Celery

To preserve the wonderful market celery for winter.  I washed it, stripped the leaves, and chopped the celery.  I blanched the celery in boiling water.  I put the celery in a colander and lowered it into the pot of boiling water for two minutes.  Then I put the colander of celery into a cold water bath.  Then I patted it dry & packed it into freezer bags.  I could have individually frozen the celery on a cookie sheet, but I didn't have the energy for that!  Now we will have flavorful, fresh celery all winter long.