http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/05/clarence-birdseye-the-man-behind-modern-frozen-food/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/05/clarence-birdseye-the-man-behind-modern-frozen-food/comment-page-1/#comment-15217 Pres Sun, 20 May 2012 22:21:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12065#comment-15217 Imho, many "fresh frozen" foods seem better than their "fresh" counterparts. The reason is because the "fresh" produce has to be picked well before it is ripe so it won't rot before it is sold due to time needed for shipping, distributing, and shelf life while on display. Whereas fresh frozen can be picked, packed, and frozen in a matter of just a few hours. It can be at near full ripeness before picking and then frozen to preserve any further ripening. Lastly, many frozen items taste better to me than the picked too early but supposedly "fresh" produce. (this is mostly an urban problem. Farmers enjoy it all) Imho, many “fresh frozen” foods seem better than their “fresh” counterparts. The reason is because the “fresh” produce has to be picked well before it is ripe so it won’t rot before it is sold due to time needed for shipping, distributing, and shelf life while on display. Whereas fresh frozen can be picked, packed, and frozen in a matter of just a few hours. It can be at near full ripeness before picking and then frozen to preserve any further ripening.
Lastly, many frozen items taste better to me than the picked too early but supposedly “fresh” produce.
(this is mostly an urban problem. Farmers enjoy it all)

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