Dilly Bean Question

**llama momma** 8/6/2014, 5:39 pm

I made a double batch of Dilly Beans from the Ball Blue Book, page 56. So instead of 2 pounds of beans I weighed out 4 pounds of beans (after trimming) to make a total of 4 quarts.
I stuffed those jars with all my might and still had 1/2 pound left over.

Question-- is there a trick to stuffing jars?? Or did I miscalculate regarding the trimmed off ends of beans? Any thoughts?? Thanks a bunch.

**camprn** 8/6/2014, 7:17 pm

Nothing is ever perfect. I had some left over beans last week when I was making dilly beans and I just cut them smaller, stuffed them in half pints and canned them like that.

**llama momma** 8/6/2014, 7:36 pm

Ok then, Thank you.

landarch 8/7/2014, 1:38 pm

My wife's grandmother makes perfect Dilly Beans...and the jars are tightly packed with nice straight beans and I can't figure out how she does it...my first try last year was not very good.

I stuffed with my nicest, longest, straightest beans and my jar looked horrible...turns out I used a quart jar when she uses pint jars...duh.

I also blanched my beans too long...the vinegar turned green and the beans ended up way too mushy instead of crisp and refreshing.

**llama momma** 8/7/2014, 2:08 pm

Oh..you blanched beans prior to canning? I called the Ball Blue book 1-800 number and was told the beans go in hot jars trimmed and raw. I did that part but I'll use the wide mouth jars next time. Might be easier to stuff those jars. Be back in a bit to show you a pic of mine..

**camprn** 8/7/2014, 2:08 pm

I don't blanch my beans when I am making pickles. I stuff them in the jar raw and green, with the assistance of a chopstick I pack 'em tightly. The leftover bits I just shove as much as I can, willie nilly, into 1/2 pint jars.

**llama momma** 8/7/2014, 2:24 pm

Well shoot for the first time in 4 years I can't upload a picture!
I get to the place where I host it and get three lines.
But then there is no highlight button to continue. what the heck??

**llama momma** 8/7/2014, 2:32 pm

Try again to post a pic. If it works you'll see the beans rose to the top. Don't know why.

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**camprn** 8/7/2014, 2:46 pm

llama momma wrote:Tyou'll see the beans rose to the top. Don't know why.

It's what they do.

**camprn** 8/7/2014, 2:47 pm

llama momma wrote:Well shoot for the first time in 4 years I can't upload a picture!
I get to the place where I host it and get three lines.
But then there is no highlight button to continue. what the heck??

Did you end up just doing a copy and paste?

**llama momma** 8/7/2014, 2:53 pm

Yes I did a simple copy and paste after going to the search box, poked around and bumped into your old post saying it worked for you. Had to laugh at myself because it was such an easy logical fix.
Razz

**sanderson** 8/7/2014, 11:51 pm

The missing buttons threw me, too!

**walshevak** 8/8/2014, 11:22 am

Glad to know I'm not the only one with floating pickles. My half pints of kosher dill spears look ok, but the quarts and pints of bread and butter slices are almost 1/3 juice with the pickles floating. I stuffed those slices into the jars with my fists (wide mouth jars) and really pushed hard, but still floating.

Kay

mzkobus 8/8/2014, 7:48 pm

My husbands grandmother taught me to make dilly beans, when you pack the jars, pack to the bottom (while the jar is on it's side) and then use a "weave" to stop the floaters, use a couple of shorter cut beans tucked in very snuggly and intertwine the tops. This seems to work pretty well for me. But floaters are really no big deal as long as they stay in your liquid.

**llama momma** 8/9/2014, 4:51 am

Mzkobus
I turned the jars on their sides like you mentioned, but weaving beans is new to me. So you push the beans to the bottom and try to twist them around each other a little? I think I could manage that with skinny-er beans. In my picture above there are too many late-picked fat beans that would resist bending. I'm going to try your method next time, Thanks!

**llama momma** 10/15/2014, 8:07 pm

llama momma wrote:I made a double batch of Dilly Beans from the Ball Blue Book, page 56. So instead of 2 pounds of beans I weighed out 4 pounds of beans (after trimming) to make a total of 4 quarts.

Update. I opened the first quart jar this evening with such great anticipation!
But goodness gracious who eats this spicy, salty, vinegar, cayenne peppered stuff?? Four quarts of beautiful beans, garlic and dill. All wasted. Destroyed. My stomach, throat, and mouth is still burning. Won't be canning that recipe again.

frustration screm

FamilyGardening 10/15/2014, 8:42 pm

...eek!

LLM......cayenne peppered??

ours are only dill flavored like a dill pickle....

maybe the other un-opended jars you could give away as gifts to someone who likes things spicy I love you

(((hugs)))
rose......

Marc Iverson 10/15/2014, 8:58 pm

LM, no matter how hot it is, somebody loves it that way. I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually loved beans exactly as spicy as you made them, if not more so! Heck, after eating hot stuff for a while, some people hardly notice heat anymore.

Where I grew up, even little kids ate eye-meltingly hot pickled green papaya. Me too! Our eyelids would be sweating as we ate it.

Oh well, such a shame you lost out on those beans.

**llama momma** 10/15/2014, 9:07 pm

Yes rose cayenne 1/2 teasp. In each qt jar. Since I never made this before I trusted the recipe because they always say not to alter it. I will gift the other jars like you said to those with tough insides.

I hear you Marc! Thanks for recognizing the loss of beans too. As a beginner it's all hit and miss to go through recipes and find what we like. At the moment my stomach is still smoldering. Whew

**donnainzone5** 10/15/2014, 9:17 pm

A dash in each jar probably would have sufficed!

**llama momma** 10/15/2014, 9:20 pm

I'm sure you're right! But that's what I get for following directions. Grrrr

bmoore49 1/29/2015, 5:57 pm

llama momma wrote:
llama momma wrote:I made a double batch of Dilly Beans from the Ball Blue Book, page 56. So instead of 2 pounds of beans I weighed out 4 pounds of beans (after trimming) to make a total of 4 quarts.

Update. I opened the first quart jar this evening with such great anticipation!
But goodness gracious who eats this spicy, salty, vinegar, cayenne peppered stuff?? Four quarts of beautiful beans, garlic and dill. All wasted. Destroyed. My stomach, throat, and mouth is still burning. Won't be canning that recipe again.

If you want to try Pickled Dilled Beans again, I recommend the recipe from the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Pepper flakes and garlic are optional. Their recipe is only for pints. There is not a tested recipe for quarts. You could cut the recipe in half the first time to see if you like it before making a big batch. I would have posted a link but I just join the forum and I'm not allowed to post links for 7 days. Go to the NCHFP website, click How Do I? Pickle > Other Vegetable Pickles > Dilled Beans.

Notice they use 1 tsp hot pepper flakes for 8 pints of beans.

yolos 1/29/2015, 8:38 pm

bmoore49 wrote:
llama momma wrote:
llama momma wrote:I made a double batch of Dilly Beans from the Ball Blue Book, page 56. So instead of 2 pounds of beans I weighed out 4 pounds of beans (after trimming) to make a total of 4 quarts.

Update. I opened the first quart jar this evening with such great anticipation!
But goodness gracious who eats this spicy, salty, vinegar, cayenne peppered stuff?? Four quarts of beautiful beans, garlic and dill. All wasted. Destroyed. My stomach, throat, and mouth is still burning. Won't be canning that recipe again.

If you want to try Pickled Dilled Beans again, I recommend the recipe from the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Pepper flakes and garlic are optional. Their recipe is only for pints. There is not a tested recipe for quarts. You could cut the recipe in half the first time to see if you like it before making a big batch. I would have posted a link but I just join the forum and I'm not allowed to post links for 7 days. Go to the NCHFP website, click How Do I? Pickle > Other Vegetable Pickles > Dilled Beans.

Notice they use 1 tsp hot pepper flakes for 8 pints of beans.

BMoore - I navigated to the NCHFP website to read the recipe for dilly beans. I have a question. They mention boiling water canner. Is this the boiling water bath method and not using a pressure canner. They do not mention pressure, so I am assuming it is only boiling water and not pressure canned. Is that correct.

bmoore49 1/29/2015, 8:43 pm

yolos wrote:
bmoore49 wrote:
llama momma wrote:
llama momma wrote:I made a double batch of Dilly Beans from the Ball Blue Book, page 56. So instead of 2 pounds of beans I weighed out 4 pounds of beans (after trimming) to make a total of 4 quarts.

Update. I opened the first quart jar this evening with such great anticipation!
But goodness gracious who eats this spicy, salty, vinegar, cayenne peppered stuff?? Four quarts of beautiful beans, garlic and dill. All wasted. Destroyed. My stomach, throat, and mouth is still burning. Won't be canning that recipe again.

If you want to try Pickled Dilled Beans again, I recommend the recipe from the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Pepper flakes and garlic are optional. Their recipe is only for pints. There is not a tested recipe for quarts. You could cut the recipe in half the first time to see if you like it before making a big batch. I would have posted a link but I just join the forum and I'm not allowed to post links for 7 days. Go to the NCHFP website, click How Do I? Pickle > Other Vegetable Pickles > Dilled Beans.

Notice they use 1 tsp hot pepper flakes for 8 pints of beans.

BMoore - I navigated to the NCHFP website to read the recipe for dilly beans. I have a question. They mention boiling water canner. Is this the boiling water bath method and not using a pressure canner. They do not mention pressure, so I am assuming it is only boiling water and not pressure canned. Is that correct.

Boiling water canner, boiling water bath method, same thing.

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