Hello
I have this afternoon filled several jars with raw runner beans in vinegar.
I wonder if any of you out there have done the same. I intend during the
winter to fry these with onions and bacon. I have had no success what so
ever of freezing the beans as they always come out mushy.

So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .

.............................Leslie

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:49:32 +0100, "Leslie"
wrote:



So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .


not tried vinegar but layering with salt in stoneware jars was /the/
way of preserving before the advent of freezers. as to mushiness, do
you blanch before freezing? are you using a freeezer designed to
handle the quantities? using fast freeze?

"Leslie" wrote in message
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Hello
I have this afternoon filled several jars with raw runner beans in
vinegar.
I wonder if any of you out there have done the same. I intend during the
winter to fry these with onions and bacon. I have had no success what so
ever of freezing the beans as they always come out mushy.

So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .

.............................Leslie


I wonder what you did wrong with your method of freezing to make them
mushy. I have frozen raw beans for about 10 years now and they ahve never
been mushy.

"Leslie" wrote in message
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Hello
I have this afternoon filled several jars with raw runner beans in
vinegar.
I wonder if any of you out there have done the same. I intend during the
winter to fry these with onions and bacon. I have had no success what so
ever of freezing the beans as they always come out mushy.

So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .

.............................Leslie


I've never had any problems freezing runner beans - I just blanch them, pop
into freezer bags and freeze.

Tracey

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"Leslie" wrote in message
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Hello
I have this afternoon filled several jars with raw runner beans in
vinegar.
I wonder if any of you out there have done the same. I intend during the
winter to fry these with onions and bacon. I have had no success what so
ever of freezing the beans as they always come out mushy.

So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .

.............................Leslie


I've never had any problems freezing runner beans - I just blanch them,
pop
into freezer bags and freeze.

I have never blanched a bean in me life and still they never go mushy . I
have this theory about not making more work for myself than is necessary :0)

Derek Turner wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:49:32 +0100, "Leslie"
wrote:



So if you have stored your runners this way how were they .


not tried vinegar but layering with salt in stoneware jars was /the/
way of preserving before the advent of freezers. as to mushiness, do
you blanch before freezing? are you using a freeezer designed to
handle the quantities? using fast freeze?

My mother always used to slice and salt them, and IIRC they were delicious.

Mike.

Just remember if you are going to salt them then you should use sea salt or
rock salt, not the ordinary stuff on sale as salt.
Also remember that they must be kept air tight otherwise they will become a
slimy mess.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

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Derek Turner wrote in message
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not tried vinegar but layering with salt in stoneware jars was
/the/
way of preserving before the advent of freezers.

My mother always used to slice and salt them, and IIRC they were
delicious.

My MIL did it and they were horrible in taste colour and texture.

Ah, but you should have sampled the smell and the feel.

Franz

I would have thought it would be easier to make chutney from them


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk