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The problem with canning plain garlic is that it takes a long time in a pressure canner to can plain garlic, and both the quality and flavor of the garlic cloves really suffer. I’d suggest instead that you can “plain” garlic as a no salt/sugar pickle made, using a liquid made of...
to ensure it is free of any brine or vegetables. Fill a saucepan about halfway with water and place it over medium heat. Place the number of canning lids required into the pan and heat until the water is very hot, but not boiling, for about 3 minutes. Place a lid on each jar. Fas...
It is mostly tomatoes but I threw in red pepper, spicy peppers, carrot, onion, garlic and zucchini. I look to see which ingredient has the longest process time and then go by that. Half pint and pint jars of hot peppers, for example, are processed for 35 minutes so I am processing ...
How to Pickle Cucumbers Making pickles is a great first-time canning project; it's easy, safe and odds are good that you already have everything you need to get started right at home. The best way toavoid powdery mildewis to keep the leaves as dry as possible by watering the plant at...
Not ready to purchase a crock yet? You can start with a one-gallon pickle jar or any food-grade container. To minimize air-exposure however, make sure it is taller than it is wider. My methodology? Idon’tmake one huge batch to then pack into my crock. To evenly mix and pack 10 ...
this is the recipe you didn’t know you needed—but won’t want to live without. Passed down from my husband’s Great-Grandma, this old-fashioned mustard pickle recipe is part condiment, part relish, and 100% pantry gold. I’ve updated it for safe water bath canning using tested acidity...
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chow chow or other canning recipes that only require water bath preserving. Pickles, pickled peppers and other pickled products are also processed with a water bath or cold pack method. Follow the recipe exactly. Canning recipes have been tested and are accurate to accomplish a sealed product tha...
Leave a half inch of “headspace” in each jar. The jars won’t seal right if you don’t. Just fill to the bottom of the threads and you should be fine. They also won’t seal right if there is any pickle juice on the top of the rim, so make sure they’re all clean. ...