Wow! Finally someone who cans like me!! Dry packed green beans are the absolute best! My Granny taught me this same technique years ago! This was a great video! Thanks for taking the time to show the differences! I've subscribed so keep posting!👍😁

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing! I've had great success with dry pack potatoes, carrots, and asparagus also. Gonna do some beets and radishes this year also. Happy canning! 😊

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment, and thanks for joining us here at Miller's Meadow's!

@icecreamladydriver1606

Жыл бұрын

Bayou do you have a channel? I would like to learn more from a person who has done it for a lot of years.

@wendyellis6402

Жыл бұрын

I pressure canned 7 quarts of Butter Gold potatoes a few days ago. One of my jars didn’t seal, so I put it in the fridge. Next day, I tossed my potato chunks in olive oil and seasonings, and roasted them in the air fryer. I’m so impressed, absolutely delicious 🤤

@icecreamladydriver1606

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 Did you do your beets and radishes dry pack this year. If so how did that work out. I am such a chicken when it comes to trying something new in canning but I really don't like the flavor or canned potatoes so I am trying to get up the nerve to try it. I have plenty of potatoes and live in potato country so my only hold back is concern.

So very glad to hear your son and the other driver were not seriously injured! Praise God!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

We are rejoicing in that also! God is GOOD!

Absolutely love your comparison videos. Detest traditional canned beans this makes me think I will try this. Thank you so much. Subscribed and binge watching your videos. Keep them coming!!! May God bless you and your loved ones and shine his light on you always. 🙌🤲🙏💞🇨🇦

This is my first time finding your channel. I have dry canned potatoes and our family loves them. I have had several negative comments on them but, don't knock them until you try them, right??? I have been researching what all I can dry can and did a youtube search and was very excited to find that I can pressure can green beans this way!! A great instructional video. Keep up the good work!!

@tinayanotitinaro7569

Жыл бұрын

I make and eat them all the time.

You are a great teacher 😅 teacher/instructor! I have been canning for 4 years & just watching your videos, answered questions I had. Love you & your video’s!!!!!!!!!!😊

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Awww....thank you so much Sherry! So happy to have you here with us!!

Wait..........I did not know! I have been canning for 30+ years. I love dry pack potatoes and it never occurred to me to dry pack other veggies. Thank you so much for sharing!!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful!! I have very successfully dry packed potatoes, green beans, carrots, radishes, asparagus, winter squash, sweet potatoes.... Happy Canning to you!!

Reusing lids… Dry packing… Using your brain and making informed decisions like a responsible adult … Where am I?!?!!!😂🎉 In all seriousness I’m so thrilled to have found your channel! Discovered you via your potato video, here for more info… Had my dry pack maiden voyage today with steam-blanched butternut squash and will be doing my beets and potatoes dry pack over the next couple weeks and can’t WAIT 🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥 Edit: WOW that jar opener!! Where is that from?! 🤩

@millermeadows6359

10 ай бұрын

That is a vintage opener called "Pry A Lid" you can sometimes find them on ebay, or in thrift stores. Another viewer said that she found someone currently manufacturing them.....but I cannot for the life of me remember where online she stated she had found them. So glad to have you with us here on Miller Meadows! WELCOME! And thank you so much for your kind words!

I'm definitely trying this. I gave up on canning green beans for the very fact that they just tasted water packed and not nutritious. Working on my beans while waiting on the potatoes to get done, thanks, so glad I found this channel

THANKYOU for taking the time to make this excellent video.....I prefer the dry pack method.

I came back THIS year to say that this dry pack way is the ONLY way I'll do green beans! It's green bean time again and I had to come back to tell you thank you for being brave enough to fight the canning trolls! 😅 The green beans I dry packed are devoured! I have a LOT of the green beans floating in water. Nobody likes those. Ugh. ❤

@millermeadows6359

Ай бұрын

Thank you, for being brave enough to try it.... And giving such a great review of your own experience. I'm STILL fighting this battle....but will continue to confirm that this is an AMAZING, and safe method! ❤️

Thanks for the comparison videos. Love all your videos. Again thank you

I loved your video on the beans. I don't care for mushy beans now I'm going to try this.

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

We love them to!!!

