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Re(2): tomato acidity
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tomato acidity
Glenna Rose wrote:
So, in your family, what was it called when the ingredients are cooked and placed in the jars immediately with no further processing? Glenna It was called "jelly". ;-) (Actually, there was one pickle recipe where we did that too. Everything else, including jams and preserves, got processed somehow or another.) Best regards, Bob |
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Re(2): tomato acidity
Open kettle referred to cooking the ingredients in an open kettle (hence the name) and then poured into jars hot and placing seals on the jars immediately with the cooling causing the lids to seal. This was used for things that were perceived as needing no further processing, such as pickles, jams, etc. The sealant could be lids and rings (pickles/jams/jelleies/etc.) or wax as in the case of jellies/jams. Open kettle, as I understood and listed in the previous paragraph, is described in the Ball Blue Book the same way. It is also listed as to be avoided and potentially dangerous. I've never heard of hot water bath canning referred to as open kettle when the finished jars are processed in the hot water bath. While it makes no difference to an individual who is processing the food correctly, it can make a huge difference to others who understand different definitions for the terms. If someone had told me that something could be canned by the open kettle method, I would have done it as I had been taught as a child (and the old canning books described) and as it is currently defined. The life-saver would be checking a current reliable source for specific directions, which, of course, should always be done. So, in your family, what was it called when the ingredients are cooked and placed in the jars immediately with no further processing? Glenna Open Kettle, which is what I thought I said. Tomatoes, peaches, plums, pears, apples and any other acidic fruit was canned in this manner. Water bath was used for snap beans and like vegetables. These were placed in racks in 12 qt canners and boiled for several hours, Succotash, a mix of tomatoes, beans and corn was also done open kettle. By todays standards, hazardous, but never had a kinsman or neighbor sick from food poisoning. My mother typically canned 300- 400 qts of tomatoes, 100 qts of peaches, about the same amount of apples, 150 half gallons of snap beans and 150 + qts of pears + other odds and ends, |
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