String Beans
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak string beans in cold salt water for 15 minutes.
Restring beans if necessary and decide whether to break them or keep them whole.
Scald and cool
Tie beans in a cheesecloth bag and scald in boiling water for 5 minutes.
Plunge the bag into cold water to cool.
Jar and process
Pack jars tightly with beans and fill with clear cold water.
Seal jars with rubbers and cook in a boiling water bath for 55 minutes.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- String beans
- The main vegetable; scalding softens the beans so they pack well into jars.
The step that matters
Sealing and boiling water bath processing. The jars must be sealed and held in a boiling water bath for the full time. This heat destroys microorganisms that could otherwise spoil the beans, so shortening the time risks spoilage.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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