Pickling Green Beans

When it's this hot, outside I am rarely not!
Follow up on the pickling tour of last week, the 1800 number did get a hold of me two days later and told me to buy a book. I asked her if she had some online info for quick fix, apparently they have to follow the same "by the book, buy the book" guidelines that other gov't agencies chatter about when you call their specialty hotlines. She was nice enough to email me one recipe, though.

Here are some more recipes for pickling green beans and cucumbers:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1650,156184-251197,00.html

I prefer to blanch my green beans first, as it gives them a silkier texture all the way through-The Farmerette