Puester > wrote in
:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> I got caught short on time and ended up freezing some raw
>>> salsa without heating it to kill anything in it off it
>>> first. Mix of canned and fresh fruit & veg with dried
>>> spices.
>>> Is this good frozen for only a week or so, or fine for a
>>> month or more? (At -20C)
>> Nothing is going to spoil at -20°C (that includes your
>> cereal bars.) When you thaw the salsa, the texture will be
>> different (perhaps awful) and maybe the spices will
>> change, but otherwise it will be fine -- for months or
>> even years.
> Do home freezers really go as low as -20 deg.?
that's -20C, which is -4F. standard for refrigerator freezers
here seems to be -6F, from the manufacturer.
my long term storage (non self-defrosting) freezer is -10 to
-12F... and i could get it colder, but what's the point?
lee