The phrase "a jar of beans" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a container that holds beans, often in a cooking or food context.
Example: "I opened a jar of beans to add to the chili recipe."
Alternatives: "a container of beans" or "a can of beans."
Hand in hand with pride of creation goes the dark spectre of botulism, or death-in-a-jar-of-beans.
Masha's story launches into this arc in characteristic fashion, when the schoolgirl goes to take her grandmother a jar of bean soup and the old woman dies right in front of her.
Most great guys at macro, if you put a jar of jelly beans on the table they can outguess you".
Her reputation as affable and approachable (she has a jar of jelly beans in her office) helped Ms. Lang land the job.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse singing "Happy Birthday" to Nancy Reagan, 91, when she showed up for the opening ceremony this month and presenting her with a jar of jelly beans?
He knows how to turn a phrase, noting that Mr. Stephanopoulos hesitatingly joined "Good Morning America" still "worried about feeling like a cod liver oil pill in a jar of jelly beans".
Whether it's because you're moving house or because you can't open your cupboard doors without fear of a jar of black bean paste falling on your head, from time to time it feels good to go through your supplies and use stuff up.
Finance theory pioneer Jack Treynor used to pass a big jar of beans around his UCLA finance class and ask the students to jot down their guess about the number of legumes in the container.
If you need to make the Bolognese sauce, chilli or similar go further (feed more people) you can use tinned chilli beans, Ratatouille, tinned baked beans, a jar of tomato or capsicum pepper based pasta sauce, tinned tomatoes, tinned chilli, some of all of these or anything else you think will taste good and have in stock or need to use up.
Two weeks ago, I emerged from Waitrose, rather pleased with my purchase of reduced edamame beans and a jar of artichoke hearts, when my eyes locked on to a Citroën Berlingo in the car park and I started to sob uncontrollably.
