WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[TanksHill]

Forget canning the sauerkraut. Do a search around here on fermenting with whey. It goes much quicker and will store in the fridge forever.

Wonderful flavor.

G

 

[Farmfresh]

Finally, finally I can contribute to this section! Today (or last night) I canned tomato sauce and peaches. Yipiiiii

Ahhh... I see you know all about peaches going by your Avatar

Yup. I have canned a peach or two in my day.

 

[moolie]

13 half-pints of Mango Chutney earlier today...

... then pressure canned 11 pints of Herbed Green Beans and I'm just finished water bathing 16 pints of Rosy Fruit Cocktail

Time for sleepies

 

[Bimpnottin]

18 pints of salsa and 15 pints of spaghetti sauce.

No more tomatoes for a few days that HAVE to be taken care of, so I'm planning on getting out the sewing machine and enjoying a weekend of putzing, because pretty soon the great apple bonanza has to be taken care of at my house and I'm going to be canning, dehydrating, whatever elsing with apples until I see them in my sleep

 

[moolie]

7 pints of Pickled Beets earlier, just turned off the burner under the pressure canner full of 7 pints of Split Pea and Ham Soup

 

[TanksHill]

Problems for me...

I have 10 wide mouth pints of diced tomatoes going. 2 blew their bottoms. . Would you say too much air? I packed them in their own juice. I am also horrible at removing air bubbles.

G

 

[moolie]

Ouchies!

I just had a jar break at the bottom (not in the canner, thank goodness) but I traced the break back to someone who put cutlery in the jar in the sink to soak. They dropped the cutlery into the jar, the jar went through the dishwasher, and came out with the bottom all cracked around the edge. Maybe something like that? No idea on the air bubbles thing.

 

[Farmfresh]

I would say either the lid was screwed on too tight or the jars were scratched on the inside. That sometimes happens when folks are trying to dig the contents out of a jar with a metal spoon or something.

 

[k15n1]

Problems for me...

I have 10 wide mouth pints of diced tomatoes going. 2 blew their bottoms. . Would you say too much air? I packed them in their own juice. I am also horrible at removing air bubbles.

G

I don't think it's possible to damage the jar with too much headspace. Did you use a metal tool to remove the air bubbles? If you scratch the jar, it'll eventually fail.

I'd put my money on thermal shock---like hot water in cold jars. Was everything warm when you packed the jars? Was the jar still hot when you put it in the canner?

 

[Farmfresh]

I recently found a silicon spatula with a metal insert INSIDE of the silicon handle and just a perfect size. I wish I had ten of them. The thing is in constant use this year while canning.