Bottled Runner Beans.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 20, 30 November 1928, Page 13

Bottled Runner Beans.

(GATHER the beans when about three-quarters grown. Cut off both ends, remove the string, and slice as for boiling. They can, on the other hand, be preserved whole. Put them in a pan of cold water with half-teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of carbonate of soda to every pint of water, and bring to the boil; Keep the¥a at boiling point for five minutes. Then take them off, strain; then put again into cold water. When quite cold, strain and pack into bottles; shake well while filling them. Mix one teaspoonful of borax and guarter-teaspoonful of salt to each pint of boiling water (the borax keeps the beans a good colour). Stir well, and when this water has become cold, fill, the bottles with it.

PPSGRCCRERRORGERERRSRRRAERSRGCERERSERSRRAREG GRE ERRA? | Put the rubber rings and caps on loosely. Place the bottles in a fish kettle or large pan, with cold water reaching almost to their necks, Bring | to the boil and keep at boiling point an hour and a-half, Take the bottles out one at a time, and firmly screw the rubber rings and caps. Beans preserved in this way will last the whole winter, retaining all the delicacy of flavour and colour they had when picked.