I’m about to WB green beans for the first time. I’m following along your video. Thank you so much and I’ll be watching all your videos. I’m 26, my grandma and great grandma died when I was young and couldn’t teach me how to can. I’m keeping the tradition alive no matter how many failures I may go thru. Thank you so much for posting.
Thank you for keeping tradition/the old way alive. Most countries consider pressure canners dangerous and do not even sell them. Only in the US do they "insist" you do it their way by pressure canning. I appreciate your videos, it always helps someone who can't find anything about water bath canning without being pressured about going out and spending a fortune when it's unnecessary. In return people don't do any canning because of cost. That's exactly why the government insists on PC. They don't want you prepared, or keeping family tradition. Thank you!❤
I knew it!!! I looked everywhere to find someone who would debunk that you can't water bath can green beans. I'm 70 and have always done mine like this and never had any problems! Thank you!
To me i waterbath everything. I feel PC takes out the nutrients are cooked out. The feel the US wants us to do what they want and we are the only country that has more chemicals in our food you buy from a store. We have no idea whats in it. So my thinking they want you to depend on what they do. More people are sick than they were back 30 years ago. I drink raw milk, i can waterbathing and my husband and i have no health problems. We havent even had a cold. I cook everything fresh. We buy our meat from a local farmer i plant all my veggies. So we only buy at the store paper products, and soaps. I make my own cheese, cottage cheese. Thank you for keeping the way i grew up alive and well.! God bless you!
I followed your video last year and I put them in just half- pint jars I was recovering from spinal fusion and I put them to grow in flower boxes so I could have a garden. I realize it wasn't much but I had to have a garden. It worked for me. But the canning worked wonderfully. Made a stew yesterday out of the potatoes, yellow beans, carrots, parsley, my canned mushroom soup, hi onions and I needed celery took a trip out to garden took three little stalks cut up the leaves to and threw it in. It's so nice that all veggies was grew and came from my garden. By showing us how to do this preservation it puts meals away for us. Thank you.
I appreciate these videos a lot. Last year I started canning for the first time, all by water bath. Your videos helped tons... There isn't much water bath info besides fear stuff. I'm still eating from those jars from last year, and I already harvested and canned another years worth (at least) of green beans, along with carrots, potatoes, and corn. Now I'm dealing with an abundance of tomatoes, so time to can those for the first time. Also learning about fermenting. It's all a fun learning process. Thanks again and God bless yall.
I think your awesome and thank you for explaining things so easily yet thoroughly! I appreciate the calm southern voice! :) Well, it sounds southern to me!
I recently came across your channel. Thank you for these videos. My parents water bath canned everything, but I never really paid attention, so this is very helpful. Especially, now that I have my own homestead, and lots of produce coming in.
Thanks for this concise and informative lesson on waterbath canning beans. I just picked about 6 lbs from my garden and feel confident enough to process these using your method.
I used to pressure can green beans. I wasnt happy at all with them. My mom told me that her mom, my grandma, only water bath canned everything! They lived on a farm and Grandma needed to feed 10 kids AND provide the food for her restaurant! Nobody got sick and the beans were so much better. This year was the first year i didnt do pressure canning for my grean beans or my corn. The color was beautiful and the veggies were crisp and fresh! I'll only waterbath veggies from now on.
I canned 1973-1992 in Mn till i moved with our growing family to a drier climate so gardening was next to nill since low rainfall and grasshoppers in SD. In Mn i canned with water bath everything but meat. The economy brought me full circle to canning. Conflicting methods till i found yours . Love it
I just found your channel and want to say how much I appreciate your detailed instructions on how to water bath green beans! I have watched several videos on this process, not all, but, many and it is like watching a movie that just leaves you hanging at the end. Drives me crazy!! Thank you for a really good description of what I need to do! New subscriber from New Brunswick, Canada! 🤗🇨🇦
Just found your channel. And i loved it. We are 104 in southern texas area. Ive never owned a pressure canner. And never will. Your videos are really great to follow. And i love that. And the USDA can kiss my grits is what my late mom used to say. Have a safe and wonderful day.
