Stringing Green Beans - Page 3

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I'd like to have been paid for all the bushels of green beans I've picked, strung, washed, canned, and eaten.

Back when my farm grandmother was canning beans on the wood fired cookstove, I was happily playing in soap suds, washing jars in a wash tub in the backyard; my little hands fit perfectly into those quart jars to wash the deep bottoms. My aunt would bring a dish pan to collect the clean soapy jars, rinse them in the kitchen sink, and have them filled and ready to go in the canner as soon as it was emptied.

My family grew pole beans; some were planted with the corn, and grew up the cornstalk. Others were planted in a cluster to grow up a wooden teepee frame. Kentucky Wonder, Kentucky Blue for sure, and maybe Blue Lake, were the bean varieties my dad, and grandparents planted.

I prefered to grow a variety of Blue Lake bush bean, and in later years, converted my parents to this more tender hulled bean.

None of my family ever threw away the inner beans and just cooked the pod.

4kitties · ‎03-09-2010

I buy green beans from a local farm all summer, when he has them. They do not need to be strung. I just rinse them and cut off the stem end. No snapping or removing seeds. They are absolutely delicious! I do not know what variety they are or how he grows them but they are just the best.

I sometimes find nice ones at the grocery and I have recently been roasting them in the oven. Drizzle with a bit of olive oil, toss and then spread them in a single layer on a sheet pan. Roast at 400 for about 10 - 15 min. Very good!

“I heard the sound I had to follow”
In Your Wildest Dreams by Justin Hayward

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I have never found any green bean that doesn't need to be stringed that in my mind can compare to the old-time Kentucky Wonders.

A pot of Kentucky Wonders with a fair amount of shell outs and some good sugar cured ham cooked in them is my idea of heaven!

To me that is like fine wine compared to 2-buckc Chuck!

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@silkyk wrote:
I love fresh green beans and grow them every year. I like them cut with a multiblade cutter like this one and then just steam for a few minutes or stirfry. Great little tool at Amazon, ebay etc.

@silkyk

Looks like you're making your own French cut green beans!