Hello all! I did a cold pack of apples yesterday and as this picture shows, the apples shrank and left a huge gap without liquid. They all sealed properly. Is it safe to store and eat? TIA!
by elm122671
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Yes, as long as the liquid is at least halfway up the jar.
This is a result of cold pack vs hot pack. My first cold pack of apples looked even worse lol. When doing hot pack, the initial cooking phase helps draw moisture out of the apples and they get “pre-shrunk” so the shrinking doesn’t happen during processing. Hence the “Raw packs make poor quality products” on the NCHFP recipe; it’s not a safety issue to cold/raw pack, but hot pack is recommended.
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Yes, as long as the liquid is at least halfway up the jar.
This is a result of cold pack vs hot pack. My first cold pack of apples looked even worse lol. When doing hot pack, the initial cooking phase helps draw moisture out of the apples and they get “pre-shrunk” so the shrinking doesn’t happen during processing. Hence the “Raw packs make poor quality products” on the NCHFP recipe; it’s not a safety issue to cold/raw pack, but hot pack is recommended.
Yes, safe