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Home Canning Safety

I am not trying to cause home canning "fear".... I have been preserving at home with no problems for many yrs. I just want to emphasize safety procedures. Check out the articles below.

Canning safety is simply a matter of avoiding risks. Use safe canning methods. Be clean, use common sense. Did you know life is full of risk? Sure you did. We all take risks all the time. Simple everyday things are risky. What about driving to town? Crossing the street?

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Safe Home Canning Articles

Altitude Adjustments

What is Botulism?

Misunderstandings in Canning: A Microbiologist's Advice

Canning Safety Overkill?

Canning Food

Canning Mistakes

To Boil or Not to Boil Low-Acid Foods

Canning Tomatoes Safely

Liquid Loss in Home Canning

Step By Step: Water Bath Canning

Sterilizing Canning Jars

Step By Step: Pressure Canning

Preparing Canned Food for Storage

How to Use Weck Jars

Safe and Unsafe Methods

Canning Terms

How to can vegetables in a mix

Is water bath canning green beans safe?

Question from my inbox Canning in a pressure cooker?

Re-canning

Avoid Spoiled Food

Canning Food Preservation Day

Water Bath Canning

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Also Known as Boiling Water Canning Water bath canning in a step-by-step tutorial. Use this printable checklist to help you along in your kitchen. Learn how to use your water bath canner, what alternative pots are available, what food can you use in a water bath, and more. Water bath canning is a great way […]

Weck Jars

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Weck jars are just soooo very pretty! I had to add them here. I don’t usually write about anything not tested and approved by the NCHFP and I believed that Weck jars had never been tested. I have new information. It was pointed out to me that Weck canning lids actually HAVE been tested. There […]

Sterilizing Jars for Home Canning

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With Sharon Peterson Sterilizing jars is not needed when you’re water bath canning, as long as processing time is more than 10 minutes. Most recipes call for at least 10 minutes processing time or more. When it comes to preparing jars for canning, you should understand that processing for more than 10 minutes sterilizes both […]

Avoid Spoiled Food

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With Sharon Peterson use up-to-date canning methods Do you know how to recognize spoiled food? Sometimes it is obvious… sometimes not. Botulism Botulism is not anything you can see or smell. You will not know it is there until you get sick. That is another reason to avoid unsafe canning methods. You just won’t know […]

Re-canning

I often get questions from people who are asking about re-canning store purchased foods. Especially when it is purchased in those large #10 sized cans. Green beans, tomatoes, corn, fruit and other foods can be purchased in large cans at a cheaper price than the smaller individual size cans. Sometimes you can’t use the food […]

Pressure Canning: How to Can with a Pressure Canner.

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What foods DO require pressure canning? These directions are for pressure canning low-acid foods. This includes any meat and most vegetables, all of which must be pressure canned. What foods DON’T require pressure canning? Pickles, jam jelly, or fruits are all high-acid foods. If you are preserving these foods, you need to be on my […]

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Hi there and Welcome!

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

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