Thanks for sharing... I'll be trying the dry packed method in the spring when I get more green beans.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

The results are just so much better than traditional water packed....I think you will be really happy with this method!

I love the dry pack I did them last year and coked my first jar and they were good

Thank you for this. I’m new to pressure canning and love it! Dry packing veggies…love it!

Great video! New subscriber here saw you on Ernie Hatmaker's Sunday Shoutouts. I'm embarrassed to say my pressure canner has been sealed in the box since father's day but I'm looking forward to trying the dry pack method for my beans. Love seeing start to finish in one video.🪱🪱🪱

Great info Came over from Ernie Hatmakers Sunday Shoutout

Thank you for the video. This year I’ve been dry packing potatoes and love it! I’ll try Green beans next thanks to your video. It was the first video that came up. How lucky was I on that front?! Ha ha ha

I really enjoyed watching your video. I'm relatively new to canning and would love to do more; maybe even some green beans in the future. I wondered if there was a difference in taste between the 2 procedures. The dry-packed looked greener for sure. Thanks for sharing! OH! By the way, new friend here coming over from Ernie Hatmaker's channel where you got a nice shout-out. Hope you'll come over and visit me, too!! Take care!

That was a great comparison as to dry vs wet. I've always had the water, but am willing to try the dry and do them as you did in the same pot. I dd not know you could do green beans in waterbath, but you said the time is 3 hours. So that is something to think about!! Good tp. I just became a subscriber!!

I'm so glad I saw your video on dry canning the beans. I'm going to can some tomorrow and I'm going to dry can them :)

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Pack those jars really densely.....and remember that headspace isnt as critical as when covering them with broth or water. Just as long as nothing is pushing up on the flat lid. Have fun, and ENJOY!!

@janetbade2774

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 Well one of the carrots didn't seal so I gave it to our friend who just gave my car a tune up. He said they were really good :) So yep, it's now dry canning for sure. Thanks again!!!

Love the explanations ❤thank you😊

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

My absolute pleasure!

Amazing information please please post more videos 💞

thank you for the video, i learned a lot

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

My absolute pleasure!!

Your video demonstrations are very useful because you cover even the small details. Why doesn't the USDA do tests on the dry pack method. It obviously works and is safe. I just wet canned 7 jars of potatoes yesterday. I wish I would of waited and dry packed them today. Thank you for posting this video.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

They have not had any funding for many years. And so new testing is not being done. However, I have personally had success for years on the shelf. And as and extra note of interest, Diane Devereaux (The Canning Diva) sent a jar of her own Dry packed potatoes in for lab testing (after a full year shelf life)...all tests of food borne bacteria were negative. Which means it was also negative for that big bad "B" word. Im totally sold on dry packing!

@chevypreps6417

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 There are people who swear it is not safe to dry pack veggies period. You have been doing it for years and have not had any problems. I am new to canning so I am leery. The scary thing about Botulism is. A. It can kill you. B. Symptoms may not surface for days or even weeks after you ate the contaminated food.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

As a little added comfort....and you can look this up....Botulism spores (not the toxin, but the spores that make us sick) are destroyed with a simple 10 minute boil. Meaning (and everyone should be practicing this even with APPROVED canning methods) when you open a jar of low acid home canned goods....boil, fry, or bake for an appropriate amount of time....and even if the toxin was present in your canned goods....it will be rendered harmless. That may help ease your fear a bit. But like I said, dont just take my word for it....look it up and see. 10 minute boil after opening your jar and before consuming, means no fear of food borne illness.

@gardenercarl1197

Жыл бұрын

I just got my All-American canner a few weeks ago, and I've done three sessions. Right in the instruction book I was surprised to see the recommendation to boil food for 10 minutes to destroy botulism! The government's main business seems to be fear-mongering comma prominently displayed over the past three years!

@chevypreps6417

Жыл бұрын

@@gardenercarl1197 After covid debacle we I do not trust the FDA or the CDC or any 3 letter agency. I am new to canning and till I feel confidant I do heat my canned food prior to eating.

