Canning Succotash

Title:
Canning Succotash

Yield:
7 Quarts

Categories:
Vegetables,
Canning




Ingredients:





     1 lb Unhusked sweet corn; OR...


     3 qt -Cut whole kernels


    14 lb Green podded lima beans


          --(mature), OR...


     4 qt -Shelled limas


     2 qt Crushed or whole tomatoes


          --(optional)






 Yield: 7 quarts


 


 Procedure: Wash and prepare fresh produce as described for vegetables in


 sections on lima beans and corn.


 


 Hot pack--Combine all prepared vegetables in a large kettle with enough


 water to cover the pieces. Add 1 teaspoon salt to each quart jar, if


 desired. Boil gently 5 minutes and fill jars with pieces and cooking


 liquid, leaving 1-inch headspace.


 


 Raw pack--Fill jars with equal parts of all prepared vegetables, leaving


 1-inch headspace. Do not shake or press down pieces. Add 1 teaspoon salt to


 each quart jar, if desired. Add fresh boiling water, leaving 1-inch


 headspace.


 


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


 2.


 


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


 canner.


 


 Style of Pack: Hot and Raw.  Jar Size: Pints, Quarts. Process Time: 60


 minutes for Pints, 85 minutes for Quarts. 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 Succotash in a weighted-gauge


 pressure canner.


 


 Style of Pack: Hot and Raw.  Jar Size: Pints, Quarts. Process Time: 60


 minutes for Pints, 85 minutes for Quarts. 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


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini