Canned foodsModern processes of canning in the United States, general system of grading, and description of products available for export .. . crisp, and tender, and when broken show either no string oronly a very rudimentary one. The beans are picked by hand at frequent in order to securethe maximum number of small size. They are sorted bv machine accord-ing to their diameter, and the larger ones cut to definite lengths. Thebeans must pass between rollers set at fixed distances, so as to make aseparation for size, the first grade being eight sixty-fourths of an inch( mm.); the se
Canned foodsModern processes of canning in the United States, general system of grading, and description of products available for export .. . crisp, and tender, and when broken show either no string oronly a very rudimentary one. The beans are picked by hand at frequent in order to securethe maximum number of small size. They are sorted bv machine accord-ing to their diameter, and the larger ones cut to definite lengths. Thebeans must pass between rollers set at fixed distances, so as to make aseparation for size, the first grade being eight sixty-fourths of an inch( mm.); the second, eleven sixty-fourths of an inch ( mm.); thethird, fourteen sixty-fourths of an inch ( mm); the fourth, eighteensixty-fourths of an inch ( mm.); and the fifth grade pass over. Thesmaller the bean, the higher the grade, though the highest nutritive valueis in the more mature of the series. Beans are filled into the can bvweight. The packing is done in No. 2, No. 2^, No. 3, and No. 10 cans. CANNED FOODS. 43 Wax beans are like the green beans, except that they have a very lightyellow pod. They are handled in the same Asparagus. Small tip, small, medium, large, and mammoth stalks, natural sizeLima Beans {Phaseolus lunalus). Lima beans are shelled and packed both green and ripe. They havea distinctive flavor that has long been esteemed. The beans are gradedfor size by the use of sieves of 24, 30, 31. and 32 thirty-seconds of an 44 CANNED FOODS. inch mesh (19, , , and mm.). Those passing through thefirst sieve are called tiny; through the second, fancy; through the third,medium; through the fourth, standard; and those passing over,mammoth. Packing is done in No. i. No. 2, and No. 3 cans. Kidney Beans {Phascolus vulgaris). The red kidney bean is from dry stock, ungraded, and is packed eitherplain or with chiU sauce. Packing is done in No. i and No. 2 cans.
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