Another win from you! I love it! Also I haven't heard you say about cream of tartar instead of vinegar. My lids and bans are so ugly because of the vinegar. Last year's greens beans were over cooked because I did the broth method. I'm so excited to see if this way makes it seem closer to fresh. Thank you so much again!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for those kind words!! I may not have mentioned it in this video....my apologies. But yes, I exclusively use cream of tartar in my pressure canning as it is much gentler on the cheap new lids/rings. When dry packing.....the results are still fully "cooked".....but I find the texture a bit firmer....and the taste SO much better.....simply because there is no water boiling all the flavor out of them. And, dry packed are never water logged like traditional water packed veggies. Wishing you a GREAT green bean adventure!! Many blessings to you!

I have pans that steam my foods rather than boiling in water to cover my veggies. You can definitely taste the difference. All the flavor doesn’t leach out into the water. I feel the dry pack method does the same. Absolutely will not go back to the hot pack method if there is an option! Thank you so much for your videos! I am guilty of bing watching!! LOL

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

So glad that you are finding useful information here! Dry packing truly is a game changer!

Thank you so much! I love dry packed potatoes and am so excited to try green beans and asparagus. I did water packed asparagus and threw out 9 jars. Yuck, they were mushy. Please do a video on asparagus.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

I will absolutely do a video....but I must wait until Spring again when it is growing in the garden.

Try cutting your okra up and dry canning it, it’s fantastic to me no salt though no nothing just cut up the okra and dry can it. You’ll love it.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

I will be doing that this next Summer! I look forward to trying it out! Thank you.

Is it possible to dry pack frozen veggies? Green beans, mixed veg, brussels, carrots, corn? I don't grow all of them & having them stored shelf stable instead of freezer would be fabulous! Can sweet potatoes be canned dry packed? I usually microwave them for a few minutes but if there were no power, having them canned without that sweet syrup would be ideal. Many Blessings from Deborah in West Virginia! You're a rock star! Models have nothing on you!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can dry pack previously frozen veggies. Their texture will be a bit softer than if they had been canned from fresh, but it all still works! Simply defrost completely....so you have no worries of thermal shock to your jars during the canning process. And yes, sweet potatoes are really wonderful when dry packed. Sweet potatoes need a longer time in the canner that regular potatoes however due to the difference in density. They turn out delicious!!

We started dry canning potatoes last year. Peal, cut, wash,dry on bath towel then coat lightly with oil and toss with favorite herbs and spices. Pack tightly for shrinkage. Will be using this method for more and more. Still alive and haven't gotten sick.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

We love the dry pack method. I have just found that all those extra steps are not something I feel I need to do. I have 6 years of consuming them, and I'm still alive and kicking too! Thanks for watching today!

Thank you I have learned so much from watching your videos. I would like to purchase a can opener like the one you have sitting by your stove where did you get it?

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for joining us here on Miller Meadows! I'm so glad you are finding the videos helpful. That can opener is a vintage piece called "Pry a Lid". We found it on ebay. You can sometimes find them in thrift stores, or at garage sales ect..... I do believe there is a company manufacturing new ones.....but I do not know what they are calling them. Wish I could be of more help to you.

@mvokado2

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 i found the new one, it's a cookwise mason jar lid opener. Has more or less the same shape as your vintage one.

Interesting comparisons between water and dry pack processes, but the prepper in me wants to include water to maximize the opportunity for simultaneous storage.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

That used to be my instincts also....but as I have observed my dry packed vegetables on the shelves through the past six years....the shelf life is completely comparable. It just goes against all of our canning instincts to do it this way.

I enjoyed this and never heard of dry pack before I will be trying it. Also by not sanitizing everything it's got to save a lot of time and water spills

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

After decades of traditional water packed veggies....I tried this for the first time about 5 years ago. Its really amazing in flavor and results. Plus, shelf life is comparable to traditional water packed veggies also. So its a totally win/win situation in my opinion! So glad to have you join us here on Miller Meadows! Happy Canning!!

you are really a blessing , thanks much for this video .

You pressure can raw meat. Why wouldn’t veggies be ok. Sometimes the government don’t really think.

I would much prefer the dry pack, never heard of the technique. I just don’t like regular canned green beans. Thank you!

