Re: How should I can tomatoes?
An update from my batch last year. I had 3 or 4 pints seals fail and of course the tomatoes inside were rancid. But bad for my first time I guess. I'm not sure why the seals failed. I thought I was being very careful. Perhaps I over tightened those? This year I'm trying Roma and cherry tomatoes.
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sweetiepie
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Kerr and Ball have changed there formula for the seal on the lids, the last few years due to regulations.
I don't know how you applied your lids.
If you read the directions that are on the box, it now says to just stick them on. But I have found this doesn't work. So I still do it the old way which is to bring a pan of water to boiling, turn it down just under a simmer and throw my lids in there for 10 minutes. I haven't had any fail, knock on wood, yet. But I have heard of lots of people having problems because they changed. Also causing more people to use tattler lids. I haven't invested in those yet but would like to try them.
Yours look great!
I don't know how you applied your lids.
If you read the directions that are on the box, it now says to just stick them on. But I have found this doesn't work. So I still do it the old way which is to bring a pan of water to boiling, turn it down just under a simmer and throw my lids in there for 10 minutes. I haven't had any fail, knock on wood, yet. But I have heard of lots of people having problems because they changed. Also causing more people to use tattler lids. I haven't invested in those yet but would like to try them.
Yours look great!