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| AuntJamelle |
Posted - Sep 04 2015 : 10:20:47 AM
After some back and forth over the years from reading different books/opinions online I am back to trying to time running the dishwashers so that the jars are finished and still hot when I'm ready to fill them.
It's a pain. :)
I don't have room on my burners for the canner, the food and another big pot full of water and jars.
What do other do?
I've heard of the roaster pan method. Where you (I assume) sterilize the jars in the dishwasher and then transfer to roaster pan filled with an inch or two of hot water. You are supposed to put the jars in upside down. I would think they are "ready" as long as the outsides remain too hot to touch with bare hand?
Not sure what I think of this method. Roaster pan would have to be really clean, water would have to be boiling temp before putting sterilized jars in - but I'm thinking that maybe this could be a good solution for me.
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| AuntJamelle |
Posted - Jul 26 2016 : 12:57:26 PM
Thanks to all for your advice! I think I've finally hit on the best method for me, which is what many of you mentioned - heating the jars in the water bath canner itself.
I've read that if your processing time is 10 minutes or more the jars don't have to be sterilized first BUT I've found that if I have the jars/canner heating up while I prep the items to be canned it always is boiling for a while before I am ready to fill jars so that sterilizes them anyway which can't hurt.
I bought a new rack for my canner that I can actually lift up and sit up on the sides with the hooks - my old rack was so rusty I wouldn't trust it to do that! The new one is MUCH nice too, more to it so the jars don't touch the bottom of the canner as much!
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| queenmushroom |
Posted - Apr 23 2016 : 07:46:29 AM
my kitchen is small. After washing them (generally a day or two before I can), I boil them off and put them on a cookie sheet in a warm oven then take them out one at a time. I've also sterilized them in my pressure canner and kept them in a warm oven. I have an apt size gas stove so I don't have a lot of room for a pressure canner and a boiling water bath. A pressure canner is basically a primitive form of a steam autoclave used to sterilize surgical instruments. Once it comes up to pressure, cook them for 30 minutes, depressurize it (rapid depressurizing is ok as there's no food to worry about) and keep hot. I keep the jar upside right when I sterilize them and make sure the canner if full even if you don't need all the jars. Do this so they don't rattle around and shatter.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 21 2016 : 3:26:18 PM
I just wash, rinse and put my jars in hot water in the canner until ready to use. Keeps them hot and the water is heating to get ready for the canning part.
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| J.F. Brown |
Posted - Sep 09 2015 : 9:14:31 PM
I may be a little crazy, but mine go through the dishwasher, then I boil 10 minutes. I shift the pan off the stove, and then heat through or cook whatever I am cooking; the canner holds the heat well, and then they go back in that hot water to process.
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| AuntJamelle |
Posted - Sep 08 2015 : 07:01:38 AM
Thanks for the tips! I did end up trying the roaster pan method this weekend and it worked great! I needed to use my smaller roaster with the domed lid to be able to fit the height of the quart jars inside, but it easily held 6 quart jars. May not do this every time, but it is nice to know it is an option!!! It seems everyone has their own method for this particular part of canning! |
| nubidane |
Posted - Sep 05 2015 : 07:23:45 AM
I fill mine about half full of water, and microwave for about 4 minutes. I take them out as needed and pour the hot water into my canner so I don't waste it. Keeps the jars nice and hot too.
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| Marilyn Hartman Sullivan |
Posted - Sep 04 2015 : 1:50:25 PM
Jaime -- I always used the dishwasher method. It gets the jars cleaner than I ever felt I could get them by washing them in the sink, and nothing but the rack touches them until you are ready to fill and seal them. Also, it is a lot safer to lift one jar at a time than to lift a whole panful at once -- less chance of scalding yourself or breaking jars. Have fun!!!
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Sep 04 2015 : 1:41:25 PM
Jaime - I put my clean jars on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a non-stick pad and then set them in my oven set at 220 degrees. Works just fine - but be careful! They are super hot! :) When you take them out of the oven, just make sure you put them on a towel or something - you don't want to put them on a cold counter or table, because it could shock the glass and cause it to break. 'Hope that helps! Hugs - Nini
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