My neighbor Carol had the same problem and she solved it by roasting frozen veggies straight from the bag at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes. The high heat dries out that extra moisture and you get a much better texture, almost like fresh. She also only buys frozen broccoli and green beans, not peppers, since those seem to turn to mush no matter what you do. I figure if you can rescue the texture for ten minutes of effort, then the savings are worth it, especially since fresh bags are such a gamble. Plus you can portion out the frozen bag and it keeps for months, so there is zero pressure to eat it before it goes bad.

Yeah that's a solid point about the jib angle but I gotta say, the crane's load charts don't always tell the whole story when you're working in tight spots. I've seen guys drop the jib too far and then wonder why their capacity numbers look completely different than what they expected. That 15 degrees can change your lifting radius more than you think, even if the chart says it's fine on paper. We had a similar situation in Columbus last month and my operator kept saying it was good based on the chart numbers, but the real clearance issues were all about the counterweight swing, not just the jib. So yeah, messing with the angle helps but you gotta watch the whole picture, not just one adjustment.