@rickwall8941

Жыл бұрын

Instead of water try Better than Bullion. I added a few pieces of Cooked and cut up Bacon and a little onion. They were fabulous. In fact, I am going out tomorrow to try to find some more green beans. I did that and the dry pack and they were both great.

Ty

Yummy! ❤❤

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes! So yummy!

I am going to do my green beans like this, I have them all cut. Next ones I will do whole. Thank you so much. Could you be able to do red beets like this?

@millermeadows6359

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely on the beets!! They dry pack really well! Just process for normal beet times.

I am wondering if you have ever dry pack canned ginger roots? Also, if you take the air out with a food saver, and then submerge and water bath, would that make sure the air was out and help the process? Thank you so very much for your priceless information and sharing your knowledge so well!!!!

@yahushaismyshepherd1179

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow great question

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

No, it would not. The way heat canning works is that the food is heated to a point that it boils inside the jar....that heated air is pushed out from under the flat canning lid during the process time in your canner (this is why many times you can "smell" the wonderful aroma of the food that you are canning when its in the canner). Then as the jar cools the vacuum is formed as the jar tries to suck in the cool room air but the lid prevents that from happening. So even if you vacuum sealed your jar before placing into the canner....the heating and boiling process would unseal that vacuum you created as the heated air inside of the jar is pushed out during canning. I have personally never dry packed ginger....so I have no insight on what the results would be.

Hi darling. You have saved me so much time...and I dislike adding water to my beautiful fresh veggies when storing. Now here is something I have never canned. Yams. I got such a great deal on yams I couldn't resist. They are beautiful and I am in zone 3 and have not had luck growing them . Can you tell me how to dry can yams? Thank you. And have a lovely holiday season.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yams are very closely related to sweet potatoes. I peel, and chunk as you would a regular potato (I dont like blanching and slipping the peels off of these) then pack your cut chunks of yams as densely as you can into your jar. PC quarts for 60 mins (that is the old traditional time...new times online state to PC quarts for 90 mins, but I have never had issues with the shorter old time)....or hot water bath for 3 hours. I do have a video on dry pack potatoes....that may give you some good tips/insight also.... One things with yams or sweet potatoes is that they shrink and kind of collapse while cooking during the canning process. So do not be alarmed when your jar appears much less full than it did.

I love your channel. I just found it today. I’m getting set up to do small potatoes, frozen thawed room dried corn. And from frozen , green beans. I could buy raw beans. But will I see a difference in raw vs frozen ?

@millermeadows6359

Ай бұрын

I don't suggest dry packing corn. The natural sugars will scorch and brown it a lot. Add water to corn pack. Previously frozen green beans need the support of fluid in the jar also. Best if used in a canned soup application. Freezing breaks down the cell walls of green beans, making them soft. Use frozen green beans in a soup where you "expect" a soft veggie to be.

Thank you for the demonstration. I will do veggies that way. Will you list the vegetables that can be don dry pack?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Ive personally had success with Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Green beans, Carrots, Asparagus, and Beets.

Curious, do dry pack and pressure canned beans last on the shelf the same amount of time?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Yes in my experience they have lasted as long as traditional water packed.

Have you tried dry paking yellow sqquash.

Hi, I watched your video again and again. Loved it! But, i have 2 questions: after venting you put the weight on and then processed for 25 minutes. But, this confused me, do you start counting after the 10 minutes venting or when the weight starts to wiggle? And, would you be able to use zync to keep the colour? The beans are dry at first of course but they might leak enough water for the zync to work??

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

After venting, and placing your weight....only start timing your process after you have come to the proper pressure. If you have the appropriate weight, that would be when it starts to jiggle. I have never used zinc with any of my veggies, so I cannot give any insight on that question. There is a bit of liquid that does cook out of the beans however....so its possible that it would supply enough.

Watching your channel 12/24/22 Happy holidays. Your channel is a good source to learn canning. No need to repeat and repeat.. Your message come across good. I'm wondering if u can add onions to the Pints for flavor. Do you know if it would b ok?

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can add a small amount of onion without needing to change the process time. If you add to much however, you would need to increase your processing time. One tablespoon of minced onion will not change the density of the pack however....

Have you tried dry canning yellow summer squash? I would think if we can dry can carrots, potatoes & green beans we could can squash that way to.

