First Canning of the Season: Beef

Raw cubed beef just picked up from the meat locker. Enough for 56 quart jars of canned beef.

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Ready to go in the canner. No sterilizing needed as the pressure canning process takes care of that. Everything goes in cold and cold water added to the canner.

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Jars of raw cubed beef with some white onion and a bay leaf in the bottom of the jar. No liquid if stuffing jar with raw meat. I fill my pressure canner with 7 quart jars and about 3 inches of water.

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First batch out and still boiling on the counter. 21 jars done tonight.  A good run. Beef cans 90 minutes at 10 lbs pressure.

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First injury of the season...steam burn from taking the lid off the pressure canner.  Must ...use...potholders:)

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