Canning Peas (Green or English, Shelled)

Title:
Canning Peas (Green or English, Shelled)

Yield:
1 Recipes

Categories:
Vegetables,
Canning




Ingredients:









 It is recommended that sugar snap and Chinese edible pods be frozen for


 best quality.


 


 Quantity: An average of 31-1/2 pounds (in pods) is needed per canner load


 of 7 quarts; an average of 20 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints.


 A bushel weighs 30 pounds and yields 5 to 10 quarts--an average of 4-1/2


 pounds per quart.


 


 Quality: Select filled pods containing young, tender, sweet seeds. Discard


 diseased pods.


 


 Procedure: Shell and wash peas. Add 1 teaspoon of salt per quart to the


 jar, if desired.


 


 Hot pack--Cover with boiling water. Bring to a boil in a saucepan, and boil


 2 minutes. Fill jars loosely with hot peas, and add cooking liquid, leaving


 1-inch headspace.


 


 Raw pack--Fill jars with raw peas, add boiling water, leaving 1-inch


 headspace. Do not shake or press down peas.


 


 Adjust lids and process following the recommendations in Table 1 or Table
2


 according to the method of canning used.


 


 Table 1. Recommended process time for Peas in a dial-gauge pressure canner.


 


 Style of Pack: Hot and Raw. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time: 40


 minutes. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 2,000 ft: 11 lb.


                                 2,001 - 4,000 ft: 12 lb.


                                 4,001 - 6,000 ft: 13 lb.


                                 6,001 - 8,000 ft: 14 lb.


 


 Table 2. Recommended process time for Peas in a weighted-gauge pressure


 canner.


 


 Style of Pack: Hot and Raw.  Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time: 40


 minutes. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 10 lb.


                                   Above 1,000 ft: 15 lb.


 


 ======================================================= === * USDA


 Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format


 courtesy of Karen Mintzias


 


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