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Monday, July 25, 2016

Freezing Green Beans

We have had a bumper crop of Green Beans in the orchard and they are delicious but we cannot eat them fast enough so Lisa and I spent a couple of hours prepping and packaging the green beans we picked to be enjoyed well into the winter months. It is not a hard process it just takes time.  First we wash the beans then cut the ends off the beans.  While this is happening there is a stock pot on the stove boiling water.  After the ends are cut off the beans they get placed into the boiling water for three minutes.  While the beans are boiling an ice bath is made in the sink.  After three minutes the beans are quickly taken from the boiling water and placed in the ice bath where they sit for a few minutes.  They are then strained and placed on paper towels to get as much water off the beans.  Lisa has a sealer machine so she the packages up the green beans into a two person serving size and seals the bean packets so they are air tight.  Once completed the beans are placed into the freezer for future use.  It will be nice to enjoy the green beans that were picked in July during the winter months.
We also started the two day process of making grape jelly but we will save that for another day!  We also trapped another raccoon, that makes four, so Tim and George took the raccoon to the river and released it.  A busy but fun day!

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