Meats and Sausages
Beans, Snap and Italian - Pieces
Green and wax
Select filled but tender, crisp pods. Remove and discard diseased and rusty pods.
- Procedure:
- Wash beans and trim ends. Leave whole or cut or snap into 1-inch pieces.
- Hot Pack
- Cover with boiling water; boil 5 minutes. Fill hot jars, loosely leaving 1-inch headspace. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to pints, 1 teaspoon to quarts, if desired. Fill with boiling water to 1 inch from top. Remove air bubbles, adjust lids and process.
- Raw Pack
- Fill hot jars tightly with raw beans, leaving 1-inch headspace.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to pints, 1 teaspoon to quarts, if desired. Add boiling water, leaving 1-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, adjust lids and process.
Style of Pack | Jar Size | Process Time | Canner Pressure at "0" ft | |
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11 lb | 10 lb | |||
Hot and Raw | Pints | 20 min | ||
Quarts | 25 min |
For processing at above 1,000 ft, see Altitude Adjustments.