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Green Beans

Source of Recipe

Grandma and Mom


List of Ingredients

2 pounds green beans per quart jar
Salt -- (optional)


Recipe



Prepare Ball brand or Kerr brand jars and closures according to manufacturer's instructions.

Wash and rinse beans thoroughly. Remove string, trim ends and break or cut freshly gathered beans into 2-inch pieces. Place beans in a large saucepot and cover with boiling water; boil 5 minutes. Pack hot beans
into hot jars, leaving 1-inch headspace. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to each pint, 1 teaspoon salt to each quart, if desired.

Carefully ladle boiling water over beans, leaving 1-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles with a nonmetallic spatula. Wipe jar rim clean. Place lid on jar with sealing compound next to glass. Screw band down evenly and firmly just until a point of resistance is met -- fingertip tight.

Process pints 20 minutes, quarts 25 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure in a steam-pressure canner. For elevations higher than 1,000 feet, increase pressure accordingly following cooker manufacturer's recommendation.

The processing time given applies only to young, tender pods.