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Do unopened, dried plums (prunes) freeze well?

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Dan Marek - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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Question

Karen Reed

Do unopened, dried plums (prunes) freeze well?

Answer

So, you know dried prunes typically, you know say about six months and this is kind of a weird thing that you know, I've seen this before on prunes where the USD actually recommend refrigerating prunes instead of freezing them and partly of that is to be able to get you know, you don't want to have any of the frost bite on them and stuff as well. But you know dried prunes typically last about six months just on their own they can last up to a year if you're refrigerate them, but the only last about a month if you freeze them for some reason that's just the USDA standards. So I think that that's probably what I would go with, you know, if you're looking to save them a little bit longer put them in the refrigerator try to keep them sealed as well too, but I hope that helps up very good.

Dan Marek

Director of Plant-Based Culinary & Dev

*Dan Marek* is a chef educator who has been teaching vegan and vegetarian cooking for over 15 years. At Rouxbe, he is our Director of Plant-Based Culinary and Development where he helps develop content, classes and builds courses for many of our partners. Dan is a board member of Slow Food Austin, the Institute of Child Nutrition, and Conscious Capitalism. He has earned his BA in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and holds certificates in Nutrition from Cornell University. Prior to his role with Rouxbe, Dan worked with Whole Kids Foundation training teachers and food service at schools across the country on nutrition and culinary best practices. He also worked as a Healthy Eating Educator at Whole Foods Market’s flagship store in Austin, TX, was a personal chef for some of Austin’s elite business people, taught classes in culinary techniques at Austin Community College, The Natural Epicurean, and Le Cordon Bleu. Dan also regularly volunteers cooking or speaking about nutrition for the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Marathon Kids, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas.