LH 105: Summer Canning Q&A

Answers to your most common canning questions

Chances are your garden and farmer’s market are bursting with summer flavors.

It’s time to save some of those flavors for later.

In today’s episode, I answer several listener questions that have come in so that you can stay on track with your summer canning.

 

You will learn:

• If you can use coconut sugar in canning
• Which pectin product is preservative-free
• The most common jar mistakes
• Tips & detective skills to determine the cause of jar breaks
• The difference between citric acid and ascorbic acid
• When should you be concerned about bubbles
• Why wax sealing was eliminated from canning

 

 

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Canning Academy wait list – opening again soon!

Local Harvest – for finding farmer’s markets in your area

Pomona’s Pectin*

Tips for using coconut and other sugar with Pomona’s

Pluots – source for mail order

 

Transcript:

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