So I was finally going to can the beans we grew in our garden today. I got my pressure canner out last night, reread the instructions, washed the jars. I put the beans in the crockpot to cook all night so I could can them first thing in the morning. And then Rebecca got sick. So I can't start any projects that can't be immediately interrupted. So I guess I'll be freezing these beans. I ended up cooking our cannellini beans and some organic northern beans (boughten). It made a big batch...filled my 6qt. crockpot. Not quite what I was hoping for. Canned beans are much more convenient. But it's still better than having to buy beans all the time...cheaper and healthier :) Hopefully some other time I'll actually get to try canning beans. I still have dry kidney beans and pinto beans to use up. And just as a tutorial, I used my
SIL's method for cooking the beans.
Bummer you didn't can them, but at least you got them cooked! :) Canning beans is actually a really quick thing - it really only requires about 10 minutes of active time on your part - just the time it takes to fill the jars. The rest is just keeping an ear open for the steam venting and the gauge to start dancing. I wonder how they'd be if you thaw them and can them over the weekend or something?
ReplyDeleteI don't know about thawing/canning. I'm not going to worry about this batch. They'll be fine frozen...just have to remember ahead of time to get them out. But I have no problems with that since I'm such a planner. Hopefully I'll be able to try canning some other beans soon. I really need to get more comfortable with my pressure canner. I've only used it once, so it'll take me longer...still trying to figure it out.
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