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Food Canning

Canning is a method of using heat and vacuum to preserve foods for long term storage.

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What herbs should you grow for making dill pickles?

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Asked by Deb

To make dill pickles, it is best to grow dill weed and fresh garlic. Dill weed adds the traditional dill flavor, while fresh garlic enhances the overall taste of the pickles. You can also experiment with adding other herbs like mustard seed, coriander, and bay leaves for additional flavor.

Is ice cream rock salt safe to eat?

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Rock salt is no different than regular salt.

What is needed to start caning at home?

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Following are the items needed to begin canning at home: water bath canner, pressure canner and cooker, canning rack, jars, jar lifter, magnetic lid lifter, wide neck canning funnel. In addition, there are canning kits available that make obtaining materials easier.

What is exhausting in canning?

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Exhausting cannig is a food process to eliminate air over de product before the liding and the sterilizing process in order to permit ideal thermical changes during the thermical treatment making it efficient

How have can openers changed technology?

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They have changed by getting better handles, improved gears and sharper cutters.

Is salicylic acid safe for use in pickles?

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Acetic acid is the chemical that gives vinegar its characteristic smell and taste. "Glacial" means water-free (no H2O). Glacial acetic acid is simply "pure" acetic acid. It is very strong and will burn the skin. Normal vinegar is mostly water with about 5% acetic acid.

Glacial acetic acid should be a safe additive in food as long as the final concentration is less than 25%.

How long does take for a pickle to rot?

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pickles can rot by not eating them fast enough it takes them about 900 years though so you have a while.....dont worry :D

When was the first canning machine made?

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In 1810, Nicolas Appert developed canning under the direction of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Also in 1810, Peter Durand patented the process of canning in tin cans in England.

How long are home canned tomatoes good for?

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What ever the date on the can say's,

or if no date about 1 year

Can you preserve leftovers by canning them in your canner?

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You should not in most cases. Canning foods is really a science of combining specific amounts of ingredients to achieve a product that meets a necessary ph level required to preserve the food. If the ph level is not acidic enough the food will develop botulism and can kill you. It is not always easy to detect the presence of botulism in food so following recipes that have been tested in kitchens approved by the USDA is very important. Please do not experiment with canning foods.

Is sea salt safe for home canning?

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Yes, sea salt can be used in place of regular table salt as there is virtually no difference between most products labelled "sea salt" and other table salt. Some more expensive and regional sea salts may have certain extra minerals in them which give them a different color, such as pink, or black. These will also have slightly different flavor contributed by the minerals. But most sea salt is pretty much the same as white table salt. Remember, all salt came from the sea, at some point, whether it is mined from salt deposits underground, or from salt flats left over from a salty lake, or from the shores of a sea.

However, most pickle recipes call for canning or pickling salt rather than regular table salt. Picking salt is made without the use of anti-caking agents or iodine. If you use regular table salt or sea salt, the anti-caking agents may make the brine cloudy, and if the salt is iodized, it may make the brine darker. Non-iodized salts are readily available, and although the brine may be a bit cloudy, the pickles should taste fine.

What is the shelf life of canning salt?

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I always use ShelfLifeAdvice website for these types of questions. For canned vegetables it says the shelf life can last 3-5 days once opened and placed in the fridge, but if unopened it can last for an entire year!

How does jelly set?

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Jelly sets when pectin either present in the fruit or added is heated.

Pectin is a natural product found in the cell wall of plants. Pectin, when heated is a great thickening, and jelling agent. Pectin can be purchased in powder or liquid form.

How do you pickle Grape leaves?

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Makes about 1 pint (30-40 leaves (stems removed))

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add enough salt to make it taste like the sea.
  2. Get another large pot of water ready - this is what you will can the grape leaves in. Remember you will need something to keep the bottom of the pint jar up off the bottom of the pot. I use a vegetable steamer, but a bunch of canning lids (the rings, not the gaskets) works well as a platform, too.)
  3. Get a large bowl of ice water ready.
  4. Boil the grape leaves for 30-45 seconds, then plunge into the ice water to cool. Drain them once the leaves are all cool.
  5. Take about 6 grape leaves at a time and roll them up into a cigar from the side - not the top or bottom. You will need to fold over the leaf end to fit into the pint jar.
  6. Pack the grape leaves into the jar, making sure you have some head space at the top.
  7. Boil 1 cup of water in a small saucepan and add the lemon juice or citric acid. Boil for a minute or two, then pour over the grape leaves.
  8. Wipe the edge of the pint jar with a clean towel and seal the jar. Process for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath.

How much does a can of sardines cost?

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That will depend on the brand and whether you want the large can or the standard can. It will also vary from day to day. I suggest you look on your local grocery store shelf or in their advertising.

Who was Co-owner of the first canning business?

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I cannot find any information on this companys owners. I know they have never delivered an order I made in May 2012. I can find 28 complaints with the AZ BBB over the last 90 days. One of them was mine, most of the complaints were no delivery of purchased orders.

What is fruit pectin in?

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Fruit pectin is what is inside of a fruit when it is squeezed!! Once you do that you will pur it into a beaker, and see how much fruit juice there is. Then you will have to pour the juice into the thingy with tiny holes. The pectin will not go through, so get some and examine!!!

How long are home canned foods good?

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For home canned foods, figure on one year for the best quality. That should take you from harvest to harvest.

Make sure the goods are properly stored - cool, dry and no sunlight:

What is a canner?

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a cannery is something that processes fruit

Can you light a pickle on fire?

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Maybe if it's dry enough it could.

Will canning during your period cause spoilage?

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Pickling, while a scientific process, or at least one that can be explained scientifically, is an activity that is largely steeped in tradition. As with many traditions, there are things that are done, and things that are not done. The theory that canning pickles at the same time as menstruation causes spoilage is a wives tale. One told by old wives. Unfortunately, I doubt there has ever been a scientific examination of it. And, there may be some truth to it.

If this helps, my grandmother had seven daughters. She canned and set pickles every year from her early teens until the year before she died at 84. She was one of the best I've ever known (I truly miss her lime pickles--no one can duplicate them). In all the time she canned and pickled, she would not allow any female who was menstruating (daughters, nieces, granddaughters, neighbors, anyone) into her kitchen while she was pickling. She was adamant about this. The one time my mother allowed one of my sisters to help set pickles during my sister's period, half the batch of 50 jars clouded heavily and had to be disposed of.