Beans Beans, the musical….
Don’t those look pretty?
My farm stand guy came through for me last week. He saved me a bushel of Half Runner Green Beans.
I do grow half runners, but I really only get enough to eat. If I want to put any away for the winter, I have to buy them. I could grow more… but that would be too much work and I’ve already got a 9 To 5 job (wink).
I spent all day Sunday last weekend stringing, snapping, canning and cooling for a total of 28 quarts (plus the large bunch I cooked up for dinner).
That is enough to get us through the entire winter.
Like my corn, I save my canned green beans for special occasions.
How to can green beans.
Actually I am not going to post a recipe. I am going to suggest that if you want to can something using a pressure canner (necessary for canning green beans among MANY other items); that you read a professional canning book.
My favorites are:
I used the instructions from the Ball canning book. And for all you nay sayers, it really is easy, just time consuming.
A few highlights.
Forcing your kids to do the chore you used to hate to do as a kid. Mwahaha
I can taste them now. (and they taste raw…)
Hubby’s great idea! (Don’t tell him I said so) We canned the beans outside on hubby’s old homebrewing propane heater. No heating up the kitchen and forcing the old (and I do mean old!) AC to put in overtime!
Chilling out in the garage until morning.
Hot date!
I’ve got a hot date this week too…
Aren’t they pretty?
July 27, 2010
Posted in: Canning/Freezing, Gardening
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