Winter blanks are a good old tradition. If earlier the housewives were engaged in conservation because of the deficit and for the sake of economy, now this is a matter "for the soul." There are thousands of recipes for blanks, but there are those that have already become classics, for example, the Ankle Bens zucchini salad. Delicate vegetables, delicious dressing, harmonious combination with any second course - that's why the housewives love this piece. It will not be difficult to make "Uncle Bens" from zucchini for the winter, but stock up on more - a jar with a delicious salad usually becomes empty on the same day that it was opened.

Average difficulty

The housewives invented the "Uncle Bens" squash preparation in the 90s. Then on the recently empty store shelves overseas products suddenly appeared, including a squash-tomato sauce called “Uncle Ben’s”. Colorful jars excited the minds. Advertising on TV "added fuel to the fire", which in those years was also a "curiosity". Many dreamed of trying a foreign product. Prices for the sauce were "biting", so not everyone could afford the tasting. But "the need for invention is cunning": inventive housewives invented their own "Uncle Bens" - pieces of vegetables in a tender tomato filling... The main ingredient was zucchini - tasty and inexpensive. A simple recipe immediately "went to the masses": analog famous sauce began to be prepared for the winter in almost every family.

In modern stores you can find original "Uncle Ben's" products, now they are affordable. But times have changed, the hype around sauces is a thing of the past. But the hostesses continue to make blanks under the same name - the recipe turned out to be so successful.

The hostess calls the Uncle Bens blank by different names - salad, appetizer, sauce, lecho. It is interesting that whatever you call it, everything is correct. "Affinity" with lecho is due to a similar set of ingredients. Components are added to the zucchini, without which it is impossible to imagine lecho - Bell pepper, onion, tomatoes. "Uncle Bens" can be served as an independent dish (appetizer or salad) or as a sauce for any side dish, meat and even fish.

Selection of ingredients

How does the preparation of blanks begin? With the "collection" of ingredients. The most delicious and healthy preservation is obtained from homemade vegetables. In such fruits there is no chemistry, they are grown in natural conditions without the use of growth stimulants. But not everyone has vegetable gardens or grandmothers who are ready to supply them with natural products. Many housewives have to buy ingredients from the market or the supermarket to prepare the Ankle Bens for the winter.

Getting ready to make a purchase? Remember that you can only make a delicious salad with vegetables that are not overripe. Young zucchini have a thin rind and soft seeds, making the dish tender. The "season" of zucchini is the middle of summer, but there are varieties that bear fruit before the first frost. You need to focus on seasonality, but remember that this is a relative concept. Choose zucchini by appearance and you will not go wrong.

• The size. For preservation, you need to buy medium-sized zucchini, a maximum of 15-20 cm in length. If the zucchini is too large, it is overripe and can spoil the taste of the salad.
• Appearance. Dents and indentations in the zucchini indicate that vegetables have long been harvested and stored incorrectly. It is not worth using such zucchini for conservation, even if the markdown attracts: they have long lost their usefulness.
• Peel. Evaluate the skins of the vegetables. In not overripe zucchini, it is thin. A thick skin may not only indicate the "age" of the vegetables, but also signal that the zucchini has been treated with chemicals. Let the thick-skinned vegetables stay in the store - health is more important.
• Colour. An even color is one of the criteria for choosing zucchini for canning. Brown and yellow spots warn of the beginning of the process of rotting inside the vegetable. You can't eat such zucchini anymore.

If you are not sure about the quality of purchased vegetables, then soak them for an hour in cool water, and then proceed directly to cooking. This little trick will help to "remove" harmful chemical compounds if vegetables are "stuffed" with them.

"Ankle Bens" from zucchini for the winter: recipe variations

The hostesses prepare the Ankle Bens squash salad in different ways. Vegetables are added to the main ingredient (carrots, sweet and bitter peppers, onion) and greens. Vegetables can be cut at will, but similarly shaped pieces (for example, sticks / squares) look more aesthetically pleasing.

To obtain perfect taste, you need to pay attention to refueling. It is made from tomatoes or tomato paste and spices are added. You can experiment with spices: add curry, dried herbs, chili. Thanks to this, the familiar taste will take on new shades. Do delicate sauce or spicy food- the choice is for the hostess.

