One month in and I’m hooked! I’ve been getting most of my info off the internet, but I’d love to have a go to book that contains everything. Not sure which one to get. I also have a total fear of taking the rings off. I control the urge to over tighten them, but is it ok to leave them on?
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Canning shelf
It’s recommended by the nchfp to remove the rings for storage. The issue is that it could conceal a false seal if you leave them on
https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/store/store_home_canned.html
Shelf looks great! Safe practice is to store your jars without the rings. It let’s you know if your seal has failed before using a jar!
I like the All New Ball book personally. It has some great recipes.
You mentioned getting your recipes from the internet? What were your sources? I’m fairly certain there aren’t any safe tested recipes that allow the skin to be left on the potato.
Here is a link to the national center for home, food preservation that has fully tested procedures and methods for a proper safe food preservation, including canning, drying, freezing, fermenting, and so on.
https://nchfp.uga.edu/#gsc.tab=0
Canning potatoes with the skin on, isn’t really safe because the botulism spores live in the dirt and on the skins of things like potatoes and garlic. If for some reason one of the lids fail, the ring will keep the lid on, and the ring might stick on, but your food will be contaminated. But that’s a great start!
I *love* that shelf, it’s so pretty!
One thing of note, at least I’ve always been told this and please do correct me if I’m off here. But if you’re planning on a long term storage situation with them, keep them out of direct sunlight. I’ve always kept my jars in my basement for that reason. Well that and because it stays at an almost constant 55-65° down there. Awesome setup though, looks great.
Yes it is OK to leave them on but if you do know this…leaving them on can hide a broken seal, if you leave them on you need to inspect the jars FREQUENTLY for any signs of leakage and spoilage. When the food starts to spoil, gas will build up inside the jar. With the ring on that gas is trapped and can’t pop the top….so you run the risk of a jar actually building up enough gas to explode. If this happens to you one time, you will never leave the rings on again. It stinks to high heaven and you now may have spread botulinum bacteria all over your pantry.
So NOT keeping the rings on is highly recommended.
But it’s a free country….do as you wish….just know the risks.
imma need to see what decorations you have on top. are those cows?!?
Nice collection you have there. QUESTION: What do,you have canned on your bottom shelve?
Looks fantastic!
Dem some nice ‘taters.