From the latest Jackie Clay email from http://www.BackwoodsHome.com
“Canning dried beans
I keep hearing about people who can beans dried. That is they add about 1/3 jar dried beans, fill the rest will water and then process in a pressure canner. Does this work well? To me it seems so easy that it can’t possibly work
Jeanine Camp
Lakewood, Colorado
I know folks have used this method, but the way I put up dry beans is safer and just about as easy. Try this:
BEANS-DRY (HURRY UP METHOD)
Hot pack: Rinse dry beans, cover well with boiling water. Boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let soak, covered, for 2 hours. Heat to boiling and drain, saving liquid. Pack jars 3/4 full with hot beans. Add small pieces of fried lean bacon or ham, if desired. Fill with hot cooking liquid, leaving 1inch of headspace. Process pints for 65 minutes and quarts for 75 minutes at 10 pounds pressure in a pressure canner.”
It is always nice to have some cooked beans canned and handy when mealtime sneaks up on you and you didn’t start soaking dry ones in time.
It is always nice to have some cooked beans canned and handy when mealtime sneaks up on you and you didn’t start soaking dry ones in time.<<<
Sure would be, then one could make all those “open a can of beans” recipes.