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Questions tagged [canning]

Questions about food being preserved into glass jars, metal cans, or other air-tight containers using a variety of heat treatment steps to ensure a reasonable level of pasteurisation and/or sterilisation

Topics accepted within this tag:

  • Problems with preserving recipes, especially if the recipe can be referenced

  • Techniques for using preserving equipment

  • Selection of preserving equipment

  • Selection of preserving containers for food types - glass, metal, other

Topics not accepted within this tag:

  • Discussion on the health benefits of preserving

  • Discussion on the shelf life of preserved foods

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Can I used lemon juice in place of ascorbic acid in canning peaches?

Went to can my peaches and it's seven miles to the store....can I used lemon juice in place of ascorbic acid?
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Are special recipes needed to preserve using a pressure canner?

I know that it's best practice to use tested and true recipes for water bath canning due to botulism risk, but is it necessary to find special recipes for use in a pressure canner? edit: What I mean is that, if I have a recipe for my grandma's…
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How long can milk be stored in the refrigerator after boiled and put in a Ball jar?

I've finally gotten my steel-cut oats recipe nearly perfect and I'm trying to figure out how long I can store them (so I know how much I can make at once). Basically I'm doing a double-boiler setup in a ball jar cooking the oats for 45 minutes to an…
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Making Pickles - Confirming Sanitization Procedure

I'm about to make a batch of dill pickles. The recipe it pretty straightforward: A batch of firm baby cucumbers 1 cup of water 1 cup of vinegar 1 heaping tablespoon of salt 4 cloves of garlic, sliced 1 pinch of red pepper flakes The instructions…
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Canning pickles and sealing lids

I did the whole boiling process of canning the pickles and over night some did not seal but as soon as I placed them in the fridge they sealed. Do they need to stay in the fridge or can I put them in the basement with the others?
Emily Woodford
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Culinarily Flexible Pepper

I'm planning next years garden, and want to know what the most culinary flexible pepper to plant would be. I plan on using peppers for canning & chili.
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I forgot to vent steam my canner for the 10 minutes while pressure canning my green beans

I worked up my green beans, cleaned them, and boiled them for about 15-20 minutes. Filled the jars(hot packed), added my clean boiling water, and then put in the pressure cooker. After a week, I remembered that I didn't let it vent steam for 10…
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Canning prepared and refrigerated jelly the next day

Stored 6 pints of prepared jelly in frig overnight. Can I now place jelly into canning jars and follow water bath processing? Or, do I need to eat it quickly?
Bob
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Canned apricots; siphoning on several of the jars

All of the jars have depressed buttons on the lids, and I can lift the jars by the lids. I cannot forcibly remove the lids with my fingertips. But when I use the spoon test several of them have a dullish sound. Also, even though I tried to remove…
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Salad canning in bags

Where we live you can buy ready made salads like beetroot salad in vacuum sealed bags, so was wondering if you can use heavy duty vacuum bags to "can" things like jam, sauces and salads. You get those steam type bags that you can steam cook veggies…
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How do I remove the soapy taste in homemade chili using home canned tomatoe juice?

Used home canned juice and store bought tomatoes to make chili. Added 2 tbls of sugar to the chili to cut down the metal taste. Now my chili has a soapy after taste. Can thus be saved or should I dump it and start over?
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Can I seal ball jars after they have been filled & refrigerated?

I made plum jam 1 week ago, put it all in ball jars, & placed them in the refrigerator. Can I now seal those jars in a water bath for future use?
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How long will blanched tomatoes last in a cool area?

I ran out of time, while I was blanching tomatoes to can. Right now I have them in pots in a cool room. I blanched them yesterday, and am planning on processing them today. Are they safe to can or did bacteria already start to set in? My…
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forgot to put sealed jars in canning bath

I made blueberry jam last night. I heard some of the jars pop then in the morning I realized that I never put them in the hot bath. What should I do now?
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Overcooked grapes for jelly?

I cooked my grapes overnight in a crock pot. It only has one temperature setting. The grapes became brown and appeared mushy, and the juice they released was also brown. The taste became almost cherry-like instead of grape, and I didn't taste any…
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