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Can I put cooked green beans in a jar and finish them in the water bath?

I know in order to can green beans you need to pressure cook them. I was wondering if I cook them first can I just do the water bath b/c I am scared of the pressure cooker.

Asked By: courich67 - 7/25/2008
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Look, green beans are a low-acid food so you only have two options: either blanch and freeze, or process them in pressure canner. A water bath canner won't do the job because it will only reach a temperature 212ºF, and you must have 240ºF to 250ºF -- depending on where you live, water boils at a lower temperature at higher altitudes -- and the only way to get that high temp is by using a pressure canner.

So you could boil water for the next ten years, but it will still never get any hotter than 212ºF, and that just isn't hot enough to kill off all the nasties that will not only make you -- and your family -- extremely sick, but could actually kill you. Even if you are "scared" of a pressure canner, you would be more than terrified if you put someone in the Intensive Care ward after serving up a dish of lethal botulism.

Pressure canners are safe. They no more "dangerous" to use than a deep fryer, the broiler, a grill, or any other piece of equipment that requires your close supervision and careful attention. Yes, they are expensive, gigantic, and noisy, and look intimidating, but actually they are pretty simple to use... and a lot easier to learn than trying to program the time on a microwave.

Buy a new pressure canner to process your beans, but BEFORE you ever try to can anything in it, read the owner's manual, cover to cover... several times. Next, take it for a Test Drive to familiarize yourself with how it works and to determine what setting on your stove works best to maintain pressure.

To do this, put 3 inches of water in the canner and lock the lid in place. Follow the directions on how to pressurize the canner and go through the complete cycle as many times as needed -- this might be just 2-3 times... or you may need to do it 10 times -- until you have a basic understanding of how the canner works and feel more confident using it.

Remember, millions of people have been using pressure canners for nearly 100 years, and if some little old granny could master the process using a wood stove in her 1917 era kitchen, you can do it too.

I also strongly recommend using your local state extension services office. They are only a click or call away, and the experts there will be happy to help you get off to a good start. They will also have all the safe and tested canning directions you need, and they may even have canning classes, or know if they are offered elsewhere in your area.
Answered By: Miss Vickie - 7/29/2008
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I pressure can most of my green beans....but a few batches I freeze. with your fresh beans figure out if you want to snap your beans or french slice them...give the ready beans a water bath and have a good pot of boiling water ready....boil 5 minutes for snapped (cut) beans, 3 minutes for french sliced beans.

Remove the beans from the boiling water. Place in a cold bath...Add ice cubes as needed to cool the beans down cold....

Remove beans from cold water bath, drain well and freeze in storage bags.....if freezing in air removal bags, I recommend freezing beans first, sealing bags later...

Enjoy those beans in December...
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Answered By: coltisit - 7/26/2008
Well the pressure cookers has been a known killer.

back off slowly.

get rid of it.

stay away from it.
Answered By: me and m - 7/25/2008
Yes, if you do not lid the jar (explosion risk).

Please just simply boil green beans in a pot with plenty of boiling water + salt;

after 5 minutes the most, since reboiling: fish the beans out and dunk them into a container with icy water;

wait for few minutes, drain and serve or keep.

A quicker way is to steam it, then also shock it in icy water. etc.

(please do not try to make a bomb in your kitchen, for the world peace! lol)
Answered By: YMY - 7/25/2008
Maybe just blanch them, then add them with warm liquid (water) and then finish them in the water bath so they don;t get over cooked and mushy.

May as well try it once and see how they do. Then you will for next time what to adjust.

I'm scared of pressure cookers too. Never even used one I'm so scared.
Answered By: cowgirl_power82 - 7/25/2008
Presure cookers can be very safe to use. Old models had a few problems mostly cause by people thet did do what they should have.

Here's some useful info on either method pressure cooker or water bath - the choice is yours!

Keep in mind the times and temperatures will vary with altitude above sea level! The higher you are the higher your times and temperatures will be! Please read!

Good luck!
Answered By: DeejayDebi - 7/25/2008
Pressure cookers and pressure canners can be two different things. Pressure cookers have less metal, are smaller in diameter, and will use less water than pressure canners. The result is that the come-up and come-down times will be less than for the standard pressure canner. Make sure you use a pressure canner, NOT a pressure cooker, to can. There are some brands that are combination canner/cooker.

Pressure canners have come a long way since the days of mom and grandma so there isn't the worry about them blowing up anymore. Have someone show you how to use one and you'll not look back. ;-)

There are no safe short cuts in canning.Improperly canned foods can cause serious illness. Any canning recipe older than 1990 is no longer safe to use. The USDA changed and updated the approved canning methods in 1989, so what was good for grandma is no longer considered safe necessarily.

Non-acid foods must be canned in a pressure canner, there is no safe way to can them in a boiling water canner.

For specific info on how to can different foods, I suggest this educational site: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_home.html
Answered By: cbzzzzzzz - 7/25/2008
They're suppose to be processed under pressure in order to kill all bacteria including botulinum spores. I scald mine 3 minutes, cool, put in freezer bags & put in the freezer. They've always turned out real good. You can make dilled green beans or pickled 3 bean salad & process in just a water bath.
Answered By: karyn m - 7/25/2008
Foods with acid can be wayer bathed, foods without acid have to be pressure cooked.
i agree with others on here-freeze them.
Answered By: ssspphttt! - 7/25/2008
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