But you should not experiment with vinegar: increase its amount - it will be sour. Always pay attention to what kind of vinegar is indicated in the recipe and how many percent is indicated on the bottle. If you miss this moment - instead of the vaunted taste, you will get sheer disappointment.

With diseases of the liver, kidneys and diseases of the cardiovascular system, you should not get involved in conservation. High in sugar, salt and acetic acid in seaming can provoke an exacerbation of pathology.

Classical

Peculiarities. "Ankle Bens" of zucchini with tomatoes for the winter is prepared to diversify the menu in the season when fresh vegetables no. The dish turns out to be tasty, aromatic and reminiscent of summer. The preparation is called a salad, but it is rather a thick sauce in which pieces of vegetables are "hidden". Garlic gives a moderate "spice", but you can exclude it from the recipe if you like preservation with delicate taste... The salad can be served with all meals. If you add dried Provencal herbs during cooking, it will make an excellent sauce for pasta. From the specified amount of ingredients, 4.5 liters of salad are obtained.

You will need:

• medium-sized zucchini - 2 kg;
• fleshy red tomatoes - 2.5 kg;
• sweet pepper - 1 kg;
• garlic - head;
• sugar - faceted glass;
• salt - two tablespoons with a slide;
• vegetable oil - 200 ml;
• vinegar (9%) - 50 ml.

Cooking steps

1. Cut the tomatoes into quarters. Twist them with a meat grinder or use a blender.
2. Cut the courgettes and peppers into medium cubes.
3. Mix tomato puree with butter, sugar, salt. Squeeze the garlic here with a press.
4. Place the sliced ​​zucchini in a large saucepan and pour over the cooked red sauce.
5. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Add chopped peppers. Continue simmering for another 20 minutes.
7. Pour in the vinegar and keep the salad on the stove for five minutes.
8. Divide the vegetable mass into sterilized jars. Twist.

Budget

Peculiarities. "Ankle Bens" from zucchini with tomato paste for the winter should be prepared for those who are looking for a budget option legendary salad... Pasta is cheaper than tomatoes, which are the main ingredient in the "classic". Pronounced squash tomato flavor it will remind many of their childhood: in the 90s, every second housewife prepared the Ankle Bens zucchini snack for the winter with the addition of pasta. Sauce with a slight "spicy" flavor is ideal for pasta, but also good as an independent dish. Following this recipe, you can prepare about 4.5 liters of canning.

You will need:

• medium zucchini - 2 kg;
• large onions - 12 onions;
• sweet pepper - five pieces;
• garlic - five cloves;
• sunflower oil (preferably refined) - faceted glass;
• purchased tomato paste - 200 g;
• sugar - a glass;
• salt - a full "heaped" tablespoon;
• vinegar (9%) - 60 ml;
• cold water - liter.

Cooking steps

1. Prepare vegetable components: peel, chop coarsely (you can in any form).
2. Dilute purchased paste with water. Add butter, sugar, salt here. Bring the resulting mixture to a boil.
3. Dip the sliced ​​courgettes into the cooked red sauce. Wait for a boil, boil for ten minutes.
4. Add the rest of the vegetables. Leave to simmer for ten minutes.
5. Mix chopped garlic with 9% vinegar. Add the "preservative" to the pan to the rest of the ingredients. After that, keep the salad on the stove for ten minutes.
6. Distribute in sterilized containers, roll up.

If you bought soft zucchini, then check if there are any marks on them when pressed. Remain - it is not worth preserving them, vegetables disappear. Soft zucchini that do not lose their shape when pressed can be used for blanks, but with the condition that you add twice as much vinegar as according to the recipe.

Sweet and sour

Peculiarities. If you love sweet and sour sauces, prepare "Uncle Bens" from zucchini with carrots, and add the purchased "Krasnodar" sauce to the dressing. The dish should have a thick consistency. If you take grated zucchini, and not chopped, then you will be able to prepare a sauce that resembles a store sauce in structure. It can be served with any side dish or with a main dish of vegetables, seafood or river fish, any meat. Especially good "sounds" sweet and sour taste in tandem with poultry. The amount of ingredients is calculated for 6 liters of salad.

