can I freeze cukes or zucchini

[gale]

My last cucumber was only about 1/3 gone before it got gross. I was wondering if I could freeze the slices (of cucumber or zucchini or both) and then thaw them in hot water or something before feeding them to my fish. Has anyone tried it?

 

[Paul_MTS]

I can't see why not, but I think it might loose some of it's nutritional value.

 

[LoachLover]

The cucumber I put in my tank is eaten in 4 hours

 

[Paul_MTS]

you got the wrong end of the stick, gale means she buys a cuke for use in her tanks but only manages to use half of it before she has to chuck the rest of it away, and doesn't want to waste so much.

 

[emo]

You can't freeze cucumber

As you probably know, cucumber holds a lot of water... and this freezes and breaks apart the molecules inside it. So if you froze it, then defrosted it... it would become mush.

 

[Barday]

The perfect solution: Eat it yourself!

 

[LoachLover]

you got the wrong end of the stick, gale means she buys a cuke for use in her tanks but only manages to use half of it before she has to chuck the rest of it away, and doesn't want to waste so much.

Gotcha

 

[LoachLover]

The perfect solution: Eat it yourself!

I agree, be healthy

 

[gale]

You can't freeze cucumber

As you probably know, cucumber holds a lot of water... and this freezes and breaks apart the molecules inside it. So if you froze it, then defrosted it... it would become mush.

How about zucchini? Would that do the same?

I really should eat it too. I don't eat enough veggies.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'm not sure... I know when you slice a raw courgette it doesn't seem to have as much water, but... Why not just put half a slice of cuke in?

 

[gale]

I'm not sure... I know when you slice a raw courgette it doesn't seem to have as much water, but... Why not just put half a slice of cuke in?

The cuke is not lasting too long in the tank, it's going bad in my fridge. I bought a single cucumber for my fish and 2/3 of it got moldy because i don't give my fish an entire cucumber's worth of slices in the amount of time it takes to go bad.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Oooh... do you mean, only 1/3 of the whole cuke gets eaten? I thought you meant 1/3 of a slice.... ) oopsie. im just the twit in the corner, no one important.

 

[emo]

Sorry I forgot to say... you can freeze zucchini... but I wouldn't be too sure if it would lose any of it's nutritional value... but you could always give it a go and see!

It won't turn mushy like cucumber, or so I'm told.




Good luck

 

[Jen]

I have frozen zuccini, and I'm not happy with it. It sorta shrivels up. When I defrost it, it gets a limp and wet looking, and my fish wont touch it. Maybe it's just me though. You can always try and see what happens

 

[ddm18]

Not sure if this is true where you're from, but in Britain you can buy half cucumbers. Obviously it would work out more expensive to buy two half cucumbers than a single whole one, but if you're throwing most of it away, you would be better off with a half.

Of course, you would probably have thought of this if you had seen them in shops where you live, so you probably can't get them, so this post is probably a complete waste of time. Oh well!