Can you use water bath canning for vegetables? I am putting up black eyed peas, beans, and squash.
By Lisa from Tampa, FL
Low-acid foods like those need to be pressure canned, otherwise the heat isn't high enough to destroy botulism. The USDA has a really useful guide:
www.uga.edu/
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