We’ve been pretty obsessed with the farmer’s market this summer. We go and let the kids run around and buy a bunch of stuff we have no use for. Then we eat some of it, and I scramble to keep it from spoiling before we finish the rest.
Crowd pleasers like peaches or strawberries are never in excess supply. Even Kohlrabi elicited a good response. Last week I bought several pounds of wax beans and they did not go over quite as well. Little D humored me by chewing on one, but inserted it into her hair the moment I turned around. She thinks I can’t see her hair. I humor her because she’s one and has adorable cheeks but if she didn’t I would totally bust her on it.
I was just turning to see how Big C was enjoying the very same wax beans, when I heard a strange swishing sound. It was Jackie The Cat and she was playing with a wax bean. Batting it around on the floor, tossing it up in the air– you get the idea. That wax bean wizzed through the air and smacked Big C on the leg which she used as an excuse to acquit herself from any wax bean-eating obligation she may have been under. I don’t know how to fight that kind of reasoning so she wins this round.
This leaves me with an excess of wax beans. I don’t think they freeze well so I made them into pickles. Delicious dill bean pickles that perfectly compliment a spicy bloody mary. Not that I need a drink.
*I used the recipe from Put ‘em Up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide, by Sherri Brooks Vinton. You can also find Dilly Beans at Food In Jars, AllRecipes, and I imagine, countless other places.
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