I know this is an older video, but I came across it today. Thank you so much for talking about this video being for people that may not have access to organic foods, etc. Nearly everything you said applies to my family. We live in the city and do not have a yard. The majority of our city is considered a food desert and are lower-income so we cannot afford organic produce. All of the food in our area is much higher than in the suburbs where we used to live. I try to get out there every so often and do massive grocery hauls to save money. Because of this, I want to expand my skills and learn to do things such as can, so this video is perfect for me to learn without the resources that many other people have. So far, I have learned about preserving dry goods and have what some would be an insane amount of rice packaged in mylar bags in my basement. The next logical step is learning how to can and dehydrate food. These skills will enable me to visit farmers markets in the summer and buy in large quantities. The last time I was in the suburbs, I went and got the same #10 cans that you got (they have a GFS there, but unfortunately not in the city) so that I can follow this video to practice and collect jars before the next growing season begins.
One thing I never see talked about, even though it's super important, is to NOT stack your jars on top of each other when you store them. The pressure of one jar on top of another can also cause a false seal to go unnoticed. If you need to stack jars, put a wood board or flat cardboard box between them, something to distribute the weight of the jars.
Was always told not to stack or place anything on top when storing. You can damage and won’t be able to see the lids good enough. You could cause a seal issue.
I really do wish I had started watching you when I started canning, it would've saved me alot of time and frustration 😕, but bright side I found you now! Learning everyday!
Glad you made this video. I've been collecting pasta sauce jars and anything with a solid screw top. I'm already seeing a shortage of lids here. I only buy 🇺🇸 or 🇨🇦 to assure a good result. What you showed is one way my mother got us further into spring. We had what we needed while our garden took and kept us fed. Thanks!!
Glad to see so many helping those new to canning to get started. It's a craft, an art, that can last a lifetime. Speaking from experience, as I bought our first pressure canner in 1972. Thank you for teaching. Thumbs up.
Thank you so much for this video. I just got a Presto canner and am still nervous to use it. Thank you for sharing your tips. I will start with something small. I enjoy your channel so much!! 🐓 ?? How do you know how long to water bath can different foods?? TY!
I'm sorry if my question was answered there's over 900 lol I can't read them all. What is the purpose for recanning items from the store that are already in cans?
You save more money in the long run if you buy a giant can of pre-canned food. But with a giant can of pre-canned food, it’s very hard to finish it. If you re-can it in better portions, you get the benefit of preservation without the need to eat a ton of the food at once or having it spoil.
Hi complete beginner here! SOOO many channels have awesome tips on canning great types of food but the basics are just assumed knowledge. Appreciate you making this and acknowledging some of us can’t afford organic food.
I've been canning for years, but I completely enjoyed watching you teach beginners! If you're not an actual teacher, you may have missed your calling. You're a GREAT teacher!
I’m brand new to this, and for some reason I had in my mind that I’d wait and can my first “big” garden harvest. But I’m a year two gardener who has yet to find her stride. Thank you for pointing out that it’s ok, and even a good idea to get started even if it’s store bought!
I’ve been water bath canning for over 50 years. I learned from my Mom. Not everyone has that resource to learn from. so thanks for providing an excellent intro to canning for beginners. I still use my Mom’s old graniteware pot it looks just like yours.
i want to learn to water bath can more. i know the amish have used it and some of them thats all they EVER do. they dont pressure can. My mom canned when I was young but I need to learn to can.
Thank you so much for pointing out the lack of access for some people! Food deserts are real and you're providing an awesome resource for anyone learning how to preserve food. I've been WB canning for years and really enjoyed this video. And all the encouragement will have me PC in no time! Thanks! 🌻
I have canned for years. I don't garden. I buy local from farmers & at farm markets. I have also canned left over bbq sauce, Frank's Red Hot sauce from my daughters graduation party. Keep encouraging people to start right where they are. Great video. Side note: I'm in Michigan too (South West)
@@donnabennett1256 depends what in the bbq sauce.water or pressure canning.Have u bought them Big sausages,cut in 8 pieces,Skin them,Then add the hot sauce,to them in quart jars. Shotgun red did a video on them.goggle that.You store in fridge,Can do hot dogs,Them K sausages,cocktail small one.If you like hot sauce,U will probably like them.Try 1 jar,& wait about 10 days before eating.
Rachel, this was a very good demo for newbies and I used the Forjars lids earlier this year while canning meats. LOVE them! Now, one thing I wish ALL of you homesteading RU-vidrs would mention, especially to newbies and wannabes, is that while watching and learning from each of you .......they STILL need to have at least one really good publication from USDA approved sources. Why? Because there are specific reasons for doing things a specific way, avoiding botulism mainly, and a few "rogue" canning methods can not only be dangerous but deadly. Besides, the more recent Ball canning books have some really great recipes in them for those who want to branch out with food preservation from basics to entire/mostly entire meal recipes. I've been canning for 60 years and never knew I could do certain things in jars! Ha, even old dogs can learn new tricks. LOL
Agreed. I purchased copies of the USDA book for both of my friends/neighbors that can, and for my daughter that purchased an used presto pressure canner to learn to can. My personal process when I find a recipe that I want to can is to research through my 2 Ball books, my canner book, and the USDA book. From that I either confirm the canning times, and recipe features, or make adjustments to fall in line with safety guidelines. Having personally known someone that suffered from botulism poisoning related to home canning I take no chances. Trust me, botulism is NOT a little upset stomach! She spent months in the ICU, and still lives with the scars on her throat from having a traecheostomy placed.
Thank you from a newbie. I haven't started canning yet. Doing some studying, which is always a good thing no matter what new project you are undertaking. From concrete to installing a water heater, remodeling a bathroom, removing the bumper from a wrecked truck, using a chainsaw (yeah that one is dangerous) and standing on a scaffold replacing some eaves on my house. I did all of that and more. My friend at work wants me to come help him and his wife can some stew so I can learn a bit better. He is worried I will hurt myself. I have already bought some canning supplies. I am trying to figure out which pressure cooker to purchase. Some of them are expensive! I have been watching videos and learning a lot. I learn from the comments also.
Beginner tutorials are so essential. We assume others know the basics. I wish I would have had this 35 years ago. I had to teach myself from canning books. Thank you for taking the time to do this. We can all gather information from canning 101.
Thank you for mentioning that not everyone can afford organic. People do what they can. I still have a problem with finger tight. We had a good laugh last canning session. I had some not seal and mentioned to my husband that it might be they were too tight. The next batch my husband put them in the canner while I kept filling jars. He adjusted all of them but didn't tell me until it was time to take them out. He was so sure. He got a failure too lol
Your problem might not actually be the rings. Just tighten until the ring stops moving, with not force. That's tight enough. My issue is usually patience. Taking the lid off the canner too soon, etc. Take your time and keep trying. You'll get the hang of it. 👍
Thank you for this video Rachel. I have preserved food most of my 76 years but this year I bought a presto canner, I’m still not sure why at this late stage in life!! But… I’ve done chickpeas, kidney beans, navy beans and ugly chicken all things my mother told me not to do because of the botulism risk. Newbies to canning will learn a lot from you and they will be amazed at the financial savings. Last year we had a huge crop of produce in our garden this year not so good because of the heat and very little rain I have still managed to preserve about 200lbs of all sorts! That’ll get us thru the winter. God bless from New Zealand x
I’ve never canned one thing in my life. What do you water bath and pressure bath … ? What would you do with grains, seeds, dehydrated vegetables, beans and fruits ?? The Amish sell stuff in glass jars like honey and Kefir milk …. that’s one thing I would love to do: fermented foods. But I know there’s a lot more involved with fermented foods.
@@esemmanuel6603 fermenting is easy. Find pickle pipes and a ball jar. Cut your veggies, stuff them in a jar, fill with salty water. Place pickle pipe on top of jar, cinch it down and wait 2 weeks.
This series of canning for beginners videos is extremely helpful and is building my confidence in trying to can foods. I really appreciate your non-judgmental approach to teaching others! :) thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!!! I am not a homesteader, I am not a gardener. I am a single person that likes to save money at the grocery store. A #10 can of tomatoes would not be manageable with out your brilliant idea of breaking it down into pints. Perfection
YUP, this is just what I was looking for! Will be my first year canning and I'm gonna DO IT. Third year gardening, but no more freezer space, so...gotta can! Thanks, Rachel
You can also free up freezer space by canning some of your meats, fruits, snd vegetables that you already have in the freezer. This helps you not lose your food during a long term power outage. Hope that helps.
@@apiecemaker1163 If the meat is frozen, Im assuming you defrost/thaw out and then can it....I want to so bad but am terrified of botulism. Just saw a video yesterday that the Amish water bath everything, including meat!!??
I want to thank you and Todd for all the creative inspiration. I started out 6 years ago couponing, into semi-prepping, into freezing, and stocking up on grocery hauls, into fermenting, into canning 9/21 to now (so still learning and getting better), into dehydrating. We live in a small two-bedroom apartment. a family of 4 + SIL and her 3yo. I have two and half freezers probably 12 cubic ft total packed full that I'm trying to get on the shelves. I bought the water bath canner and the presto. I've decided to stick to the pints as it works best. although I ate a quart of my sante fe chicken soup that I canned. Just put up 7 Qts of butternut squash. currently doing bone broth in the crockpot. dehydrating carrots. Now I,m faced with the things that didn't turn out. Pickled carrots. Do I try to dehydrate them to salvage them? I,m a bit of a rebel canner and now paying the price but wouldn't change it. I do use precaution as I'm new but watched my mom for over thirty-plus years can.
