Food Vid-Drying green beans on a string

Cyclonemom

Cyclonemom

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View: https://youtu.be/u7byCTzaUkY


So, has anyone tried this?

I know apples were sliced and hung, and also some squash.

Never heard of beans done this way.

Very curious to study up on this and other foods this can be done with.

Anyone with stories or experience on drying foods on a string, please feel free to share!
 
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summerthyme

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I did, once. Let's just say they don't call them "leather britches" for nothing! Dehydrated green beans are awful... but better than starving.

Still, with the utter simplicity of canning them, and their suitability to the Tattler canning lids, I'd find a way to can, not dry.

Summerthyme
 
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vestige

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I did it for several years.

In the mountains of eastern Kentucky they were called shuck beans but I am familiar with the term leather britches (breeches locally).

My wife did not particularly like them but I grew up eating them. Our sons ate everything.

I would make strings of them about 6 feet long by stringing them on fishing line using a large needle. I would mix in a couple of cayenne peppers in most strings for both flavor and color. I hung them from the beams in the ceiling.

It is critical to rehydrate them for a day or two in water to make them more palatable and get rid of dust.

A 6 foot string makes a good mess of beans for a family.

Cook down in water after removing from string and season to taste.

I love them but it may be an acquired taste.

Always try to use stringless beans.
 
Sandcastle76

Sandcastle76

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Small thread drift, sorry. I‘ve tried dehydrating the #10 cans of cut green beans to save space…they turned out just fine …. Once dried, I brought them to a boil in bullion water, covered and let them soak as long as needed… if memory serves me right, two #10 cans shrink down and almost fit in a quart jar.
 
oops

oops

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Dad loved them...always let the last pickin go til they were really full...dad would string’m up and dry them either upstairs at gran’s or in the garage...when dry ...he’d pull’m off the string and store’m in a brown paper bag in the freezer til the holidays...I like them...but they are really stringy no matter how carefully you cleaned’m
 
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ktrapper

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I have eaten them like this several times growing up. Best used as an addition to a stew and simmered for several hours and with fresh garlic bulbs and home made butter.
 
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