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Post by dianthus on May 12, 2015 19:28:13 GMT
Runner beans:
I have a Spong bean slicer that I bought in 1978, so just remove top, tail and a thin slice off each edge, with a sharp knife. The bean slicer does a diagonal slice.
Yes I do blanch them for 1 minute once brought back to the boil in small batches, so it is done quickly. To keep them, it is best to kill off the microbes.
I dry them, after plunging in cold water, in a clean tea towel, then flat bag them and lay on a tray. These then get stacked up, and are easier to break up to use.
Just in case any novice cooks want to know how we do it 
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Post by Cherry on May 12, 2015 19:51:01 GMT
Thank you dianthus. I wondered if beans could be put straight in the freezer fresh picked from the plants, but you have answered this with the correct method. |
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Post by sweetpea on May 13, 2015 23:10:39 GMT
Used to do all that but found it too fiddly so now just top tail string and cut and straight in freezer spread out on a tray then bagged up then cooked and eaten.
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Post by Cherry on May 14, 2015 13:45:03 GMT
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Post by dianthus on May 14, 2015 14:50:24 GMT
It will be interesting to see what sweetpea says.
I still have one bag left in my freezer, that I packed in Aug 14.
Mind you, Cherry , we may not find out until he's back from Down Under.
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Post by sweetpea on May 16, 2015 12:26:46 GMT
It will be interesting to see what sweetpea says.
I still have one bag left in my freezer, that I packed in Aug 14.
Mind you, Cherry , we may not find out until he's back from Down Under.
Not gone yet heh heh. Got to keep an eye on you lot. Actually off at 6.30 in the morning. Re beans. they don't last long as they get used up very quickly but when I used to grow a lot when I had the room we were using them well past Christmas and into spring. In them days we had to store in some one elses freezer as not enough room in ours. ps no sell/use by date on home grown stuff |
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Post by Lou78W on May 16, 2015 15:05:44 GMT
I always thought that tomatoes were not suitable for freezing whole.....but they are......last year I had lots of ripe and partially ripe toms, quite small some of them.... I bagged them up and they are idea for popping straight into a casserole. I just used my last bag today for a chicken casserole....yum...yum....
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Post by Cherry on May 16, 2015 16:22:38 GMT
I didn't know that Lou78W. That will be very helpful for me. |
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Post by dianthus on May 16, 2015 17:22:40 GMT
I always thought that tomatoes were not suitable for freezing whole.....but they are......last year I had lots of ripe and partially ripe toms, quite small some of them.... I bagged them up and they are idea for popping straight into a casserole. I just used my last bag today for a chicken casserole....yum...yum.... I've also open-trayed cherry tomatoes but, as they are a fruit and their skins are easily washable, I would have thought the micro count would be low.
I have also cut large pieces off normal toms, discarding core and most of pips. frozen them on a tray, and bagged them up for bolo sauce and casserole use.
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Post by dianthus on Aug 7, 2015 17:01:24 GMT
I always thought that tomatoes were not suitable for freezing whole.....but they are......last year I had lots of ripe and partially ripe toms, quite small some of them.... I bagged them up and they are idea for popping straight into a casserole. I just used my last bag today for a chicken casserole....yum...yum.... I've also open-trayed cherry tomatoes but, as they are a fruit and their skins are easily washable, I would have thought the micro count would be low.
I have also cut large pieces off normal toms, discarding core and most of pips. frozen them on a tray, and bagged them up for bolo sauce and casserole use.
Have you only just caught up with some of your previous posts, Lou?  |
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