Start timing according to the recipe you are following. Canning recipes that call for a boiling water bath will include an instruction like "process for 10 minutes." The processing time doesn't start until after you've put the jars of food into the water and the water has returned to a ...
Fruits are great for canning in a water bath canner because of their high acid and sugar content. Plums are another great tree fruit to can in a water bath. Here’s a great recipe forcanning plums in syrup. Pickles Pickles are a very acidic food due to all of the vinegar in the rec...
Canning, while requiring knowledge, is not that difficult. However, we must add a safety precaution: Canning must be done right. Improper canning techniques can lead to the growth of the bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, which produces a toxin (botulin) that causes botulism, which is a deadly i...
Salt water has many uses and benefits, including helping to ease sore throats, cleansing wounds, lowering pain in inflamed muscles (which is why salt is used in many detox bath recipes) and providing trace minerals (not to mention making your food taste better). A little-known benefit of ...
For canning? Standard 10 minute water bath. Reply Ashley Robinson says: Ok so I did this recipe and it only made 4 1/2 pints. What’d I do wrong?? It’s taste really good and I believe it’s going to set up. Reply Melanie Mendelson says: Nothing wrong, I never measured exactl...