November 2025 - Magazine - Page 125
November 2025
A canner should be a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. It is integral to can
food with the help of a canner, and mason jars are also commonly used as the
primary vessel for canning food. It would help if you also inspected your jars for
cracks or defects of any kind, and they should be cleaned consistently. The canner should be large enough for water to circulate around the jars. When canning food, the jars will be boiled to the point where any micro-organisms that
would cause the food to spoil are completely destroyed.
Specifically, two inches of boiling water should be able to circulate around the
jars in the canner. It is also crucial that you purchase high-quality glass jars if you
are going to can food. A wire basket will be necessary with the water bath canning food method. This method is typically used for high-acidic foods. Some high
-acidic foods include pickles, tomatoes, jellies, jams, and fish.
What happens if you don9t can food properly? The bad news is that it can actually lead to botulism. For those who are unaware, botulism can be fatal or require emergency medical care. The disease, which could also cause paralysis, is
extremely rare. Symptoms can appear 12-36 hours after eating, and they can
potentially disappear within 6-10 days.
If you are canning food on a regular basis, you can eventually move on to canning food like beef, chicken, tomatoes, and soups. These usually require more
advanced canning food techniques. Families serious about canning food will
not have to get new jars every time you want to start canning food 3 they can
be used multiple times.
Canning Food Basics
First and foremost, you should not be filling food all the way to the lid if you want
to begin canning food. There should be some
