you know they didn't always add lemon juice back in the day....its a newer concept.....todays tomatoes are less acid apparently than earlier versions....
of course last year I pickled beans, using my standard pickle recipe....then I read where the vinegar really has to be in a much larger proportion so I did the beans all over again with the stronger solution......so I've been there, done that.....lol
btw, I did the beans almost right away after the first pickling....they’re weren’t sitting around....its one of my “do it first, read the instructions later” debacles...
Boil them for 10 inches?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.