You will need:

• thin-skinned zucchini - 2 kg;
• large tomatoes - 1 kg;
• onions - 1 kg;
• sweet pepper - 600 g;
• large carrots - 500 g;
• sunflower oil - 250 ml;
• Krasnodar sauce - half-liter jar;
• vinegar (9%) - 70 ml;
• table salt - four tablespoons;
• sugar - a glass;
• citric acid - one teaspoon;
• curry - three teaspoons;
• water - 600 ml.

Cooking steps

1. Chop the zucchini into cubes, the onions in half rings, chop the pepper into strips, the tomatoes - arbitrarily.
2. Grate the carrots (it is better to use a coarse grater).
3. Boil water. Add Krasnodar sauce, butter, granulated sugar, spices to the boiling water. Boil the mixture for five minutes.
4. Add zucchini to tomato dressing. Simmer for a minimum of 12 minutes.
5. Pour the rest of the vegetables into the pan. Leave to simmer for ten minutes.
6. Add carrots. Boil for five minutes.
7. Pour in the tomatoes. Boil off excess liquid. When the consistency becomes thick enough, add "preservatives" - vinegar and "lemon". Hold on the stove for five minutes.
8. Distribute in sterilized containers. Tighten with lids.

The "zest" of the salad is added by the "Krasnodar" sauce. It is enriched with a whole bunch of spices - cloves, allspice, nutmeg... Thanks to the tomato sauce, the spicy bouquet is felt in the "uncle bens" too. An obligatory ingredient in Krasnodarskiy is apples. Hence the sourness.

For lovers of "spicy"

Peculiarities. This recipe for "Ankle-bens" from zucchini for the winter should be adopted by lovers of "spicy". Garlic is present in many recipes, but such a sauce cannot be called spicy in the literal sense of the word - rather, spicy. If you cook "Uncle Bens" from zucchini with the addition of chili, then fans of "fire in the mouth" will simply be delighted. You can adjust the pungency to your taste. Sweet and sour and at the same time spicy sauce will be appreciated by gourmets. Ideal with meat, but also vegetarian meals with hot sauce Will "play" in a new way. From the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe, you can prepare 4 liters of the blank.

You will need:

• young zucchini - 1 kg;
• red tomatoes - the same amount;
• bulgarian pepper (large) - seven pieces;
• medium-sized onion - five onions;
• garlic - ten cloves;
• sunflower oil - 1.5 cups;
• sugar - according to the proportions of butter;
• salt - two tablespoons;
• curry - a teaspoon;
• vinegar (9%) - 100 ml;
• chili - two peppers.

Cooking steps

1. Chop the washed zucchini into small squares, chop the onions into thin half rings.
2. Peel peppers (sweet and chili) from seeds, cut into strips.
3. Make cross-shaped cuts at the base of the tomatoes. Dip the tomatoes in boiling water for two minutes, then transfer them with a slotted spoon to cold water, leave for a minute. Remove the skin, cut the pulp into cubes.
4. Mix refined oil, sugar, spices, vinegar. Wait for it to boil.
5. Add slices of zucchini to the prepared marinade. Boil for ten minutes.
6. Add pepper, onion half rings, boil for about ten minutes.
7. Add chopped tomato pulp, simmer for ten minutes.
8. Add garlic. Better to pass it through a press, you can finely chop it up. Put out two minutes. The salad is ready, you just have to roll it up.

Young zucchini in blanks is used directly with the skin and seeds. If you decide to "process" old vegetables, then the peel must be cut off, and the "insides" must be cleaned. If you don’t do this, the taste of the preparation will disappoint.

Rice salad

Peculiarities. Canning with zucchini and rice will help out the hostess when households ask for a snack and the refrigerator is empty. The salad is served both as an independent dish and as a side dish for any meat. From the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe, 4 liters of preservation are obtained.

You will need:

• medium-sized zucchini - 2 kg;
• onions - 1 kg;
• carrots - the same amount;
• ripe tomatoes - 700 g;
• rice - 400 g;
• garlic - five cloves;
• sunflower oil - standard glass;
• salt - three tablespoons (with a slide);
• sugar - five tablespoons;
• vinegar (9%) - 50 ml.

Cooking steps

1. Grind the tomatoes with a blender.
2. Cut: onion, bell pepper - finely, zucchini - in medium cubes. For carrots, you need a grater.
3. Put the vegetables in a deep saucepan, squeeze the garlic here.
4. Mix the mashed tomatoes with salt and sugar. Pour in oil. Pour the dressing over the vegetables. Cook for 30 minutes.
5. Add thoroughly washed rice. Boil as much as before.
6. Pour in table vinegar. Put out ten minutes. Roll up immediately.

