blanching green beans

[greensandbox]

My sister gave me some green beans now how do i blanch them and freeze them? thanks much greensandbox

[diane]

How to freeze fresh green beans


Freezing is accomplished in a few very simple steps.

1) Choose the freshest green beans you can find.

2) Rinse your green beans in cool water. Drain.

3) Cut the ends of the beans off. Cut the beans to whatever length you prefer.

4) Put the green beans into rapidly boiling water, cover the pot and time them for 3 minutes. (You can re-use this water three to five times)

5) Use a large slotted spoon to remove the green beans from the boiling water and immediately plunge them into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Keep them in the ice water for 3 minutes. Drain them.

6) If you have a FoodSaver a great time to use it is right now. If you don't, put the green beans into ziplock freezer bags. Make sure you get as much air out of the ziplock bag as possible to help prevent freezer burn.

7) Get ready to enjoy farm fesh green beans whenever you want!




Hope this helps

[rockguy]

I never thought I'd wish for spam I could read! LOL

[KeithBC]

Originally Posted by rockguy

I never thought I'd wish for spam I could read! LOL

They're not that interesting. I've translated a few using Babelfish. They are mostly cut-and-pastes from random bits of text. I think the purpose is to test whether a spambot's account is still valid.

[rockguy]

That could be it, makes sense anyway.