Thank you for the video! My gamily always did water bath canning when I was growing up. We got away from it and I'm researhing to bring it back. Looking fwd to future videos!
I want to add that I still boil my lids. They changed that part of the instructions a few years ago; also the lids and rings are cheap and can bend. I still use my old rings even if they have rust on them. I sand them off but they are substantially stronger than the new ones.
I laughted at your statement "family is alive, didn't die!" I have been waterbath canning for years too, we are alive too! Waterbath canning was around long before pressure canning ever existed. Alot of people don't realize that.
You are clearly alive and well!😁 pressure canner will not maintain pressure. Tried everything. Now I’m going back to water bath. Thank you for your video. You are sooo credible.
Ah - so good to finally find someone who knows that water bathed preserving is not going to poison you! The fear mongering is real! Even homemade sauerkraut is (apparently) fraught with danger 🙀I live in NZ and I know no one with a pressure canner. We mostly use the overflow method (eeek! I hear people in the US scream 😆) or the water bath method for EVERYTHING and have never met anyone who has become ill from homemade, properly preserved, produce. Thank you for your breath of common sense :)
I actually don’t know anyone here that uses a pressure cooker for canning, myself and everyone here I know uses water bath for canning, it’s prolly all these city slickers that think pressure cooking is the only way
My GRANDMOTHER RAISED ALL US KIDS WATER BATH CANNING SO IM 67 AND STILL ALIVE DOING THINGS HER WAY WE ATE CANNED SQUIRRELS DIDNT DIE FOOD YOU BUY AT GROCERY STORES IS WAY WORSE FOR US WITH ALL THE ADDITIVES !!!!! SHE DID PRESSURE COOK THE MEATS AFTER PUTTING THEM IN JARS !!!!
I grew up with my mother and grandmother's all water bath canning, all their vegetables. This is how I do it as well. Nobody in my family ever got sick from this method. If you get a chance to make some Rattlesnake green beans...please try it. They are delicious!
Every time i have Pressure canned beans they tasted strong. And i 18:13 stopped caning for that and other reasons. I'm 78 and had water bath canner that was tall with two racks . Put water in the bottom, put the filled jars on the racks and let cook for about 3 hours. I plan to water bath this summers beans. Thanks for the info ❤
My Mom always water canned green beans. She didn't even have pressure cooker. I don't remember the vinegar though. Could you do a video on how to can potatoes? My Mom never did can potatoes.
Yep I used her potato canning video and they turned out great. One thing I learned is that less starchy potatoes are the best to can. I prefer the red ones.
We just canned ours but we only counted for 30mins after boil. Has anyone else done them for 30 mins. We did that growing up . Good thing to watch hope mine was cooked long enough
Omg you saved my country ass for sure!!!. I subscribed and ive been studying on this water bath/ pressure canner issue.. but omg you're completely right!!!.. they do things the old way in other countries bc they prolly dont have a pressure pot. It just makes sense.. im a similar you tuber too. So i will pass this on on my channel bc i am over run with blue lakes and ive got plenty of new jars!❤
Question: although the green beans can be opened and used right away, do you and others have wait times or cure windows after canning where you will wait for "x" time to pass before starting to use them? Maybe because they will be softer, or saltier. Thanks!
You don't have to put the vinegar in. If you leave it out your process time is 3 hours from a rolling boil. When you are canning low acidic foods the vinegar in my opinion gives acid to the food for preserving. I have canned greenbeans without the vinegar. All of my greenbeans from last year were canned without vinegar.
If I hear one more person tell me that I shouldn't WB I'm going to scream! LOL! My great grandmother, grandmother and mom WB veggies. Here I am to tell about it because, well, it didn't kill us! Thank you for your videos. They have helped me so much! QUESTION: I have a canner just like yours. However, when I put quart jars in it with the recommended water amount, water blows out all over the place. I have chosen to stick to pint jars instead. I don't understand why my canner allows so much water to spit out all over the place. I put it on a full rolling boil. Do you have that issue?
Thank you so much for your video. I didn’t put any vinegar into my jars n I for got to use the canning salt instead of table salt n I didn’t use any vinegar. I water bath them for nearly 3 hrs on a rolling boil. Do u think they’re safe to eat?? I must have been half asleep when I was bottling them. I value your opinion. From Canada thank you
@crayner8993 As long as they are sealed I think they should be alright. The salt and vinegar helps to preserve them longer. I wouldn't let them sit for any longer than 3 to 6 months. If they are bad you will know as soon as you remove the seal. They will have a terrible odor.
2 questions 1.how long after canning can they be eaten. 2. What’s the shelf life before they go bad. Just curious never canned before and I like your water bath method not so comfortable trying the pressure cooker method.
Thanks for the video. Just water bathed beans for the first time, realized I lost some water & my quarts were only covered to the middle of the metal ring after 2 hours, will they be okay? Or what now?
This is how my aunt canned everything if I remember correctly and she never had an issue. Thank you for the refresher, it was VERY helpful. I have one question though. If you can 50 jars how many jars, if any, do you lose? Thanks again.
So I followed this video to do my beans. Never canned a single thing in my life. I remembered to debubble the first one but not the other 4. Now, my jars seemed to have sealed overnight, but the water level is lower and the very top of my beans are not covered. Will this be an issue? It has not yet been a full 24 hrs, so will it settle more in the next 10 hrs?
Do you have to blanch the beans? Can you use citric acid instead of vinegar? As far as I can remember, this is how my grandmother did her green beans. Not 100% sure due to the fact she kicked us kids out doors once we picked and snapped the beans. She had a very small kitchen, so there was not a lot of room when you are processing/cooking food.
When I was first taught to waterbath greenbeans I was taught to cook them for 5 minutes then put them in hot jars with hot lids, hot water and salt. No vinegar but over time I picked up this new way which is the video I put up. The vinegar is just a little reassurance for having a low acidic food in my opinion. You can substitute vinegar with lemon juice. I have greenbeans from last year without vinegar and everything was processed hot. I hope this information has helped.
Some people have told me it’s better to pressure can them . I don’t understand why really but they they wouldn’t approved by FDA . So now I not sure how to do them . If you could tell me why that would be great . Thanks
Thank you it makes more sense to me using the water bath . A good pressure cooker is very expressive and to me it does the exact same thing . So I’m going to try it .Thanks for responding ❤️
It's a 21.5 quart canner that I got from Walmart. It said it will hold 7 quart jars but I only put 6 in mine. I've had it for a few years. I use to have my daughters great grandmother's canner but I can't find it. I used it when I first started canning 20 years ago.
@@michellesgarden I just bought a large stock pot from Walmart yesterday but it is not advertised as a canner. Does it have to say it is a canner in order to be used as a canner? The one I bought is a 14.5 circumference blue enamel stock pot. It has a rack in the bottom but it doesn't have a rack with the handles. EDIT: I took that pot back yesterday because I filled it with water, got my boil going and when I came back the water was a rust colored. What happened was the holes in the rack rusted and that turned the water into rust water as it boiled. Learned my lesson and bought a stainless steel canner this time
That I'm not sure about. I would think as long as the jars are on a rack and don't sit directly on the bottom of the pot you can try it. I don't personally know anyone who has used a stock pot for canning. There is a fb page called waterbath canning only no pressure canning aloud. There is alot of knowledge from that page and you may get some answers from someone who has used a stock pot before
I was watching your video on WB green beans, last yr I put up some apple butter I didn’t have a canner pot With a rack at the bottom I just use a spaghetti pot put kitchen towels on the bottom of the pot fill the pot with water and put the jars in like that, it worked great no problems@@michellesgarden
Do you have to cover the jars with an inch and a half of water??? I canned green beans years ago and don't remember covering the filled jars with water. I watermarked canned my entire harvest of vegetables. I also don't recall putting a tablespoons of vinegar in each jar... 5 know it's not recommended by the experts. Just asking.
Hello I am new to canning! I was wondering if you can use apple cider vinegar instead of white vinegar? I was raised adding it to cans of green beans when I cooked them.
You can use lemon juice in place of white vinegar. I've never heard of anyone who used apple cider vinegar. You can always give it a try and see how you like it. :)
Cook your mushrooms about 5 to 10 minutes strain the liquid off into a bowl, pack your jars tightly then strain the liquid through a coffee filter. Pour the liquid into your jars. If you need more liquid add some water to completely fill your jar at the level you want. Waterbath for 3 hours.
It helps with the preserving of a low acidic food. Some people say they taste it some say no. You can use lemon juice also or leave it out and just us your canning salt
I’m about to WB green beans for the first time. I’m following along your video. Thank you so much and I’ll be watching all your videos. I’m 26, my grandma and great grandma died when I was young and couldn’t teach me how to can. I’m keeping the tradition alive no matter how many failures I may go thru. Thank you so much for posting.
You go girl!!!😊❤
Gid bless uou
Thank you for keeping tradition/the old way alive. Most countries consider pressure canners dangerous and do not even sell them. Only in the US do they "insist" you do it their way by pressure canning. I appreciate your videos, it always helps someone who can't find anything about water bath canning without being pressured about going out and spending a fortune when it's unnecessary. In return people don't do any canning because of cost. That's exactly why the government insists on PC. They don't want you prepared, or keeping family tradition. Thank you!❤
I knew it!!! I looked everywhere to find someone who would debunk that you can't water bath can green beans. I'm 70 and have always done mine like this and never had any problems! Thank you!
That’s how I feel about the pressure canner it scares me . I will water bath Thank you .
every year I come back to rewatch this! Thanks for being here Michelle!
I love that you waterbath your produce! More videos please!! ❤
Yes please do I love it
To me i waterbath everything. I feel PC takes out the nutrients are cooked out. The feel the US wants us to do what they want and we are the only country that has more chemicals in our food you buy from a store. We have no idea whats in it. So my thinking they want you to depend on what they do. More people are sick than they were back 30 years ago. I drink raw milk, i can waterbathing and my husband and i have no health problems. We havent even had a cold. I cook everything fresh. We buy our meat from a local farmer i plant all my veggies. So we only buy at the store paper products, and soaps. I make my own cheese, cottage cheese. Thank you for keeping the way i grew up alive and well.! God bless you!
That’s awesome . I’m a newbie at this so any information I can get is great Thank you
I followed your video last year and I put them in just half- pint jars I was recovering from spinal fusion and I put them to grow in flower boxes so I could have a garden. I realize it wasn't much but I had to have a garden. It worked for me. But the canning worked wonderfully. Made a stew yesterday out of the potatoes, yellow beans, carrots, parsley, my canned mushroom soup, hi onions and I needed celery took a trip out to garden took three little stalks cut up the leaves to and threw it in. It's so nice that all veggies was grew and came from my garden. By showing us how to do this preservation it puts meals away for us. Thank you.
Awesome. I had a spinal fusion surgery when I was 14. I had scoliosis.
I appreciate these videos a lot. Last year I started canning for the first time, all by water bath. Your videos helped tons... There isn't much water bath info besides fear stuff. I'm still eating from those jars from last year, and I already harvested and canned another years worth (at least) of green beans, along with carrots, potatoes, and corn. Now I'm dealing with an abundance of tomatoes, so time to can those for the first time. Also learning about fermenting. It's all a fun learning process. Thanks again and God bless yall.
I think your awesome and thank you for explaining things so easily yet thoroughly! I appreciate the calm southern voice! :) Well, it sounds southern to me!
I recently came across your channel. Thank you for these videos. My parents water bath canned everything, but I never really paid attention, so this is very helpful. Especially, now that I have my own homestead, and lots of produce coming in.
Thanks for this concise and informative lesson on waterbath canning beans. I just picked about 6 lbs from my garden and feel confident enough to process these using your method.
I used to pressure can green beans. I wasnt happy at all with them. My mom told me that her mom, my grandma, only water bath canned everything! They lived on a farm and Grandma needed to feed 10 kids AND provide the food for her restaurant! Nobody got sick and the beans were so much better. This year was the first year i didnt do pressure canning for my grean beans or my corn. The color was beautiful and the veggies were crisp and fresh! I'll only waterbath veggies from now on.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill! We appreciate you!
I canned 1973-1992 in Mn till i moved with our growing family to a drier climate so gardening was next to nill since low rainfall and grasshoppers in SD.
In Mn i canned with water bath everything but meat.
The economy brought me full circle to canning.
Conflicting methods till i found yours . Love it
Thank you Michelle! This is how my mom showed me.
I just found your channel and want to say how much I appreciate your detailed instructions on how to water bath green beans! I have watched several videos on this process, not all, but, many and it is like watching a movie that just leaves you hanging at the end. Drives me crazy!! Thank you for a really good description of what I need to do! New subscriber from New Brunswick, Canada! 🤗🇨🇦
Plain and simple and to the point. This is my first time ever. Thank you for sharing and I will let you know how your teaching techniques turned out!
Just found your channel. And i loved it. We are 104 in southern texas area. Ive never owned a pressure canner. And never will. Your videos are really great to follow. And i love that. And the USDA can kiss my grits is what my late mom used to say. Have a safe and wonderful day.
Good job. I like the method you showed us.
Thank you for the video! My gamily always did water bath canning when I was growing up. We got away from it and I'm researhing to bring it back. Looking fwd to future videos!
I want to add that I still boil my lids. They changed that part of the instructions a few years ago; also the lids and rings are cheap and can bend. I still use my old rings even if they have rust on them. I sand them off but they are substantially stronger than the new ones.
ForJars brand canning lids and rings are great and the lids are thicker!
Thanks for all the instructions and information, new to water bath canning, you answered all my questions and concerns. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for the video-I love learning new things!
I laughted at your statement "family is alive, didn't die!" I have been waterbath canning for years too, we are alive too! Waterbath canning was around long before pressure canning ever existed. Alot of people don't realize that.
Thank you! Mom used water bath for tomatoes and I needed help with green beans.
You are clearly alive and well!😁 pressure canner will not maintain pressure. Tried everything. Now I’m going back to water bath. Thank you for your video. You are sooo credible.
Thank you Michelle for all your information.That is how I will do my green beans.hope to find more of your videos.🇨🇦♥️
I really appreciated this video! It was very clear and to the point. Thanks so much!
Absolutely love your channel! I do it all the same way also! Happy canning! 😀
Ah - so good to finally find someone who knows that water bathed preserving is not going to poison you! The fear mongering is real! Even homemade sauerkraut is (apparently) fraught with danger 🙀I live in NZ and I know no one with a pressure canner. We mostly use the overflow method (eeek! I hear people in the US scream 😆) or the water bath method for EVERYTHING and have never met anyone who has become ill from homemade, properly preserved, produce. Thank you for your breath of common sense :)
What is the OVERFLOW METHOD please?
I actually don’t know anyone here that uses a pressure cooker for canning, myself and everyone here I know uses water bath for canning, it’s prolly all these city slickers that think pressure cooking is the only way
Thank you for sharing! My first time this year. So I can't wait!
I just came across your video and really appreciate the way you showed everything. Thank you so much.
Thanks Michelle super good instructions
My GRANDMOTHER RAISED
ALL US KIDS WATER BATH CANNING SO IM 67 AND STILL ALIVE DOING THINGS HER WAY WE ATE CANNED SQUIRRELS DIDNT DIE
FOOD YOU BUY AT GROCERY STORES IS WAY WORSE FOR US WITH ALL THE ADDITIVES !!!!!
SHE DID PRESSURE COOK THE MEATS AFTER PUTTING THEM IN JARS !!!!
Thank you! This was exactly what I was looking for!
Best beans I have ever canned was water bath. 2 yrs later they were still great
Just found your page
Loved the video❤
I grew up with my mother and grandmother's all water bath canning, all their vegetables. This is how I do it as well. Nobody in my family ever got sick from this method.
If you get a chance to make some Rattlesnake green beans...please try it. They are delicious!
So happy to have found you!! I am just starting this video but couldn't wait to thank you!
Thank you so much. You made the instructions so easy.
Thank you for sharing your Knowledge. I love your Videos. I Have Green Beans And Carrots that I will be doing in the next few days
Every time i have Pressure canned beans they tasted strong. And i 18:13 stopped caning for that and other reasons.
I'm 78 and had water bath canner that was tall with two racks . Put water in the bottom, put the filled jars on the racks and let cook for about 3 hours.
I plan to water bath this summers beans.
Thanks for the info ❤
My Mom always water canned green beans. She didn't even have pressure cooker. I don't remember the vinegar though. Could you do a video on how to can potatoes? My Mom never did can potatoes.
I have a video on canning potatoes. That was probably the first video I did on waterbath canning.
Yep I used her potato canning video and they turned out great. One thing I learned is that less starchy potatoes are the best to can. I prefer the red ones.
@@michellesgarden Is my favorite Video !! ❤
Thank you for sharing with us ☺️
What a cool little magnet! I haven't seen that.
Thank you for convincing me this was a tried and true method. I will be doing this and carrots.
Thank you, Michelle.
A new sub .here your green beans came out beautiful..
I’m a year late but Thank you!!!! I’m too afraid to use a pressure canner so I’m going to use your method.
Thanks, Michell good show
Love your intro...right on girl! 🤜
Thank you. I have never used vinegar and I'm doing pints today and using the vinegar.
You can also use lemon juice if you prefer not to use vinegar.
Do you have to use vinegar. My neighbor lady who is in her 80s said she only put water and salt in hers
Do you have to use vinegar. My neighbor lady who is in her 80s said she only put water and salt in hers
Do you have to use vinegar. My neighbor lady who is in her 80s said she only put water and salt in hers
No you don't. Without vinegar I waterbath 3 hours.
We just canned ours but we only counted for 30mins after boil. Has anyone else done them for 30 mins. We did that growing up . Good thing to watch hope mine was cooked long enough
Thank you
Omg you saved my country ass for sure!!!. I subscribed and ive been studying on this water bath/ pressure canner issue.. but omg you're completely right!!!.. they do things the old way in other countries bc they prolly dont have a pressure pot. It just makes sense.. im a similar you tuber too. So i will pass this on on my channel bc i am over run with blue lakes and ive got plenty of new jars!❤
What do people think they did back before pressure canners, I don't think they went to kroger!
I used to waterbath mine all the time now I pressure can it takes less time
Tremendously helpful! Thank you!
What is the shelf life for the w/b green beans, ?how long can you keep them a year or more?
12 to 18 months is usually how long I have greenbeans stored for.
Do you have to use fresh vegetables or can you use frozen or canned vegetables for water bathing?
I use only garden fresh vegetables or fresh vegetables from the produce section of the grocery store is fine.
Question: although the green beans can be opened and used right away, do you and others have wait times or cure windows after canning where you will wait for "x" time to pass before starting to use them? Maybe because they will be softer, or saltier.
Thanks!
@mobiusprolix8454 I don't have an exact time. I can them and use them up by the next canning season.
Thsnkvyoubivaporciate your videos they help a lot !! God bless 🙏🙏🙏🌈🌈
Thank you! Just did it! ❤
Why do you have to put vinegar inside with the beans. I dont like the taste of it but, what is the reason?
You don't have to put the vinegar in. If you leave it out your process time is 3 hours from a rolling boil. When you are canning low acidic foods the vinegar in my opinion gives acid to the food for preserving. I have canned greenbeans without the vinegar. All of my greenbeans from last year were canned without vinegar.
@@michellesgarden ok thank you
If I hear one more person tell me that I shouldn't WB I'm going to scream! LOL! My great grandmother, grandmother and mom WB veggies. Here I am to tell about it because, well, it didn't kill us! Thank you for your videos. They have helped me so much! QUESTION: I have a canner just like yours. However, when I put quart jars in it with the recommended water amount, water blows out all over the place. I have chosen to stick to pint jars instead. I don't understand why my canner allows so much water to spit out all over the place. I put it on a full rolling boil. Do you have that issue?
Yes my canner does that also. I haven't been able to figure out a way to stop that. I just clean up the mess.
Thank you so much for your video. I didn’t put any vinegar into my jars n I for got to use the canning salt instead of table salt n I didn’t use any vinegar. I water bath them for nearly 3 hrs on a rolling boil. Do u think they’re safe to eat??
