Thread: Dilly beans

On 8/5/2011 4:01 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> Gerry picked the first of this season's green filet beans this
> morning, the ones that managed to escape predation by the !#$%&*
> rabbits.
> This afternoon they got transformed into 5 pints of dilly beans. Used
> the Pickle Crisp again.
> Exactly enough beans for the 5 pint jars so, we won't even get to have
> any of the first picking for supper tonight.
> Speaking of Pickle Crisp, just before putting the beans into the jars
> I opened a jar of dilly beans from September 2010 that we'd set aside
> for testing. Very tasty, plus they were still beautifully crisp and
> crunchy. Had to stop myself from eating at least half the jar.
>
> Ross.
And that's the reason I use Pickle Crisp in all my pickles. Opened a jar
of dilly carrots yesterday, put up in 2010, still crisp and crunchy, we
ate the whole pint at lunch.