Thursday, May 29, 2014

Country Home Canning Pinto Beans

Country boy cans a batch of tasty pinto beans with style and humor. Beans are soaked over night and canned with 1 tablespoon per quart canning salt - not table salt

Dilly Bean Canning with the Water Bath Method

Pickled foods like dilly beans can be canned in a water bath, no pressure cooker needed. Packed cans of beans are completely submerged in gently boiling water.

Canning green beans we bartered honey for.

I posted on craigslist looking for people to barter honey for fresh vegetables. We ended up with 16 qts of green beans. Thank you Misty Prepper for the green...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Home Canning Great Northern Beans

Another favorite type of beans for canning are Great Northern Beans. Great Northern beans are plump and mellow tasting and go well in all types of recipes and home cooking.

Quick Home Canning Dry Beans

How to home can dry beans. Dry beans can be home canned quickly and they are cheaper than grocery store canned beans. Beans cook during the canning process. Make sure to leave an inch of space at the top of the cans.

Hot Pack Canning Green And Yellow Beans


This is the hot pack method for pressure canning green and yellow beans. They hold up well for long term storage! They're fantastic in crock-pot cooking...

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

How to Can Green Beans with Hot Pack Method

An alternative way to cann green beans is with the hot pack method, beans are cooked on the stove top first then transferred to cooker for canning, great time saver.