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Peter A

In article >,
says...
> Cell metabolism not your thing, Shel? Freezing does not stop enzymatic
> and bacteriologic activity. It slows it way down, but it does not stop
> it. Thus the limited time that food can be stored frozen, because
> decay/decomposition is not controlled or stopped but only slowed.
>
>

Half right. Enzymatic activity can continue in frozen food, hence the
blanching, but bacterial activity is stopped completely. Living
organisms require liquid water to function.

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Peter Aitken