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Cover squash with boiling water just before closing jars and putting in pressure canner.
Squash, Summer
•Raw Pack.—Wash but do not pare squash. Trim ends. Cut squash into ½-inch slices; halve or quarter to make pieces of uniform size.
In glass jars.—Pack raw squash tightly into clean jars to 1 inch of top of jar. Add ½ teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Fill jar to ½ inch of top with boiling water. Adjust jar lids. Process in pressure canner at 10 pounds pressure (240° F.)—
| Pint jars | 25 minutes |
| Quart jars | 30 minutes |
As soon as you remove jars from canner, complete seals if necessary.
In tin cans.—Pack raw squash tightly into cans to ½ inch of top. Add ½ teaspoon salt to No. 2 cans; 1 teaspoon to No. 2½ cans. Fill cans to top with boiling water. Exhaust to 170° F. (about 10 minutes) and seal cans. Process in pressure canner at 10 pounds pressure (240° F.)—
| No. 2 cans | 20 minutes |
| No. 2½ cans | 20 minutes |