@millermeadows6359

Ай бұрын

Summer squash is just to fragile to dry pack. It would become mush. I do have a video on canning yellow Summer squash however....where it remains firm and beautiful...

I need to be canning some of ours. We can a lot of stuff but we end up eating most of our green beans.😆

@millermeadows6359

3 жыл бұрын

We get a lot of them so it uses them up but they are good though.

You are very good at teaching. Just ordered a canner. I have a question? Can you mix jars of different veggies in one canner load? Like 3jars of green beans, 2 of carrots and 2 of potatoes in one canner load? Garden is not real large so my harvest is a little at a time of different vegetables. Thanks you will be one of my main teachers. 👩‍🏫

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can. Just always can for the time of the longest ingredient.

Thanks!!!

Question? So if I dry pack or fill with water (either or) both have to be water bath for 3 hour's, right ✅️

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Either way with or without fluid in the jar its a 3 hour hot water bath.

Interesting! I have 2 questions. How do you heat them for a meal? In boiling water? Is the flavour still like a canned bean flavour vs a cooked frozen bean?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

There is usually at least a little moisture that cooks out of the green beans as they cook.....so I usually just dump the contents of the jar into a pan and add a bit of butter to heat. You can also put the contents into a bowl and microwave if you wish. Dry packed green beans are more flavorful than traditional water packed....a bit firmer also....but cannot be compared to frozen green beans. They are subjected to high heat, and are fully cooked. But, the way I look at it is.....if the electricity goes out....I may lose ALL the food in my freezer, but my canned goods will still be safe! I would place my security in a jar, before I place it in an appliance.

Do you know how many times you can reuse old lids.

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

I have successfully reused lids 4 and 5 times. With success and they stayed sealed on my shelves until I decided to use the product inside the jars. Again, I will say that this is not suggested by the lid manufacturers. But I and many other canners have had great success with it.

This is third time watching this I just caught you added cream of tartar, is that instead of vinegar? I am making some right now. Thanks. I am so full of questions. I use better than bullion in my liquid for the green beans and add bacon bits and onions. Could you add that to the dry pack green beans?

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

I use cream of tarter instead of vinegar in my canner water. It keeps the hard water stains from your jars, just like vinegar does....but it is much kinder to your lids and rings. It does not corrode them like vinegar does. For your seasoned green beans, yes you can add those additions. I suggest 1 heaping Tablespoon of fresh minced onion, and only up to one full thin slice of bacon. If you add to much more than that, the canning time needs to be increased and it will make your green beans softer. With the additional seasonings I mentioned, add 10 minutes to the canning time.

I was wondering if you have ever done a dry can vegetable soup starter? I would like to do carrots, celery and onions together. Any advice?

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

This combo of veggies is packed tightly after cooking slightly and kink of creates its own juice to cover the veggies as it is processed in the canner. This mixture is called Mirepoix. (Holy trinity is another starter base that has Onions, Bell Peppers, and Celery and is canned the same way and time) Mirepoix: 3 large chopped onions 3 large grated carrots 4 stalks of chopped celery (You can double and triple to reach the desired amount of jars you wish to fill) In a pot, heat about 4 Tblsp oil....saute veggies until heated through and softened a bit to ease packing into jars. Pack into jars tightly leaving 1" headspace. PC 1/2 Pints 20 mins Pints 30 mins Quarts 40 mins

@maremare6647

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 thank you for your speedy reply and sharing your knowledge!

@Angelmama714

Жыл бұрын

Hello, would I be able to skip the sautéing and just pack the jars? I have 2 little ones running around and the faster the better for me!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

The answer would be yes I raw pack mine ! no steaming , sautéing or blanching them!

@Angelmama714

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 Amen to that! Thank you!!!

I really want to try the dry pack method for beans and potatoes but I have a question. Do they discolor over time because there is no liquid covering them. Sometimes I have siphoning in a jar and the product on top not in liquid will discolor a little. Do they taste better because they are not sitting in water.

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

The taste and texture are much better. I haven't noticed any discoloration when dry packing. I know exactly what your talking about with items discoloring above the fluid line. But it doesn't seem to occur with dry pack goods. Great question!

