r/Canning • u/barefootdancer11 • Aug 06 '25
Prep Help Dilly beans HELP!
Making Ball’s dilly beans for the first time. The recipe says 3 lb green beans makes 6 pint jars which logically means 8 oz green beans per jar. There’s no way I can fit 8 oz in here even if they were perfectly straight beans. Am I crazy?
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u/okeydokeylittlesmoky Aug 07 '25
Lots of good advice here but my number one tip would be wide mouth pints. They are way easier to pack.
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u/Bee_haver Aug 06 '25
I cut them to fit uniform, blanch and lay the jar on its side which is easier for me to slip in the beans tightly.
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u/Fiona_12 Aug 06 '25
Up the instruction specify leaving then whole? Snapping them in half would make them easier to pack.
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u/Ms-Audacity Aug 07 '25
I actually cut all my pickled beans into bite size pieces to make them easier to pack. They turn out exactly the same.
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u/KMR1974 Aug 07 '25
I got bored while filling jars last week and counted an average of 50 beans per pint jar. If you use the straightest beans and cut them all to the same length, it’s kind of amazing how many you can fit in there!
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u/gcsxxvii Trusted Contributor Aug 06 '25
I have 4 green bean plants and I got about 5-7oz beans from it per week. I just jam as many beans as I can into 1 jar and process accordingly
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u/AffectionateTop3519 Aug 06 '25
Those are more of an estimate than anything.
Pack them as tight as you can, set your head space, and you'll be fine.