Uncle Ben's rice fantasy can be spiced up. Repeat the recipe step by step, but with a slight amendment: add two crushed red peppers along with the garlic. For fans of really hot snacks, chili peppers can be added along with the seeds.

5 rules for successful procurement

Taste is not the only thing that matters in home seaming. When preparing canning, the hostesses expect that they will treat guests and households with it all winter. But it so happens that the cans "explode" or the salad begins to ferment. Follow these five tips and the Uncle Bens will last until the next harvest. Unless, of course, stocks run out before the efforts of the household.

1. Wash vegetables thoroughly. Vegetables for salad need to be washed not just thoroughly, but very thoroughly. Ideally, use a special brush: then the vegetables will definitely be clean. If you plan to add spicy herbs to the salad, then rinse it under running water for at least eight minutes. The purity of vegetables is the key to long-term storage of the salad.
2. Sterilize jars and lids. It is necessary to lay out the workpiece only in sterilized containers, use exclusively sterile lids. Otherwise, germs can get into the jar, as a result - the salad will "explode" or ferment. The most popular sterilization method is to "boil" cans and lids in water (five minutes after boiling). True, it is relevant only if there are few containers and they are small. You can sterilize the jars with steam: put a grate on a saucepan with water, put jars on top, keep them after boiling water for 15 minutes. You can ignite washed, not dried cans and lids in the oven (temperature - 120 ° C, time - until dry).
3. Flip the cans. After rolling the salad, the jars are turned over and left to cool. This simple manipulation allows you to make sure that the lid is tight. After cooling down, make sure that there are no wet spots left under the preservation. Without a snug fit of the lid long-term storage impossible: the salad will ferment.
4. Cover. Preservation is recommended to be wrapped in a blanket and kept under it until it cools. Due to wrapping, the contents of the jar slowly lose temperature, and additional "canning" occurs. This increases the preservation of the salad.
5. Store properly. The ideal place for storing workpieces is the cellar. They can stay in such conditions for two years. In a city apartment, preservation should be stored in a dark, cool place, for example, in a pantry. True, the shelf life in this case will be reduced - you need to eat the salad during the autumn-winter season. The balcony is not the best place to store curls: freezing degrades the quality of the product.

If the lid on the jar with zucchini salad is swollen, then the blank will have to be thrown away: the canning technology was violated, and bacteria “settled” in the seaming. Don't risk your health!

Ankle Bens salad from zucchini for the winter must be prepared with vinegar, which plays the role of a safe preservative. Uncle Ben's sauce can be made to serve the same day. Take any recipe, remove the vinegar from it, and please your loved ones delicious dish.

Who cooks how: reviews

I liked the taste very much. Well, just VERY tasty. The only thing I didn't really like was the crispy onion and its distinctly distinctive flavor. My husband didn't like it either. Therefore, last year I modified the recipe a little, having previously sweated the onion until soft. Why such a name? It resembles the taste of the previously sold Ankle Bens lecho. I don't know if it's on sale now or not.

One of the favorite preparations in our family is the homemade uncle bans and tomato lecho. I also remember the taste of the purchased sauce, the once so popular Uncle Bansa. Once we tried to prepare the same sauce as from the store, in our own way own recipe, but did not begin to make many jars, but we liked the taste of this sauce so much, which we now use with main courses, and as an appetizer, and on festive table as a sauce for meat, kebabs, chicken.

Now for seven years we have been preparing such a sauce, and since the harvest is always different, I can give several useful tips.
1. If the year was not rich in tomatoes, then it does not matter. We replace tomatoes with tomato juice... The taste will not be affected.
2. If you have a sweet unripe green pepper at home, then it is very suitable. These unripe fruits remain crispy even after boiling. And in a thick sauce it is very tasty. Yes, the consistency of Uncle Bansa is creamy, and the slices of pepper and onion crunch nicely.
3. If you are a fan of garlic, you can add it to taste.

So, juicy sauce Ankle benz from zucchini for the winter, which I cook without any seasonings and spices for homemade recipe at. And he prepares as follows.

