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Dried strawberries. Ah, yes, with my dried peaches, pears, apples and bananas purchased on the quick sale table, I should have a great variety for my trail mix. Can't seem to get a good quality frozen strawberry. Way too much juice. Have tried putting less and less sugar to reduce the juice, but no luck. Any ideas? I am also looking for a good recipe for frozen tomato concentrate to make tomato soup in the winter months. Some I have frozen had very good flavor but was very watery and when I added thickener, it just tasted different and wasn't as popular at the dinner table. Now, I am getting just too many ideas to keep track of. Looking for just the right rocks for my slab bench, got to get more solar lights for the next ice storm and need to dry my fruits for trail mix. You freepers are keeping me hopping with your excellent ideas.

>>>Can’t seem to get a good quality frozen strawberry. Way too much juice.<<<

Commercially, whole strawberries are frozen with blast of air blowing up through an oscillating bed. I do mine by washing, capping and then pat them dry and put on cookie sheets (with rim) or pizza pans and put them in the freezer overnight, then pack into vacuum bags. Since they are already frozen, they do not become mush when vacuuming.

I add the sugar just before using rather than for a syrup pack before freezing.