Method:
Pressure Can
Procedure:
Mixed vegetables should only be canned using the hot pack
method:
Hot pack method:
detailed in this manual for the other vegetables. Wash, trim, and slice or
cube zucchini; combine zucchini with all vegetables in a large saucepan,
add enough water to cover pieces. Boil 5 minutes.
Fill jars with vegetables and cooking liquid, leaving 1-inch headspace.
Add 1 teaspoon salt per quart to the jars, if desired. Remove any bubbles.
Wipe rims; center lids and screw on the jar bands. Place the jars in the
canner and process following the recommendations below.
Note:
You can substitute yellow summer squash for the zucchini.
Recommended Process Time
Canner Pressure (PSI) Setting at Altitudes of
Style of
Pack
Hot only
Peas, Green or English, Shelled
Quantity:
A bushel of peas weighs approximately 30 pounds and yields 5
to 10 quarts, an average of 4.5 pounds a quart. An average of 20 pounds is
needed for 9 pints.
Method:
Pressure Can
Procedure
: Select filled pods containing young, tender, and sweet peas. Shell
peas and wash thoroughly. Choose either hot or raw pack method:
Hot pack method: Place peas in a large pot. Cover with boiling water;
bring to boil and cook 2 minutes. Fill prepared jars with blanched peas.
If desired, add 1 teaspoon of canning salt per quart, to the jar. When
all jars are filled, add the reserved, hot cooking liquid, leaving 1-inch of
headspace for pints and 1 ¼-inches for quarts. Remove any bubbles.
Wipe rims; center lids and screw on the jar bands. Place the jars in the
canner and process following the recommendations below.
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Except for zucchini, wash and prepare vegetables as
Process
Jar Size
Time
Pints
75 minutes
Quarts
90 minutes
0-4000 feet
4000-8000
(10PSI)
feet (15PSI)
Setting 2
Setting 2
Setting 3
Setting 3