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Today's green(purple) bean harvest. {And a question on preserving} (lemmy.zip)
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First year growing beans, and they've been doing really good. I've blanched them for about 2 minutes, followed by an ice bath. Dried and then put in bags to freeze. First batch I don't think I fully dried before freezing and had a lot of ice crystals in the bag. Second batch was much more dry after blanching, but still had a bunch of ice crystals. Wondering if thats normal, or will reduce how long they stay good?

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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When I was growing up, we always blanched, vacuume sealed, and froze our veggies, including beans.

After blanching, and cold water bathing, just let them dry on a strainer for a bit, then either ziplock as air tight as you can, or vacuume seal them, and theyll last for months. Freezer burn shouldnt be in issue if used by three months, and minimal (if at all) at 6months.

Recently did this with an epic fuck ton of kale, worked wonderfully.