How To Can Tangy Tomatoes Yourself Mrr Ebook With Audio

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Chapter 6 - Things that you would Require to can tomatoes

The first step towards canning tomatoes is to gather all the necessary canning equipment. Fundamental canning equipment is something that an average person can easily acquire. It is not an ‘Oh my God’ thing and definitely not something that will make you run from one store to another. The equipment required for canning tomatoes can be easily procured from the market.

Of all the things that you’ll need for canning, fresh, ripe and round tomatoes is something that is primary or else what will you can? The choice of tomatoes can greatly affect the quality of sauce or crushed puree. So, you must be very careful while selecting tomatoes that you plan to can at home. Besides this, you’d either require a water bath canner or a pressure canner, which will obviously depend on the type of method you plan to employ. A water bath canner is a huge cooking pot that has a wooden rack and a lid that fits tightly. The wooden rack keeps the jars intact and prevents them from touching one another. To ensure optimum heating of the jars, it should be made sure that the canner’s diameter is not more than 4 inches in width than the stove burner’s diameter.

A pressure canner, on the other hand, is a special heavy pot equipped with a steam-tight lid. Every pressure canner has a different way of operating and as such, you must read the instructions carefully before using. The pressure canners that are available these days have much advanced in-built features.

Besides this, you will also require jar funnel, jar lifter, sharp knives, a clean cloth, cutting board, rubber spatula, lid wand, hot pads, hot/ raw packs and a timer.

It is very important to sterilize the canning equipment before putting it to use. Those who have a dishwasher at home should place all the required utensils in the dishwasher and hit the ‘Sterilize’ option. If, by chance, this option is not available, you must boil all the tools and utensils. The jars should be allowed to remain submerged in warm water for half an hour.

These days, comprehensive canning kits are also available in the market. Depending on the exact type of the canning method you choose to employ, you may get a canning kit for yourself. This will save you from the acute botheration of collecting different tools and supplies one by one. Tomato canning kits have actually made it easy for people to can tomatoes at home.

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