Ingredients
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2 quarts tomatoes (you can use canned if you need to) or 12 large tomatoes, peeled, cored, chopped (you can use canned if you need to)
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6 medium potatoes, peeled, cubed or 1 1/2 quarts potatoes
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12 medium carrots or 1 1/2 quarts carrots
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4 cups lima beans (canned or frozen)
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4 cups corn, cut, uncooked or 9 ears corn
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2 cups celery, cut in 1-inch slices
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6 garlic cloves, chopped
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6 cups water
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salt and pepper, to taste
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2 cups onions, chopped or 2 medium onions
Instructions
- Combine all the vegetables in a large saucepot. Add the water, boil 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
- Ladle hot soup into hot jars, leaving 1" headspace. Remove air bubbles with a knife. Adjust two piece caps.
- Process pints 1 hour, quarts 1 hour and 15 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure in a pressure canner.
- Yield: About 14 pints or 7 quarts.