• Zucchini 2 kg.
• Tomatoes 2 kg. (can be replaced with tomato juice).
• Onion 1 kg.
• Sweet pepper 1 kg.
• Salt 2 tbsp. l.
• Sugar. 3 tbsp. l.
• Vinegar 100 g. 9% or 1 tsp. citric acid.
• Vegetable oil 1 cup.
• 500 g of water.

Uncle bens from zucchini for the winter at home - recipe with photo:

In a large saucepan, preferably 6-7 liters, pour water, vegetable oil, put salt, sugar.
We cut the zucchini into cubes into a saucepan, you don't have to try to make them small and even, they will still cook and become like a juicy puree, making this sauce very tender and pleasant. We release the zucchini from the peel only if it is coarse. My zucchini varieties are very tender, so I don't remove the skin. Cook zucchini in syrup for 10 minutes. Time is counted from the moment of boiling.

Tomatoes, 1 kg, rinse, cut into four parts and toss into a saucepan with zucchini and onions. Cook for 10 minutes too.

Add the peppers to the vegetables cooked in the previous steps.

Again, the pan is too small. Well, nothing later, before adding the tomato mass, I will divide the Uncle Bans into 2 parts and cook in two pans at the same time.
From the second kg. we make a tomato with a meat grinder or blender.

Pour it into a saucepan and cook for 25 minutes.

When the sauce is ready, add vinegar and lay it out in sterilized half-liter or one-liter jars.

We twist the zucchini uncle with metal lids and put it under the blanket until it cools completely until morning.

Uncle Bens is ready for the winter! Bon Appetit.

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Details

Delicious salad from zucchini called "Uncle Bens" it is not difficult to prepare. This salad takes its toll place of honor among other blanks from many housewives. Having prepared such a salad for the winter, you will always have at hand delicious snack from zucchini, which can be served with meat dishes or side dishes.

Ankle Bens salad of zucchini and tomatoes for the winter

Required Ingredients:

• zucchini - 2 kg;
• garlic - 200 gr.;
• tomatoes - 2.5 kg;
• bell pepper- 1 kg;
• salt - 2 tablespoons;
• vinegar 9% - 10 ml;
• sugar - 200 gr.;
• vegetable oil - 200 gr.

Cooking process:

Rinse the tomatoes thoroughly and cut each tomato into several pieces and pass through a meat grinder.

Peel and chop the garlic using a meat grinder. Rinse the zucchini and cut into small cubes. If the zucchini has a thick skin, then it must be peeled.

Peel the bell peppers from the seeds and cut the stalks. Cut the bell pepper into strips.

Place the zucchini in a saucepan. Add chopped garlic and tomatoes to these. Also add salt and sugar to the zucchini. Pour in vegetable oil and mix well.

Send the pot of vegetables to the stove. After the vegetables have boiled, cook the salad for small fire 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Then send the chopped bell peppers to the pan and pour in the vinegar. Stir and bring salad to a boil. Cook the salad over low heat for another 20 minutes.

Spread the salad hot in sterilized jars and roll up. After the salad has cooled, put it in your cellar or pantry.

Zucchini salad with tomato sauce "Ankle Bens" for the winter

Required Ingredients:

• zucchini - 2-3 kg;
• bell pepper - 10 pcs.;
• carrots - 3-4 pcs.;
• tomato sauce - 350 gr.;
• onions - 5-10 pcs.;
• salt - 100 gr.;
• sugar - 1 tbsp.;
• tomatoes - 10 pcs.;
• vinegar essence - 1 tablespoon;
• parsley greens - 1 bunch;
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Cut the courgettes into small cubes. Peel the skin if necessary. Cut the washed tomatoes into wedges.

Peel the carrots and onions. Finely chop the onion with a knife, and grate the carrots. Cut the bell pepper into strips.

Dilute the sauce in a liter cold water... Instead of sauce, you can use tomato paste. In this case, a glass will be enough.

Add sugar and salt to the diluted sauce. Then add vegetable oil and stir. Pour zucchini into the resulting mixture and send to the fire.

After the zucchini has boiled, cook for 10 minutes. Then add chopped bell peppers and onions, as well as grated carrots to the zucchini. Cook the salad for another 10 minutes. Do not forget to stir the salad so that it does not burn.

Lastly, add the tomatoes and vinegar to the pot. Mix everything well. Cook the salad for another 10-15 minutes, and then place in sterilized jars and roll up.

