Canning String Beans

Ingredients

• Take tender good string beans
• all the cold water the can will hold

Method

1. 1

   Break them up as for cooking, using the tender pods.

2. 2

   Wash them, fill tin cans full, and pour in all the cold water the can will hold.

3. 3

   Have cans with lids that fit snug and tight, then put on the lids and set in a vessel of cold water, the water coming up to two-thirds of the top of the can.

4. 4

   Boil three hours.

5. 5

   Then take out and seal with sealing wax, weight cans until cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pennsylvania German cook book (1902) by Keller, J. A. Mrs, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CANNING STRING BEANS. Take tender good string beans. Break them up as for cooking, using the tender pods, but if you have pods too old, shell them and put with tender pods. Fhen wash them, fill tin cans full, and pour in all the cold water the can will hold

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