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Freezing Runner Beans
Judith in France writes
I used to wash etc., now I don't, I do what the French do and that is pick, prepare and freeze dry, forget blanching. They have been doing this for generations "Generations"? Gosh - just how long ago did the French start using deep freezes? ;-) (Or maybe I'm just a lot older than I think I am) -- Kay |
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes Which leads me to ask, how do you know that the light in your freezer is out when the lid is closed? Because there is no light in my freezer. -- Gordon H |
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On Aug 9, 11:32*am, K wrote:
Judith in France writes I used to wash etc., now I don't, I do what the French do and that is pick, prepare and freeze dry, forget blanching. *They have been doing this for generations "Generations"? Gosh - just how long ago did the French start using deep freezes? ;-) (Or maybe I'm just a lot older than I think I am) -- Kay In the case of Marie-Louise, there are 4 generations using them. Yonks might have been a better word :-) Judith |
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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 wrote: On Aug 9, 9:21*am, Martin wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:16:43 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On Aug 8, 10:47*pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Gordon H" wrote in message ... 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. He was a magnificent gardener.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Judith |
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On Aug 9, 3:04*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On Aug 9, 11:19*am, Martin wrote: On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:58:28 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On Aug 9, 9:21*am, Martin wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:16:43 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On Aug 8, 10:47*pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Gordon H" wrote in message ... 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. He was a magnificent gardener.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I was going to ask you to come and spread it!! Judith |
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On Aug 9, 4:43*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:33:27 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: *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. I was going to ask you to come and spread it!! I was expecting you to stir it. -- Martin :-) Judith |
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from Martin contains these words: On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:33:03 +0100, Gordon H wrote: In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes Which leads me to ask, how do you know that the light in your freezer is out when the lid is closed? Because there is no light in my freezer. Nor in any of ours, Birds Eye stymied... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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You are correct with the last comment freeze on a tray and then bag them up, this stops them from sticking.
www.carreglefn-nurseries.co.uk kathryn Quote:
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes The message from Martin contains these words: On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:33:03 +0100, Gordon H wrote: In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes Which leads me to ask, how do you know that the light in your freezer is out when the lid is closed? Because there is no light in my freezer. Nor in any of ours, Birds Eye stymied... I could put a security camera in the fridge to check, though... The cable could be brought past the door edge. -- Gordon H Fridge-Light Anxieties Driven Away. Special rates for Pensioners. |
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In article , Rusty Hinge 2 writes: | | | No! No! No! | | | | Right. Slice beans (on the slant). | | BIG error. If they are big enough to slice, you haven't picked | them young enough! | | You obviously don't feed your beans. | | Mine are usually picked at around nine inches, and there are no strings. You are jumping to conclusions! I regard runner beans of that size as much inferior to smaller ones, not because they are stringy, but because they are more watery. And feeding them won't help reduce that! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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from Gordon H contains these words: In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes The message from Martin contains these words: On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:33:03 +0100, Gordon H wrote: In message , Rusty Hinge 2 writes Which leads me to ask, how do you know that the light in your freezer is out when the lid is closed? Because there is no light in my freezer. Nor in any of ours, Birds Eye stymied... I could put a security camera in the fridge to check, though... The cable could be brought past the door edge. vox="Capt Birdseye" Shiver me timbers! (And avast behind!) /vox -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes The message from Gordon H contains these words: I could put a security camera in the fridge to check, though... The cable could be brought past the door edge. vox="Capt Birdseye" Shiver me timbers! (And avast behind!) /vox Vast behind? I may be ancient, but I still have buns of steel! -- Gordon H |
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In article , Gordon H writes: | In message , Rusty Hinge | 2 writes | | Shiver me timbers! (And avast behind!) | | Vast behind? I may be ancient, but I still have buns of steel! Is it a blimp? Is it a whale? No, it's Superbum! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Aug 12, 10:12*pm, Rusty Hinge 2
wrote: The message from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: In article , Rusty Hinge 2 writes: | | | No! No! No! | | | | Right. Slice beans (on the slant). | | BIG error. *If they are big enough to slice, you haven't picked | them young enough! | | You obviously don't feed your beans. | | Mine are usually picked at around nine inches, and there are no strings. You are jumping to conclusions! *I regard runner beans of that size as much inferior to smaller ones, not because they are stringy, but because they are more watery. *And feeding them won't help reduce that! I prefer the flavour of larger ones - not larger so that the skins contain toenails and the sides are held together with packaging-plasticbandlike strips though... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I like both, at the moment they are very small as they are not doing too well but last year in England we had a glut, they were big but very tender and lovely with lamb gravy and Yorkshire pudding. I have introduced my French neighbours to that, as a first course!!! Judith |
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