On Aug 9, 3:04*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France





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On Aug 9, 11:19*am, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:58:28 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France

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On Aug 9, 9:21*am, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:16:43 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France

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On Aug 8, 10:47*pm, "Christina Websell"
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"Gordon H" wrote in message

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Now that I am picking more beans than I can eat, I have to resort to
freezing some for later use.

I have Googled and found as many contradictions about precise methods as
there are pairs of contributors. * *;-)

From a consensus, I propose to wash and slice diagonally into 1/2 " wide
pieces, drop into boiling water for 2 minutes, drop in iced water for
several minutes, then dry and freeze.

The last time I did this many years ago I bagged them after drying and put
them in the freezer. * * When we used them, they were stuck together to
some extent and iced up in the plastic bags. * * *We learned to make up
smaller portions... * ;-)

Today's reading suggests that I should leave them to dry more thoroughly,
and place them in the quick-freeze compartment on a baking tray, rather
than toss them in a bag.

Any comments on the methodology?

It is a given that they will not taste as they do when fresh, but in a
stir-fry with corn fed chicken, some Chinese veg and my favourite
sauces...

My grandfather, who didn't have a freezer, always used to salt them in jars.
He would visit just before Christmas Day to give us some.
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I tried that Christina, many years ago, far too many in fact!!!! *They
were horrid when I cooked them and I threw out the entire stock of
jars that I had, the old type pot sweet jars. *I remember buying rock
salt, and layering the beans and salt but I'm sure I did something
wrong, they were awful.

There is a local Dutch family who made a fortune out of selling salted and
pickled vegetables to UK. They were conveniently located across a canal from the
vegetable auction. The owner thought most of the stuff they exported was used on
ships. I find salted vegetables disgusting too.
I wonder how they were able to sell the stuff?

I asked the old guy who ran the company the same question. He didn't have an
answer. AFAIR somebody in Liverpool imported most of his products. I used to
keep a sailing dinghy in one of his sheds in winter. This gave him the idea to
provide boat storage on his land in winter. By the mid 1970s this was far more
profitable than selling salted veg. to sailors.

I have eaten
cornichons in a light herb pickled water, they are nice but again I
would prefer to eat all my vegetables fresh.

Pickled gherkins are common in Holland and Germany.
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I like them without the vinegar taste. *We grew some last year or the
year before, can't temember but we didn't put any in this year. *Our
veggies are not good and this is virgin land that they are growing
in. *The farmer is going to put a couple of trailer loads of manure on
it in the Winter.

There's something for you to look forward to.
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I was going to ask you to come and spread it!!

Judith