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[Irving]

Well, my first water bath canning experience could have gone worse, but not by much.



I picked up a water bath canner with a rack (but no lid) at the thrift store for something like $3. The rack needs cleaned up, and is made for quart jars, and not having a lid meant it took the water over an hour to come to a boil. Other than that, I think things went well. I guess we'll see.

Edit: Oh yeah, I basically just did this recipe: http://www.theyummylife.com/Pickled_Jalapeno_Peppers, except I didn't use fresh jalapenos. I bought a 64oz jar of nacho jalapenos and was just re-jarring them.

[TheGrey]

Well, my first water bath canning experience could have gone worse, but not by much.



I picked up a water bath canner with a rack (but no lid) at the thrift store for something like $3. The rack needs cleaned up, and is made for quart jars, and not having a lid meant it took the water over an hour to come to a boil. Other than that, I think things went well. I guess we'll see.

Edit: Oh yeah, I basically just did this recipe: http://www.theyummylife.com/Pickled_Jalapeno_Peppers, except I didn't use fresh jalapenos. I bought a 64oz jar of nacho jalapenos and was just re-jarring them.

Bummer!

Walmart. $20 will get you a canner WITH a lid and a rack that can be used for pints and quarts.
Did the jar bump the side or another can when you were taking it out of the canner?

[rbeau30]

Bummer!

Walmart. $20 will get you a canner WITH a lid and a rack that can be used for pints and quarts.
Did the jar bump the side or another can when you were taking it out of the canner?

This is quite easy to do, and when the jars are this hot anything really can set them off. Even a stiff wind, no really. I used to can outdoors when I was using a turkey fryer burner. Yeah don't do that.