If desired, in the process of cooking the salad, you can add dried herbs or spices to taste, for example, black or allspice.

Ankle Bens salad of zucchini and pepper for the winter

Required Ingredients:

• zucchini - 1.5 kg;
• onions - 6 pcs.;
• bell pepper - 6 pcs.;
• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• salt - 2 tablespoons;
• vegetable oil - 2/3 tbsp.;
• vinegar - 0.5 tbsp.;
• sugar - 2/3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Rinse the zucchini and cut into small strips. Cut the onion into half rings, and the bell pepper into strips.

Wash the tomatoes and twist through a meat grinder. Pour vegetable oil and vinegar into a saucepan. Add sugar and salt.

Set the pot on fire. When the marinade comes to a boil, add the zucchini to it. Cook for five minutes, stirring constantly.

Then add the onions to the pot. Cook for another five minutes. Also remember to stir. Next, send the bell peppers to the pan. Cook for another five minutes.

Then pour in the twisted tomatoes. Then cook the salad for 10 minutes, stirring as well.

Spread the salad hot into the jars and roll up the lids.

A delicious snack under the mysterious name Uncle Bens has found ardent admirers in our face since its appearance on store shelves. At first it was exotic, not available to everyone. But in the end, the recipe for the dish became public, and the hostesses happily began to preserve the salad.

Classic appetizer

What is it prepared from traditional salad Uncle Bens? From zucchini! It is advisable to store more of it for the winter, because it will be eaten quickly, there is no doubt about that. The consumption of products is as follows: tomato (ketchup is also possible) - 450-500 g, sugar - 250 g, acetic acid (for dressing) - 1 spoon (table), salt - the same amount, tomatoes - 7-10 pieces, soft, good ripeness. What is required a lot in a salad (for the winter) is onion - at least 1 kg. Therefore, the dish is an excellent source of vitamins. And you will also need a kilogram of sweet pepper and the zucchini themselves, you can 2 or 2.5 kilograms. First, the dressing is prepared: pasta or ketchup is put into the pan, salt, sugar, acid are added, the xe is mixed and left to boil over low heat, about 10 minutes. Now the Uncle Bens salad itself. Stew is made from zucchini and other vegetables. The main component should be stewed first in the tomato, cut into cubes. Zucchini is processed for 10 minutes. Then pepper is added to the cast iron, cut into strips, peeled from seeds. He also stews in a 10-minute mode. Next comes the turn of the onion - for the same period. Tomatoes are the last to be put into the Uncle Bence salad. Vegetables are intensively cooked for 40 minutes. After that, transfer the boiling appetizer to jars and roll up. Home people will be very pleased with your preparation.

Unkle Bence in a quick way

We can say that the Ankle Bens zucchini appetizer is almost any salad on a sweet and sour tomato base with the main component from the pumpkin family. This option offered to you is very tasty. It is sharper than the previous one, although the classic is good in its own way. Ingredients: zucchini - 3 kg., Tomatoes, onions, peppers (sweet, of course) - 1.5 kg each. Sugar will need from 250 g or more - according to your taste, salt - at least 3 tablespoons (you can with a slide), vinegar - also 3 tablespoons. And 1 glass (250 g) of water each, vegetable oil, tomato (ketchup). Add a head of garlic and 2-3 hot pepper pods for pungency. Let's start with the fill again.

In this Ankle Bens salad from zucchini (for the winter), it is prepared like this. In a saucepan, boil water, tomato, sugar, oil and salt, then reduce the heat and boil the mixture for 10-12 minutes. Add vinegar and remove from heat. Now take care of the vegetables. Peel them and, without mixing, cut into pieces (cubes). Pour the zucchini into the hot marinade, stew them (so that they do not boil too much!) For about 10 minutes. Then put the onion, garlic and hot peppers- let it simmer for the same time or 3-5 minutes more. Load the bell peppers and tomatoes last, cook the appetizer until tender. Try it, if you like, you can add salt or sugar. Spread out in sterile jars, for better preservation, put on the very top, under the lid, a tablet of regular aspirin and roll it up (an old proven way to protect many Uncle Bens from spoilage, including. After cooling, store the salad in a dry, cool place. When you open it in winter, carefully remove the top layer where the tablet was.

Eat delicious Uncle Bens for health!