O K so this is my 1st. time canning and I watched your video green beans dry pack/ water pack methods. so I did 4 quarts 2 dry and 2 wet. The dry pack settled more than I thought it would, that's o k but there is about an inch of water in the bottom of them is that o k ?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is perfectly normal. There is a bit of fluid/juice that will cook out of the vegetables themselves.

After you have washed the green beans do you dry pack while there is still a bit of water clinging to the beans or do you dry them all off?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Not much water clings to them, but I don't take the time to dry them either. A certain but of moisture is rendered from the beans as they cook in the canning process, so don't worry if you see a small bit of liquid in the bottom of the jar when they are done. That's totally normal.

A channel homesteader said add a 50 gr of zinc and the beans stay green

@millermeadows6359

Ай бұрын

Yes. It works....IF traditionally water packing. It would have no effect with dry pack. And imo....why waste the additional money? They really don't lose that much color. 🥰

Hello, it's me again! How do you keep your jars from floating around? I have an all american and I put the 2nd rack on top with a few half pints of green beans to try to keep things together!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

How much water are you putting in your canner? With a PC of any kind....the water level does not need to exceed 1/2 way up your jars.....thats more than enough for a 10 minute vent, and the process time after that....

@Angelmama714

Жыл бұрын

@@millermeadows6359 it says 2-3 inches I was doing 3. But just put a second batch in and lowered the level to 2" and they sat better! I can't thank you enough for always replying when I have a question!! Thank you!

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome, We will always try to respond to everyone's questions but we both work so don't always get to them as soon as we would like but we try thank you for following us.

How do you do this if you don't have a pressure canner?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Hot water bath 3 hours. You will need to place your jars in the canner, place and extra rack on top and then weight it down to keep the jars from floating. Then fill your canner with water to 2" above your jars. Start 3 hour time when canner reaches a boil. Keep extra boiling water ready to add to canner during the long process because of evaporation. Only add BOILING water...not cool water as that will reduce the temperature of your whole canning process.

Can I pressure cook zucchini?

@millermeadows6359

15 күн бұрын

Yes you can....however, it will be extremely soft and mushy. Good for soup possibly however. I can my zuchinni in a light vinegar\sugar brine....so that the hot water bath process can be reduced in time. It comes out much firmer that way for frying ect.... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKN61aZpXbvKlKw.html

Have you ever dry packed sweet potatoes ???

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have. They turn out really well in my opinion! Sweet potatoes are canned at a longer time than regular potatoes due to the density.

Could it work for squash too?

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

Yes it does. The squash shrinks a lot and browns some, but it works. Try a few small jars to see if you like the results before doing a large amount. Dry pack is always canned at the same times as traditional water packed.

How long would I waterbath these for?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

Water-bath method is 3 hrs.

Are the dry pack beans like partially cooked green bean?

@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

No, dry pack beans aren't crisp like when you steam cook them. They are fully cooked as you need to can them at the appropriate time for safety. They are a bit firmer than water packed ones and have better flavor simply because they are not water logged. Crisp green beans can be achieved by pickling.

I Worry about the used lid getting those spots onder lid that turn into spots that it rust if they sat more than 2 years

@millermeadows6359

Жыл бұрын

That of course can happen....but I have honestly seen that happen with brand new unused lids also. The Superb canning lids seem to have a MUCH better coating on them. You may want to give them a try. And of course....I'm not encouraging anyone to reuse single use lids, it is of course a personal choice....but I have done it for years myself very successfully.

@Jane-ez7yl

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@@millermeadows6359thanks I will check that lid company out!

Also re using old lids I did not think you could do that

@millermeadows6359

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We are "taught" not to. Back during the 40's there were many shortages in supplies due to the war. My grandmother had no choice but to reuse lids....even though it was not suggested. I will say, that I am very choosy about the brands that I use, and will only reuse brands that I trust. Those include For Jars lids, and also Superb lids. Neither company endorses reuse however. It is a personal choice that I have made to experiment....as my grandmother did so many years ago.

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@millermeadows6359

3 жыл бұрын

We know but there is a lot of info that people that have never canned need to know, more experience once can skip to what they need.

@carolynmoody9460

2 жыл бұрын

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@millermeadows6359

2 жыл бұрын

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