annmarie
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This was my first year canning, and I was wondering about jars sealing and the whole pinging or popping thing. Here's my 2 questions:
1) I canned a few jars of peaches earlier this season, and not a single one pinged, but all the jars appear to be well sealed (no flexing lids, tryed pulling lids off semi-hard by hand and they don't open). Is the lack of pings proof that the jars didn't seal, even though they appear to be sealed?
2) I just finished canning some apple pie filling about 2 hours ago. I heard lots of pings, but 2 jars are clearly not sealed yet because I can see that the center of the lid is still raised. I've read over and over again that it "could take as much as 24 hours for a jar to seal". I have a hard time believing this, as all of my pinging and sealing seems to happen no later than the first 45 minutes. Anyone ever have a jar seal many hours after canning? Just curious. Worst case scenario, I'll need to make an apple pie!
1) I canned a few jars of peaches earlier this season, and not a single one pinged, but all the jars appear to be well sealed (no flexing lids, tryed pulling lids off semi-hard by hand and they don't open). Is the lack of pings proof that the jars didn't seal, even though they appear to be sealed?
2) I just finished canning some apple pie filling about 2 hours ago. I heard lots of pings, but 2 jars are clearly not sealed yet because I can see that the center of the lid is still raised. I've read over and over again that it "could take as much as 24 hours for a jar to seal". I have a hard time believing this, as all of my pinging and sealing seems to happen no later than the first 45 minutes. Anyone ever have a jar seal many hours after canning? Just curious. Worst case scenario, I'll need to make an apple pie!