Q about canning beans in a recipe

[i_am2bz]

There is a recipe for "pickled 3 bean salad" in the Ball canning book that I'd like to try. HOWEVER...it includes Lima beans.

I love 3 bean salad, but I always make it with red kidney beans. So, my question is, if I were to substitute kidneys, could I still use a WB canner?

 

[Wannabefree]

I would, because I can't for the life of me think how it would really alter the recipe as far as acidity Acidity is what makes the difference between either having to can it WB or pressure canning.

 

[old fashioned]

I'd think since it was 'pickled', it would be okay. As stated, it's the acidity from the vinegar used to pickle it. Most anything pickled is safe to WB.


but then I WB everything-pickled or not.....though I haven't tried dried beans.....YET!

 

[patandchickens]

I would not think twice about it myself. They're structurally the same, and same-size-or-smaller. And it's pickles.

Go for it, IMO

Good luck, have fun,

Pat, who far prefers lima beans to kidney beans LOL

 

[moolie]

ditto ditto ditto, as long as the measurements are the same--beans are beans, and pickles are pickles

 

[i_am2bz]

Cool!!!

Thanks, ya'll!! (I was afraid the canner would blow up or something. )