My mom went out of town and she asked me to pick beans out of her garden as it had been a couple of days since she last did. I probably picked 10 pounds of them last night! They are a little big for my tastes, but I thought I'd try canning them. I have only made dilly beans, and used smaller beans for that. After doing a bit of reading, I see that a pressure canner is needed for plain beans. Should I try to borrow one, or does anyone have any better ideas? I guess I could just blanch and freeze them...TIA

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>My mom went out of town and she asked me to pick beans out of her garden as it had been a couple of days since she last did. I probably picked 10 pounds of them last night! They are a little big for my tastes, but I thought I'd try canning them. I have only made dilly beans, and used smaller beans for that. After doing a bit of reading, I see that a pressure canner is needed for plain beans. Should I try to borrow one, or does anyone have any better ideas? I guess I could just blanch and freeze them...TIA

There are many ways to pickle green beans.

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:57:56 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
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> I guess I could just blanch and freeze them...TIA

I'd pick that option because I'm not much of a canner.

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Dilly Beans are awesome snacks.

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I totally agree, but as they are rather big, I'd have to do them in quart jars! I guess that would be okay...They mostly would get used as Bloody Mary stirrers anyway!