks freeze your pears? there has been talk on here about this, but i wasnt sure if you're raiding the freezer bag isle at the local "jaunt iggle" or just chuckin em in a chest freezer. Btw, i planned to just freeze the pear whole (i already did! too late) becuase i am just milling, then pressing for cider.


okay, thanks!

 

[dralarms]

Just as soon as they start thawing (they will be really soft) you can start the milling process.

 

[Norton]

I freeze them whole in whatever I have available, buckets, bags, boxes, etc.


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[NC-beeman]

I pealed mine & cut them into quarters & then put them into freezer bags. I ended up with four one gallon bags. I am getting ready to bring them out and mix with a one gallon bag of peaches and start a 3 gallon batch of wine.

 

[vacuumpumpman]

I will fill my entire freezer full with fruit ( whole without any bags or such ) until I am ready to defrost and start crushing - and start making wine !!

 

[WVMountaineerJack]

Poni, why are you not a fan of freezing fruit?
NCBee why go thru the trouble of pealing?

WVMJ