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Saturday, July 2, 2011
What a Mess!
Are you thinking................what has she gotten herself into this time? :D The answer is............................GREEN BEANS! One of the couples at church brought us a MESS of green beans they had picked! Tonight Tim and I snapped them and I "processed" them for the freezer. The process is called "blanching." Very easy to do, too! Fill a pot 2/3 full of water and bring to a boil. After the water begins to boil, throw the clean green beans into the water (I had washed them before Tim and I snapped them). Put the lid on the pot and let them boil for 3 minutes. In the mean time, fill another pot with cold water and ice. As soon as the 3 minutes are up, put the beans into the ice cold water to stop the cooking. Drain and bag up the beans for the freezer. We now have 5 quart bags of green beans in the freezer!
There were a couple more hands full of green beans that wouldn't fit on top of this bowl. And we ended up with 5 quarts shown below. Thank the LORD for His marvelous provision! I'll have to do some catching up and show you some of the good things I have made from the "fruits" of our veggie garden and herb garden!
I've never been a caner but I like the idea of the "blanching" and freezing! Thanks for the instructions! I might try that!
ReplyDeleteI think I meant "canner".
ReplyDeleteThat's how I process my beans, too. I can other things but usually I freeze beans and corn. We like them so much better that way. I haven't had anyone give me any beans yet this year. I probably won't either since my usual source didn't put out a garden this year. I might need to visit some of the farmer's markets and actually buy them. Horrors! :)
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