canning half runner beans? forget it..i'm eatin' 'em!

[ohiofarmgirl]

so here i am with a bucket of half runner beans... and i'm trying to work my way out of my fear of canning..

so now what? can 'em just like green beans? i got a bucket of regular beans too....

any suggestions or hints? i have the instructions for green beans from the ball canning book.

thanks!

 

[pioneergirl]

YOU CAN DO IT!!! I've not grown runners, are they as meaty as bush types? Or I guess "regular"? If so, I don't see why you couldn't can them like the book says. I will say that I tried the boil bath method that Bee explained with green beans (bush type) and with my sweet corn. Both turned out beautifully! I raw pack my veggies as much as possible, simply because to me there is nothing worse than dumping out mush. Or thinking your cooking it when you're just making it gross.

 

[kcsunshine]

What are "regular beans"? Half runners are what we grow in our neck of the woods, that and pole beans. As pioneergirl said, just follow the directions in your canning book. You should try some of the ginormous pole beans we grow.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

ok i'm such a goof - while i was standing there cleanin' 'em i was thinking.. wow we should have these for supper!

so now i'm just making them to EAT! with bacon, of course

the whole bean naming thing is a little confusing for me - i think it depends where you live.

we have something like "blue lake" bush beans, which can also be pole beans... and pole beans can be regular old green beans... unless you have half runners. (which i had never heard of until i got here).

either way - i've got 'em in a pan with bacon, an onion, and some of our pork broth.

i'll have to pick more for canning later - until then... gosh i'm off the canning hook!

(tomorrow. really. i'll do canning tomorrow....)

 

[kcsunshine]

Throw a couple of bay leaves in with them. Just fish them out when the beans are done. It gives a nice flavor to green beans and dried beans, too.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

ahh.. great idea! done!

 

[fisherman]

we pressure can all types of beans,half runner,bush beans,pole beans,I like the tenderette bush beans because they don't have many strings and being bush beans you don't have to deal with having to put up something for them to run on,break the beans,wash and put in jars,add one teaspoon salt per jar,add water to the shoulder of the jar,heat the lids and put on the jars..pressure at 10 pounds for 25 minutes,let the pressure go down in the canner,,remove the jars and let cool,hearing the ting of the lids sealing is music to my ears,,been doing it for years,,

 

[Old Sew'n'Sew]

Fisherman has discovered the difference in beans, half runners have lots of strings, we either had half runners or stringless, whatever the name of the bean.

Plant the half runners with the corn and you don't need any poles, the beans "run" up the corn stalk. I think some people call them corn beans because of this old custom. Although they are not the only beans that have this nickname.

All in these here parts think half runners are the best tasting green bean, with onions bacon or ham and salt and pepper.

My Grandma gave me the job of sewing the half runners to make the leather britches.

They were always hanging on her porch year round. I think she also pickled them in a big crock and canned them in jars.

On my Grandma's farm they were the only green beans in the world, of any significance.

 

[fisherman]

Fisherman has discovered the difference in beans, half runners have lots of strings, we either had half runners or stringless, whatever the name of the bean.

Plant the half runners with the corn and you don't need any poles, the beans "run" up the corn stalk. I think some people call them corn beans because of this old custom. Although they are not the only beans that have this nickname.

All in these here parts think half runners are the best tasting green bean, with onions bacon or ham and salt and pepper.

My Grandma gave me the job of sewing the half runners to make the leather britches.

They were always hanging on her porch year round. I think she also pickled them in a big crock and canned them in jars.

On my Grandma's farm they were the only green beans in the world, of any significance.

leather britches cooked with a smoke cured hamhock..lordy..anyone have the recipe for pickled beans and corn??pickled together makes a fine tasting dish,,gotta have a big hunk of cornbread though