Oohhh, so THAT's what happened to my canned beans. I just used those cans to re-fry! Cathy On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM, <Clansgian at wmconnect.com> wrote: And even if your peas or beans are in the 'green' shell stage, the jars need > to be a sparce 2/3rds full and the rest liquid or else the whole thing > becomes > a solid mass. > >