The Butterick Cook Book

The pattern company's cookbook, 1911 — thirty-two chapters from appetizers to the fireless cooker.

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Lima Beans

Shell the Limas and fill the jars full of them, add cold water to the jars and finish the same as the preceding recipe. Peas can be canned in the same way, or according to a formula given below.

ASPARAGUS-Pack the vegetable in the jars, leaving all the tips at the mouth of the jars. Add cold water and finish as in tomatoes (whole). cob and pack it in the jars until Place in the boiler the same as Fill to overflowing with boiling CORN-Cut the corn from the they are full, adding no water. directed and boil three hours. water, fasten the tops and set away.

CORN (Another Method) - Boil the corn in the ears five minutes. Then cut it from the cobs, pack the jars to within an inch of the top, and fill the rest with water. Put on the tops and screw partly down. Put the jars in water and boil two hours. Then screw the tops down tightly. Corn canned in this way is said to keep perfectly.

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