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Home Canning Questions

Sharon answers Home Canning Questions from the readers. Short quick videos with tips and answers to both common and uncommon questions.

Canning jars of various foods.

A bowl of freshly picked green beans in the garden.

Is water bath canning green beans safe?

Jars of home canned food that have lost liquid during processing.

What is Siphoning in Canning?

Sharon holding a jar of dark cherry jam.

Cherry Wedding Theme Ideas

Sharon holding a package of something like pectin or Clear Jel.

Home Canning Pectin, Gelatin, or Clear Jel?

Sharon standing in her kitchen in front of her oven.

What is Dry Canning?

Sharon holding an empty glass canning jar.

Why are My Canning Jars Not Sealing? Canning Jar Issues

Colorful jars of home canned food stacked against a white background.

What Causes Jars to Not Seal: 10 Common Reasons

Sharon holding flat canning lids in regular and widemouth sizes.

Are Canning Lids Supposed to Pop? Why are My Canning Lids Not Sealing?

Sharon holding a small jar of canned tomatoes.

Canning Roma Tomatoes: Why the Long Processing Time?

Sharon holding jars of pickles and another home canned product.

Why are My Canning Lids Not Sealing?

Apple Butter Recipe in Quarts?

Apple Butter Recipe in Quarts?

A canner filled with hot water and jars.

Electric Pressure Cooker Canner?

Jars filled with dry beans soaking in water.

Canning Pinto Beans FAQs

Sharon pressing down on sealed canning jar lid.

Why are My Jars Popping After Canning?

Filled canning jars in a pressure canner.

Pressure Canning a Partial Load: Does a Pressure Canner Have to Be Full of Jars?

Sharon tightening the ring on a jar of peppers.

Tight Canning Lids, What is finger tight anyway?!

Sharon holding a jar of clear broth.

Canning Broth Question: Can You Use Bouillon in Home Canned Stock?

Sharon holding a canning rack.

Using a Pressure Canner as a Water Bath Canner

Sharon wearing a green shirt smiling in her kitchen.

Canning Frozen Vegetables from the Freezer

Sharon standing next to her boiling water bath canner.

Boiling Water Bath Canning: Can You Stack Jars?

Sharon wearing an apron and standing in her kitchen.

Moisture in Canning Jars Before Processing

Sharon holding a jar of canned or pickled peppers.

Canning- Processing Times for Different Jar Sizes

Looking close at the lid of the All American Pressure Canner.

All American Canner: Why is My Canner Leaking Steam?

A jar of vegetables with a container of pickling spices next to it.

Why are pickling recipes with vegetables safe for the waterbath?

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About Sharon

I am Sharon Peterson, author of Simply Canning Guide and teacher of food preservation classes at Simply Canning School.

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Any statements or claims about the possible health benefits conferred by any foods have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. You are encouraged to verify all canning and food preservation advice on the USDA food preservation website.

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