S9.E23. 06/25/2022

Green Beans and Canning Green Beans with Mary Alice Phillips, Friendsville, TN

Today, we are setting the table with green beans and canning green beans. Our guest is Mary Alice Phillips. Mary is a descendant to the Walker sisters if you might be familiar with the Walker Sister Cabin in the Little Greenbriar area of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Mary will share wisdom on home canning of green beans, the types of beans that she prefers to use, white half runners and peanut beans, and some invaluable experience on the differences between water bath canning and tips on how to handle a pressure cooker. Dried apples, canning by the signs, canning blackberries, and what blackberries to use. Mary also shares wisdom on marriage.

Fred Sauceman’s audio essay features Bill Best, Seed saver and founder of the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, Inc. Bill has saved over 300 types of green bean seed.

Bill Best: Seed saver, founder of the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, Inc. http://www.heirlooms.org/

Food Historian Fred Sauceman (Who brought to us the Bill Best story): https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman