Side Pannel
Berries - Whole
Ingredients List
- Blackberries, blueberries, currants, dewberries, elderberries,
- gooseberries, huckleberries, loganberries, mulberries, raspberries.
- Quantity: An average of 12 pounds is needed per canner load of 7 quarts; an
- average of 8 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints. A 24-quart crate
- weighs 36 pounds and yields 18 to 24 quarts - an average of 1-3/4 pounds
- per quart.
- Quality: Choose ripe, sweet berries with uniform color.
- Procedure: Wash 1 or 2 quarts of berries at a time. Drain, cap, and stem if
- necessary. For gooseberries, snip off heads and tails with scissors.
- Prepare and boil preferred syrup, if desired. Add 1/2 cup syrup, juice, or
- water to each clean jar.
- Hot pack -- For blueberries, currants, elderberries, gooseberries, and
- huckleberries. Heat berries in boiling water for 30 seconds and drain. Fill
- jars and cover with hot juice, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
- Raw pack -- Fill jars with any of the raw berries, shaking down gently
- while filling. Cover with hot syrup, juice, or water, leaving 1/2-inch
- headspace. Adjust lids and process.
- Processing directions for canning berries in a boiling-water, a dial, or a
- weighted-gauge canner are given in Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3.
- Table 1. Recommended process time for Berries, Whole, in a boiling-water
- canner.
- Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time at Altitudes
- of 0 - 1,000 ft: 15 min.
- 1,001 - 3,000 ft: 20 min.
- 3,001 - 6,000 ft: 20 min.
- Above 6,000 ft: 25 min.
- Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 -
- 1,000 ft: 15 min.
- 1,001 - 3,000 ft: 20 min.
- 3,001 - 6,000 ft: 20 min.
- Above 6,000 ft: 25 min.
- Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Quarts. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 -
- 1,000 ft: 20 min.
- 1,001 - 3,000 ft: 25 min.
- 3,001 - 6,000 ft: 30 min.
- Above 6,000 ft: 35 min.
- Table 2. Process Times Berries, Whole, in a Dial-Gauge Pressure Canner.
- Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time: 8 min. Canner
- Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 2,000 ft: 6 lb.
- 2,001 - 4,000 ft: 7 lb.
- 4,001 - 6,000 ft: 8 lb.
- 6,001 - 8,000 ft: 9 lb.
- Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints, Quarts. Process Time: 8 min (for
- pints), 10 min (for quarts). Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 -
- 2,000 ft: 6 lb.
- 2,001 - 4,000 ft: 7 lb.
- 4,001 - 6,000 ft: 8 lb.
- 6,001 - 8,000 ft: 9 lb.
- Table 3. Process Times for Berries, Whole, in a Weighted-Gauge Pressure
- Canner.
- Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time: 8 min. Canner Pressure
- (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 5 lb.
- Above 1,000 ft: 10 lb.
- Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints, Quarts. Process Time: 8 min for
- Pints, 10 min for Quarts. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000
- ft: 5 lb.
- Above 1,000 ft: 10 lb.
- ======================================================= ===== * USDA
- Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format
- courtesy of Karen Mintzias
- From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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