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Drew Lawson
Jul 31, 2021, 10:53:15 PM7/31/21
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Seeing as I have not killed the garden yet, I have some small-batch
experiments that I would like to try this year. Main thing on my
mind is various ketchup recipes (probably mustard-ish as well).
The intent had been to can them in half-pint jars. But like most
of y'all, I haven't seen regular jar lids on sale for what seem
like forever. I may have a dozen in a drawer, but probably fewer.
I normally don't use them much.
But a few years back I did a wide-mouth bulk order from Lehmans.com
(don't bother, they've been sold out for a year).
So is there any problem with canning (BWB or pressure, according
to recipe) half-full pints? I can't think of one, but the in-canner
heat path has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
These will all be sauce consistencies (not too thick or chunks).
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Drew Lawson | "But the senator, while insisting he was not
| intoxicated, could not explain his nudity."
experiments that I would like to try this year. Main thing on my
mind is various ketchup recipes (probably mustard-ish as well).
The intent had been to can them in half-pint jars. But like most
of y'all, I haven't seen regular jar lids on sale for what seem
like forever. I may have a dozen in a drawer, but probably fewer.
I normally don't use them much.
But a few years back I did a wide-mouth bulk order from Lehmans.com
(don't bother, they've been sold out for a year).
So is there any problem with canning (BWB or pressure, according
to recipe) half-full pints? I can't think of one, but the in-canner
heat path has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
These will all be sauce consistencies (not too thick or chunks).
--
Drew Lawson | "But the senator, while insisting he was not
| intoxicated, could not explain his nudity."
songbird
Aug 1, 2021, 6:40:18 AM8/1/21
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Drew Lawson wrote:
...
using pints will be taking up a fair amount of tomatoes.
with just a few lids to work with i'd fill the pints
up to the recommended head space (about an inch or so).
for the way we use ketchup a pint really isn't that
much.
check the stores regularly when you are out for lids.
we see them once in a while and also had a shipment of
canning jars (several pallets worth) come in recently.
songbird
...
> So is there any problem with canning (BWB or pressure, according
> to recipe) half-full pints? I can't think of one, but the in-canner
> heat path has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
with ketchup i think there is enough reduction that
> to recipe) half-full pints? I can't think of one, but the in-canner
> heat path has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
using pints will be taking up a fair amount of tomatoes.
with just a few lids to work with i'd fill the pints
up to the recommended head space (about an inch or so).
for the way we use ketchup a pint really isn't that
much.
check the stores regularly when you are out for lids.
we see them once in a while and also had a shipment of
canning jars (several pallets worth) come in recently.
songbird
Joy Beeson
Aug 1, 2021, 11:03:31 PM8/1/21
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Wide-mouth straight-side half pints make really good serving dishess
for my pickles. But I bought my half-pints several years ago.
There were canning supplies in the big-box store I toured yesterday,
but the display seemed smaller than I remembered it.
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Drew Lawson
Aug 10, 2021, 4:50:17 PM8/10/21
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know why that feels like cheating, but it does. I'd have much
prefered sending my money to a cooking/preserving business.
I threw in a copy of Small Batch Preserving, since that is what I
expect most of this year to be. The garden is a disaster of weeds,
but is producing.
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Drew Lawson | Broke my mind
| Had no spare
|
dr...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) writes:
>
>The intent had been to can them in half-pint jars. But like most
>of y'all, I haven't seen regular jar lids on sale for what seem
>like forever. I may have a dozen in a drawer, but probably fewer.
>I normally don't use them much.
>
>But a few years back I did a wide-mouth bulk order from Lehmans.com
>(don't bother, they've been sold out for a year).
I finally broke down and ordered 100 lids from Amazon. I don't
>
>The intent had been to can them in half-pint jars. But like most
>of y'all, I haven't seen regular jar lids on sale for what seem
>like forever. I may have a dozen in a drawer, but probably fewer.
>I normally don't use them much.
>
>But a few years back I did a wide-mouth bulk order from Lehmans.com
>(don't bother, they've been sold out for a year).
know why that feels like cheating, but it does. I'd have much
prefered sending my money to a cooking/preserving business.
I threw in a copy of Small Batch Preserving, since that is what I
expect most of this year to be. The garden is a disaster of weeds,
but is producing.
--
Drew Lawson | Broke my mind
| Had no spare
|
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