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Do you blanche runner beans before freezing?

tuffnelljohntuffnelljohn Posts: 284
in Fruit & veg
Ive just picked a load of runner beans before they get stringy. Ive seen people say you dont have to blanche before freezing. Is this the case?
Thanks

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I don’t blanch them … I just don’t have the time … they eat perfectly well. Many years ago when I was a WI member and home freezing was a fairly new thing we did a comparison … we decided there was little if any difference between the blanched and unblanched ones. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tuffnelljohntuffnelljohn Posts: 284
    Thanks guys. Very useful. 
    Thats interesting what you say @Dovefromabove about split testing!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Ive tried both ways,  I just dont like them when they’ve been frozen,  I sowed very few runners this year so we will just eat them fresh,  I have grown many more French Beans because they  taste the same after being the freezer. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I make bean soup with the glut. It pleases me.
    Rutland, England
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    I pretty much only grow them for dried bean these days - delicious, and sees us right through the winter ...
  • tuffnelljohntuffnelljohn Posts: 284
    StephenSouthwest said:
    I pretty much only grow them for dried bean these days - delicious, and sees us right through the winter ...
    This is interesting. I may give this a go!
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