Pickled Green Beans

Canning has been a part of our family traditions as long as I can remember. Each year when the harvest was complete and stored in our cellar, my family liked to be that of giving the final count on the fruits of our work - peaches, pears, apples, beets, green beans, strawberry jam, and .. . . pickles! I liked the pickles.

One day I walked in particular to the cellar. I looked around the room, he was responsible for perfect homemade fruit and vegetable preserves the right of our garden and orchard of the family. But ... I had my mind set on one thing. I carefully scanned the shelves - Ah I found what I was looking for - a bottle of dill pickles, I had canned.

As the bottle is released me, my mouth began to water. These pickles looked so good, I could not wait to get the lid of the bottle.

I finally made it to the kitchen and blew the lid - immediately the smell of pickles preserved house floating in the room - I could wait no longer. Out came the largest pickle and I sunk my teeth into it.

Surprise! My joy quickly turned to despair when my teeth crushed into a soggy dill pickle - not even worth eating! Almost in tears I ran to the mother. What bad thing had happened to my pickles?

With a wink and a half-smile, she started me down Quizzing: "How long have cucumbers marinated wait before? "What was the size of cucumbers that you used?" Did you get them right out of the bath of hot water when he started to boil, etc?

After playing detective for a couple of minutes, she laughed and gave me these important keys:

3 Secrets family home Crispy Pickles Preserves:

1. Harvest your early morning cucumbers and gherkins in 24 hours. The sooner the better. If you start with fresh, crisp, firm cucumbers, you'll have a better experience of stripping.

2. Do not let cucumbers get too big. The best small cucumber pickles.

3. When you process the bottles of condiments - make sure you DO NOT overcook. The less they are cooked, crispier and crunchy they are.

Believe me, I learned a valuable lesson - that I never forgot! Next time I retain my dill pickles, I followed those guidelines religiously. My dream came true - of biting into a crispy, crunchy, baby home from mouth-watering canned Pickles

I wanted to share these family secrets with you so that your experience of stripping can be a successful and happy. Good luck boy love pickles!