One more question, please. Nomatter how tight I pack the contents into the jar, it always floats up about 1 inch from the bottom. This may not be a problem but it's unsightly. What else can I do?
I just canned 9 jars of Bread & Butter pickles and the liquid contents look a little cloudy. They were cold packed. Would that have anything to do with the problem (if it's a problem)?
Pickle juice can be cloudy from the pickling spices, not using pure salt/pickling canning salt, and sometimes "hard" water can cause problems too.
There may be other reasons that I don't know about. I tried doing a quick keyword search on the subject, no luck, but that just means I probably wasn't using the right keywords.
As long as it tastes like it should, I think it's fine.
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Unfortunately, nothing you can do about that
it's gonna happen no matter what. I'm used to it--my mother and grandmother canned, so it looks "normal" to me, but I know what you mean.
At least, if there is something you can do about it, I've never heard of it.
Anhata
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Cloudy juices
I just canned 9 jars of Bread & Butter pickles and the liquid contents look a little cloudy. They were cold packed. Would that have anything to do with the problem (if it's a problem)?
Hmmmm...
Pickle juice can be cloudy from the pickling spices, not using pure salt/pickling canning salt, and sometimes "hard" water can cause problems too.
There may be other reasons that I don't know about. I tried doing a quick keyword search on the subject, no luck, but that just means I probably wasn't using the right keywords.
As long as it tastes like it should, I think it's fine.
Anhata
www.familynaturally.com
Your Family's General Store, Naturally
Floating Contents
Dear Anhata, Thank you for your response: I don't feel so bad now.
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