Vacuum packed Wax Beans

Category: My Front Yard Garden | Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:43 pm

I just vacuum packed three one-pound packages of Yellow Wax Beans. I borrowed a FoodSaver Vacuum machine from my cousin and I just love it.

I prepped the beans by first par boiling for 1 minute then into an ice bath and then draining and freezing them on a cookie sheet. This then gave me Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) beans. I believe they have you do this so the vacuum does not crush the food. After that you just put them into the vacuum bags and the machine draws the air out and heat-seals the bag closed.

This was so much easier then the process that I went through to can green beans with my pressure cooker. And after canning like 12 quarts of green beans we did not even like them, they were too much like mushy tin can beans from the store. I really feel that this will give us beans that we will enjoy eating this winter.

Seeya,

Uncle Jabba

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Frank wrote on Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:37 am:

Here's hoping the vacuum process keeps them well Jabba. Mushy beans are generally not very palatable :)

// Frank

Hank wrote on Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:58 pm:

I use our Food Saver for most of my veggies - gave up canning. You will be VERY pleased with the results.

jennid16 wrote on Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:07 pm:

Love wax beans, reminds me of home. Have you ever tried mountaineer half runners, to me the greatest bean on earth. If you ever want to try them, I have alot of seed I could send ya