Three Gals Plum Butter

[Guest guest]

Now if that isn't fun having a plum butter named after me. I love

canning and I do have the stove top canning kettles. One question? Do

you not boil your jars for 20 min. before putting prepared food in them?

Even though we wash and rinse the bottles, sometimes in the dish

washer, we always boil them to make sure soap residue and all germs are

gone. IF the lids and caps are new we don't boil but we do have them

sitting in very hot water while waiting to use them. Old lids and caps

that are in very good condition are boiled along with the bottles. We

boil ours in our canner and have them hot and ready to fill.

[Guest guest]

Hi Deanna,

Well, the info you & Marilyn sent helped so much I wanted to show

that

I didn't actually boil the jars. The Kerr box said to wash & rinse

the jars & bands & lids and keep hot in 180 degree water until ready

to fill. The 180 degree water was just on the edge of boiling -

little bubbles rising but not big rolling bubbles and all together,

everything was probably in there 20 mintues at least. Now I'm worried

lol -- will it be ok? How can I tell if it's not ok? Will the little

button on the lid pop up? I don't want to poison my MIL; I love my

MIL. lol

Peace,

Diane

 

, " genny_y2k " <genny_y2k

wrote:

>

> Now if that isn't fun having a plum butter named after me. I love

> canning and I do have the stove top canning kettles. One question?

Do

> you not boil your jars for 20 min. before putting prepared food in

them?

> Even though we wash and rinse the bottles, sometimes in the dish

> washer, we always boil them to make sure soap residue and all germs

are

> gone. IF the lids and caps are new we don't boil but we do have them

> sitting in very hot water while waiting to use them. Old lids and

caps

> that are in very good condition are boiled along with the bottles.

We

> boil ours in our canner and have them hot and ready to fill.

>