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| String Beans with Potatoes and some just String Beans |
Yesterday was started early for us and good thing it did...the early bird catches the worm
and we caught a nice fat one :o) Our intent was to get some nice skinny string beans from the Farmers Market..and blessed us it was our second vendor, which I could have missed for them being the last ones down the isle...needless to say we were busy as bees, into the night..where the energy came from I don't know but I had it ..and I was sweating bullets :o).but it was well worth the effort...in a close up you can see some string beans and potatoes in the jar and the liquid I used was the bits of country ham that I would use for seasoning in corn bread etc...I boiled it strained it and used it as my hot broth,(I'm such a smart A**) or maybe just being taught "waste not want not".
What you see is a half bushel, the other half was put into the freezer..I blanch them, cool them,drain them and them into a gallon size baggie..this way I take out only what i need.
6 comments:
Looks great, Ginny! You've been working hard and have earned a rest now. They look yummy! :)
Daisy, it had me going :o), but looking at it complete is so satisfying...Ginny
Very impressive! The only thing I like to do in the kitchen in the summer is get a tasty dish of watermelon.
You didn't tell us how you did it? Did you have to use a pressure cooker. I cooked some snap beans and little red potatoes a while back and they were sooo good. Never thought about canning some :)
I like watermelon in the summer and ice cream too!
I also like getting a ready homemade jar of string beans and potatoes out of the food pantry :o) Ginny
Nancy I did a cold and raw pack with the potatoes and string beans into hot jars, added the boiling liquid, then sealed as usual ..(10 lbs pressure35min).
The boiling liquid that I added was some with leftover ham bits that I boiled to get the flavor out of, strained it as I poured it into the jar.with the potatoes and string beans...
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