I used to can with my mom so kinda familiar with the basics but she was always running the show. Now my fiancé and I are trying to get into canning and we canned hot and normal salsa, tomato sauce and ketchup. The ketchup and the hot salsa turned out perfect, no separating no bubbles everything sealed. The normal salsa has a good bit of bubbles in them and they move and rise when you jiggle the jar and has a lot of separation all of the jars are like this. The sauce doesn’t have as many bubbles and they don’t move as much as the salsa but I still have a lot of separation. I know separation doesn’t exactly mean it’s unsafe to eat I probably just needed to cook it longer than I did since I used slicing, paste and cherry tomatoes, just whatever I had in the garden. I’m more concerned with the bubbles since they are going to the top when you shake the jar, none of my moms jars turn out like this when she does it but she also doesn’t use a food processor. She did can tomato juice and it bubbles like this too. Anyone know if this is safe and what causes it?
by Calm-Mountain-7850
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We canned Oct 5th then stored them in the basement which is cooler and dark. Seal is strong I tested them by lifting
I noticed the recipe calls for cold pack and not a water bath.
When you blend it it will be adding air to the mixture unless you are careful. Water bath will force that air to the top and excess air will escape. Not the case in a cold pack. The bubbles will gradually coalesce and form the bubbles you see. I don’t see any harm in it.
Not an expert but been doing both methods it for about 7 years. Others may have more experienced opinions.