Yes she needs to leave some air space. I normally just toss the tomatoes in
a bag and freeze them whole. The skin comes of easy once thawed and great
for soup and such
Lynn


"rile" wrote in message
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We finally might have enough tomatoes this year to start canning tomato
juice again. My wife and I are at a disagreement though. She always
seems to fret over the jars not sealing. I've said that she fills them
too much. I claim that she needs to leave some air at the top, at
least to the bottom of the lid edge. She disagrees. Any ideas?