Bought a basket of cucumbers from the farmer’s market today and finished canning them a few hours later.
So these are JUST done, still warm from the water bath.
What is this white stuff? I haven’t canned a lot, but I’m finding it off-putting. I don’t see any in any of the other jars, though a few of the pickles weren’t cut at all to experiment with crispness.
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I don’t really have a great answer for what the white stuff is, perhaps some cucumber juice interacting with the salt and vinegar in the brine possibly. It’s probably nothing to worry about.
Buuut, you’re also really supposed to leave your jars completely alone, untouched, for 24 hours after canning. Handling the jar and tilting it makes the brine touch the lid which could potentially compromise the seal.
thats the xylem and the phloem, the tubes that transport nutrients in plants. totally normal.