Every Step in Canning eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about Every Step in Canning.

Every Step in Canning eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about Every Step in Canning.
| done | | | | | | | Soup mixture |Boil down| |Quart | 11/2 hrs. | thick | | | | | | | Apples | 1 min. | No. 1 sirup |Quart | 15 min. | | | | Berries | 1 min. | No. 1 sirup |Quart | 13 min. | | | | Figs | | No. 3 sirup |Quart | 30 min. | | | | Peaches |1-2 min. | No. 2 sirup |Quart | 25 min. | | | | Pears | 1 min. | No. 3 sirup |Quart | 25-35 min. | | | | Cherries | | No. 3 sirup |Quart | 30 min. | | | |

[Footnote 1:  Brine is made of 21/2 ounces (1/3 cup) of salt to 1 gallon of water.  To make sirups recommended, boil sugar and water together in proportions given below: 

Sirup No. 1, use 14 ounces to 1 gallon water. 
Sirup No. 2, use 1 pound 14 ounces to 1 gallon water. 
Sirup No. 3, use 3 pounds 9 ounces to 1 gallon water. 
One pint sugar is one pound.]

TIME-TABLE FOR PRODUCTS IN GLASS

The following vegetables should be processed the same length of time on each of three successive days: 

|             |            |SIZE |PROCESS OR BOIL ON
|   BLANCH    |   LIQUOR   |JAR  |  EACH OF THREE
|             |            |     | SUCCESSIVE DAYS
------------------------------------------------------------
----- Corn |2 min. on cob|Water, salt |Pint | 11/2 hr. | | and sugar | | | | | | Garden peas|1 to 4 min. |Water, salt |Quart| 11/2 hr. | | and sugar | | | | | | Asparagus |1 min. |Brine[1] |Pint | 1 hr. and 20 min. | | | | Asparagus |1 min. |Brine[1] |Pint | 1 hr. | | | | Lima beans |2 to 4 min. |Brine[1] |Pint | 1 hr. and 25 min. | | | | Okra |3 min. |Brine[1] |Quart| 11/2 hr. | | | | Okra |3 min. |Brine[1] |Pint | 1 hr. and 15 min. | | | | Squash | |Cook done |Quart| 13/4 hr. | | | | Squash | |Cook done |Pint | 1 hr. and 25 min. | | | | Pumpkin | |Cook done |Quart| 13/4 hr. | | | | Pumpkin | |Cook done |Pint | 1 hr. and 25 min. | | | | Spinach |4 min. |Brine[1] |Quart| 11/2 hr. | | | | Spinach |4 min. |Brine[1] |Pint | 1 hr. and 15 min.

[Footnote 1:  Brine is made of 21/2 ounces (1/3 cup) of salt to 1 gallon of water.]

TIME-TABLE FOR PRODUCTS IN TIN

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