I must have been half asleep when I was bottling them. I value your opinion.
From Canada thank you
@crayner8993 As long as they are sealed I think they should be alright. The salt and vinegar helps to preserve them longer. I wouldn't let them sit for any longer than 3 to 6 months. If they are bad you will know as soon as you remove the seal. They will have a terrible odor.
Do you remove rings before storing on a shelf?
I take them off and wipe my jars off then put my jars on the shelf.
Thank you for sharing 😊
if canning pints do you half your salt and vinegar ????
please and thank you !
Yes
I think you mentioned you have added potatoes to your green beans. Any change to the recipe if you add potatoes? Any recommendations? Thanks
@BrwnEyedGrl120 if you add potatoes just waterbath 3 hours. You can do everything the same as you do with the greenbeans.
do you know a recipe for mixed garden veggies..not pickled...salt only
@joancruickshank7771 No I sure dont.
2 questions
1.how long after canning can they be eaten.
2. What’s the shelf life before they go bad.
Just curious never canned before and I like your water bath method not so comfortable trying the pressure cooker method.
@@patsybarker-jz2xe you can eat them anytime. I try to use all of my canned foods in a 12 month time.
@@michellesgarden thank you
Thanks for the video. Just water bathed beans for the first time, realized I lost some water & my quarts were only covered to the middle of the metal ring after 2 hours, will they be okay? Or what now?
@jessicaford3425 They should be ok. I noticed your last name being Ford. That's my family's last name also.😊
I have canned for years but never put vinegar in the green beans. Could you explain why you do that
@@marywilley3730 just to help with preserving. I never did either until I watched a lady on a channel called makeitmake.
This is how my aunt canned everything if I remember correctly and she never had an issue. Thank you for the refresher, it was VERY helpful. I have one question though. If you can 50 jars how many jars, if any, do you lose? Thanks again.
I canned 39 and haven't lost any.
nice video...thanks!
What would be the timing for pints, assuming this can also be done in a steam canner? Tia
Pints and quarts are the same time.
This may be a crazy question
Do you water bath in a hard boilon high? My stove has a high ,med, and low setting.
@@RoyalCrown133 yes on high
@@michellesgarden 👌
If you don’t hot pack but still add the 1 T of vinegar, is the processing time still 2 hours?
@stephanieoswald47 yes it is.
How much vinegar and canning salt would I use to do pint jars?
1/2 a teaspoon.
Please tell me measurements for salt and vinegar plus processing time for pints. Thank you
@billiedove7148 tablespoon for quarts, a teaspoon for pints and processing time is the same for both sizes.
Hi!. Have you tried adding zinc to the beans to keep them green?
No I haven't. That's interesting.
@@michellesgarden I saw it on "Homesteading with the Zimmermans - Canning Gr Beans that 'stay green'. I'm trying it next season.
So I followed this video to do my beans. Never canned a single thing in my life. I remembered to debubble the first one but not the other 4. Now, my jars seemed to have sealed overnight, but the water level is lower and the very top of my beans are not covered. Will this be an issue? It has not yet been a full 24 hrs, so will it settle more in the next 10 hrs?
I should add, even the one I did debubble is doing this!
Do you have to blanch the beans?
Can you use citric acid instead of vinegar?
As far as I can remember, this is how my grandmother did her green beans. Not 100% sure due to the fact she kicked us kids out doors once we picked and snapped the beans. She had a very small kitchen, so there was not a lot of room when you are processing/cooking food.
When I was first taught to waterbath greenbeans I was taught to cook them for 5 minutes then put them in hot jars with hot lids, hot water and salt. No vinegar but over time I picked up this new way which is the video I put up. The vinegar is just a little reassurance for having a low acidic food in my opinion. You can substitute vinegar with lemon juice. I have greenbeans from last year without vinegar and everything was processed hot. I hope this information has helped.
Some people have told me it’s better to pressure can them . I don’t understand why really but they they wouldn’t approved by FDA . So now I not sure how to do them . If you could tell me why that would be great . Thanks
I waterbath because that's the way I was taught to can food and I enjoy canning this way. It really has to be up to you. I just do what brings me joy.
