Simply Canning Guide: The canning guide & cookbook you need
If you’ve never made a pickle before, cucumbers are the classic place to start, but I’d encourage you. Go beyond the cucumber!
Many vegetables can be pickled too. All you need is a water bath canner and a tested recipe. Don’t assume you can swap one vegetable for another in a tested recipe. They all have their own requirements.
Pickling recipes use a water bath, not a pressure canner, even though plain vegetables need pressure canning. Why is that? It’s all about the acid the vinegar adds to the jar.
Why Are Pickling Recipes with Vegetables Safe in a Waterbath? Â walks through why this works.
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