| Re: Pickle jars not sealing [message #291137] |
Mon, 10 July 2006 14:05 |
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countinsheep [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> I am a 44 yr old man and made pickles for the first time in my lilfe
> today! My wife doesn't seem interested so I decided to give it a try.
> Anyway, I followed recipe I found online. I boiled the bottles and
> lids for 10 minutes then put my pickles, dill, and garlic into the
> jars. I poured on top of this a mixture of pickling salt, vinegar and
> water. Here's my concern tho. I only did 6 jars but three of them the
> lid isn't sealing on...you can still pop it up and down. What should I
> do?
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Clueless in Oregon
>
It's not necessary to boil the lids, just get them hot in simmering
water. Did you do a boiling water bath? this is where the jars go into a
large pot of water with a trivet or a kitchen towel in the bottom to
cushion the jars. You fill the jars, then put them into the pot and
bring it to a boil. The best advice I can give you is to get yourself a
copy of the Ball Blue Book, the home food preservers guide to putting up
food. You can also go to the University of Georgia's food preserving
site or to foodsafety.org.
As for the jars that didn't seal, put them in the refrigerator and eat
them up within a couple of weeks. Good luck, get yourself some books,
read this newsgroup, get a copy of the FAQ, and enjoy putting your food by.
George
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| Re: Pickle jars not sealing [message #291138 ] |
Mon, 10 July 2006 16:37 |
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This morning when I got up they were all sealed.......looks like all
turned out well. Thank you.
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George Shirley wrote:
> countinsheep [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> > I am a 44 yr old man and made pickles for the first time in my lilfe
> > today! My wife doesn't seem interested so I decided to give it a try.
> > Anyway, I followed recipe I found online. I boiled the bottles and
> > lids for 10 minutes then put my pickles, dill, and garlic into the
> > jars. I poured on top of this a mixture of pickling salt, vinegar and
> > water. Here's my concern tho. I only did 6 jars but three of them the
> > lid isn't sealing on...you can still pop it up and down. What should I
> > do?
> >
> > Thank you!!
> >
> > Clueless in Oregon
> >
> It's not necessary to boil the lids, just get them hot in simmering
> water. Did you do a boiling water bath? this is where the jars go into a
> large pot of water with a trivet or a kitchen towel in the bottom to
> cushion the jars. You fill the jars, then put them into the pot and
> bring it to a boil. The best advice I can give you is to get yourself a
> copy of the Ball Blue Book, the home food preservers guide to putting up
> food. You can also go to the University of Georgia's food preserving
> site or to foodsafety.org.
>
> As for the jars that didn't seal, put them in the refrigerator and eat
> them up within a couple of weeks. Good luck, get yourself some books,
> read this newsgroup, get a copy of the FAQ, and enjoy putting your food by.
>
> George
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| Re: Pickle jars not sealing [message #291158 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 22:46 |
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In article <Ynrsg.6929$IF2.5395 [at] bignews7.bellsouth.net>,
George Shirley <gshirl [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:
> As for the jars that didn't seal, put them in the refrigerator and eat
> them up within a couple of weeks.
Heck, give them a month or so in the fridge before you eat them.
Otherwise you'll have cucumbers in vinegar brine, not "pickles." "-)
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 7-5-06, Pannekoeken
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."
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