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Pickled Green Beans Are a Great Treat

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Although pickled cucumbers are the most common, pickled green beans are an appetizing alternative when you decide to make pickles. Green beans are among the easiest to grow in any garden making pickled green beans an easy, ready treat. Green beans are known by many names like French beans, snap beans or string beans. You can find green beans almost everywhere and they are sold fresh, canned or frozen.

Green beans are served in a wide variety of ways. They are boiled, steamed, stir-fried or baked. Known for their fleshiness and sweet flavor, green beans are a favorite addition to many dishes. And then, there are pickled green beans which can be a novel way of enjoying this ubiquitous food.

Making pickled green beans is rather simple. You need very few materials and a little time. The process of making pickled green beans does not differ much from that of pickling other fruits like cucumbers. You will need a pot and jars in addition to herbs and spices to add flavor to your pickled green beans.

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How to Make Homemade Pickles

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Homemade pickles rank right up there with homemade apple pie when it comes to food that makes you homesick. Although pickling is primarily a favorite way to preserve food, you can make pickles and have a delicious, nutritious way to liven up a meal. Served with a main course of meat or fish, or with bread and butter, pickles can add a salty or sour counterpoint to most dishes. As a bonus, when you make pickles you add B vitamins to your diet making them a nutritious supplement.

Pickling is basically preserving food in a salt and water solution, or in vinegar. Some countries make pickles by adding edible oils to the vinegar. Herbs and spices are also sometimes added for taste. The food to be pickled does not need to be completely sterile. How acidic or salty the solution is will dictate the final flavor of the pickle.

You can easily buy ready to eat pickles in a supermarket. However, the experience of making your very own homemade pickles can give them an added zest. Pickles are easy and inexpensive to make. You can pickle cucumbers (which are the most common ones), cauliflowers, onions, gherkins, green beans, jalapeño peppers and many more. Here’s a simple way to make your own homemade pickles.

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7 Easy Steps to Make Pickles

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There’s an easy way to make pickles and it won’t cost you much either. You can pickle a lot of produce like cucumbers, green beans, gherkins, onions, cauliflowers, peppers and a whole lot of other things at home. You need only the brine, a couple of jars in which to store the pickles and a little bit of your time.

Pickling, which is sometimes know as brining or corning, is a way of preserving food by fermenting it in a solution of salt and water. You can also pickle the food in vinegar or in edible oils with vinegar as many countries in Asia do it. Oftentimes, herbs and spices with antimicrobial properties (like garlic, cinnamon or cloves) are added. It’s a process that goes back 4,000 years ago and keeps food from spoiling by reducing its pH to less than 4.6. This is enough to kill most of the bacteria that cause food to spoil.

Pickled cucumbers are the most common, so let’s use them as an example of an easy way to make pickles. You can do this in 7 easy steps after you pick the right cucumbers. Choose fresh, crisp cucumbers and avoid the soft, ripe ones.

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