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To Can Peas

Fill glass jars full of uncooked peas, then pour in sufficient cold water to fill to the very top, and lay the tops on the jars. Place straw or hay in the bottom of a wash boiler; place the jars on this, or better still, stand in a wire frame.

Pour around sufficient cold water to half cover the jars. Put the boiler over a moderate fire, cover closely with the lid and boil steadily three hours. Lift out the jars, see that each is filled with boiling water to overflowing, screw on the covers as tightly as possible, stand aside, where the air will not strike them, to cool. When cold, again screw the covers, wipe the jars, and place them in a dark, cool, dry place. If the peas shrink in cooking, it is well to empty one jar to fill the others.