Thank you it makes more sense to me using the water bath . A good pressure cooker is very expressive and to me it does the exact same thing . So I’m going to try it .Thanks for responding ❤️
I canned carrots that way. Much better than store bought. Would canning asparagus be the same as green beans. 2 hours with vinegar.
I'm not sure I've never canned asparagus. You could try it .
What size water bathing pot are you using?
It's a 21.5 quart canner that I got from Walmart. It said it will hold 7 quart jars but I only put 6 in mine. I've had it for a few years. I use to have my daughters great grandmother's canner but I can't find it. I used it when I first started canning 20 years ago.
@@michellesgarden I just bought a large stock pot from Walmart yesterday but it is not advertised as a canner. Does it have to say it is a canner in order to be used as a canner? The one I bought is a 14.5 circumference blue enamel stock pot. It has a rack in the bottom but it doesn't have a rack with the handles.
EDIT: I took that pot back yesterday because I filled it with water, got my boil going and when I came back the water was a rust colored. What happened was the holes in the rack rusted and that turned the water into rust water as it boiled. Learned my lesson and bought a stainless steel canner this time
That I'm not sure about. I would think as long as the jars are on a rack and don't sit directly on the bottom of the pot you can try it. I don't personally know anyone who has used a stock pot for canning. There is a fb page called waterbath canning only no pressure canning aloud. There is alot of knowledge from that page and you may get some answers from someone who has used a stock pot before
I was watching your video on WB green beans, last yr I put up some apple butter I didn’t have a canner pot With a rack at the bottom I just use a spaghetti pot put kitchen towels on the bottom of the pot fill the pot with water and put the jars in like that, it worked great no problems@@michellesgarden
Do you have to cover the jars with an inch and a half of water??? I canned green beans years ago and don't remember covering the filled jars with water. I watermarked canned my entire harvest of vegetables. I also don't recall putting a tablespoons of vinegar in each jar... 5 know it's not recommended by the experts. Just asking.
I've always been taught to cover the jars and the vinegar you can leave out just can for 3 hours.
Does the beans taste like vinegar when you cook them
No they dont.
I forgot to ask if we cut the salt and vinegar in half for pints? Just 2 of us so quarts are too much
@@kimmy0868 1 teaspoon of each for pints.
@@michellesgardenThanks again! My first foray into canning and the bottom blew off the jar in the canner 😂 Guess even Ball jars aren’t foolproof!
@kimmy0868 oh my.
Is there a certain acidity for the vinegar, Iot does it matter?
Do you keep it at a rolling boil for the 2-3 hours?
@@charciherrmann7569 yes
Why vinegar in jars when canning?😊
@@LindaMartin-ig7dg for acidity to help with preserving.
Hello I am new to canning! I was wondering if you can use apple cider vinegar instead of white vinegar?
I was raised adding it to cans of green beans when I cooked them.
You can use lemon juice in place of white vinegar. I've never heard of anyone who used apple cider vinegar. You can always give it a try and see how you like it. :)
How long do I water bath if I'm canning pints?
@@KarenKelly-u9v the time is the same.
Hi Michelle, have you ever water bathed mushrooms? If so, can you please tell me if you add anything and how long you cook them for? Thank you!
Cook your mushrooms about 5 to 10 minutes strain the liquid off into a bowl, pack your jars tightly then strain the liquid through a coffee filter. Pour the liquid into your jars. If you need more liquid add some water to completely fill your jar at the level you want. Waterbath for 3 hours.
Can you use apple cider vinegar
@julianncraycraft9185 yes you can.
Do u still boil beans 2 hrs if using pint jars?
Yes you do.
Rolling boil for 2 hours? Or turn it down and cover it?
Rolling boil for 2 hours with the lid on.
@@michellesgarden thank you!!!
Why do you add the 1 tablespoon of vinegar? Doesn't it change the taste?
It helps with the preserving of a low acidic food. Some people say they taste it some say no. You can use lemon juice also or leave it out and just us your canning salt
Do you drain, rinse beans and add fresh water when heating them up for dinner?
I drain, rinse, and cook mine in chicken broth.
@@michellesgarden thank you!