Thank you so much for teaching this. I almost fell off my stool when you said “you can use the store bought jars when you bought sauces, that the jars are plenty strong and the lids fit.” 💕. Your easy to listen to when teaching and thank you for not making us feel less then smart. 💕.
40 years ago, this would have been so helpful for me! I planted a huge garden and taught myself to can. There was no social media back then, and my mother did not do much for canning. I also don't do all "required" steps like you, and do not have many issues, I think I have had 2 popped seals and 3 non-seals in the last 5 years.. :) Thank you for sharing!
I've watched a lot of videos about water bath canning and none of them have made me feel like I could actually just go ahead and do it tonight, until this one. I don't know if it's that you showed us how to can prepackaged food and that seems so much less intimidating, or if it's just how calm and reassuring you are throughout the video, but this was really encouraging. I think I'll be making a pit stop at my local restaurant store this week and looking for some cans to break down into smaller jars and finally put my water bath canner to use!
I hadn't thought of using the larger cans of food to recan. I didn't even know you could. I put them on my shopping list. I have so many jars from my husband's granny. Some are colored. I'm so proud of them.
What a great tutorial! I have been canning since the late 70's when I first got married. How I wish I had something like this to teach me back then. I basically taught myself. My mom only did peaches and pickled beets when I was growing up and she did them open kettle. I soon learned after I bought my first water bath canner this was not safe ! Great job teaching!
You are a great teacher, I learned a lot. I have never canned anything. But I know I will give it a try. Thank you again, Rachel. Love you videos. God Bless.
One thing I would add is processing times due to elevation. Some things need to be processed longer depending on your elevation. I can't wait for canning season I really want to try your pickled cabbage recipe
I have canned for years but I had never thought of canning leftover orange juice. I not only canned my leftover, I canned 19 pints. Never OJ in the house when we needed it and was always throwing out what we didn't use. Thank you for your videos. I always find good information in each of your videos.
Applesauce is my husband's favorite thing I can. I add liquid cinnamon and we love it. God bless you and thank you for sharing. Also, when I make carrot cake it calls for 1 1/2 cups oil. I always do 3/4 cup oil and the other 3/4 cup as my applesauce. It takes the carrot cake to another level.
As a young mom, with 2 young kids and a baby in the way I would see these big cans and go, well that would just get wasted! Thank you for showing me this! I would never of thought about it! Might be Trying my hand at gardening - however baby due end of July so might just be buying fruit and items from local farmers to can. I love your channel and found it about a year and a half ago and it given me so much more confidence!
Great info. However, JarsUs lids are made in China. They do not tell you this on the website. Look under the barcode on the box. It says, "Made in China."
Hello Rachel, so nice to meet you! My daughter introduced you to me, she's a very smart person😊. We have not been canners and have come to realize it is important to start doing so now. So, I want to thank you for your informative video and in general your teaching style and approach to life. I look forward to trying out what you will teach us. Also. I am praying a prayer of gratitude for you and asking that you be richly blessed. in Jesus name. I thank you Abba Father for Rachel and her family that you would bless her, give her your strength, wisdom, peace and protection. Thank you, amen.
I agree with Kathy Karstaedt comment---You are a great teacher. I have been watching you for a couple of years now and your instruction is what made me start canning. Thank You
After watching this I no longer have any excuse lol. This video took away the intimidation of it all. I know it’s not totally easy peasy but it’s nice to see that it’s not extremely difficult and that with time and effort, it’s something even someone like me can do. Love the tips and the way you simplified it. 😊
I've never canned before, I do have a garden, and I'm very interested in learning to can. I am also disabled and had no idea about the steam canner. I'm definitely going to look for one of those because I think that will be easier with my limited reach. Do you still use that for mostly high acidity food items? I'm feeling like the pressure canner may be too tall for me. I would really like to can beets, carrots and greens.
Yes, the steam canner is just for high acid foods. I wonder if you have a balcony or porch you could put a propane stove on, on a lower table that might work to pressure can on?
Kristin webb: buy the smaller mirror pressure canner.holds 8 pints.U have to use a pressure canner for carrots,beets,green beans.Use on stove top.Buy a camper propane stove for outside,Be lower for you,& uses no 220 for STOVE,if you don't have gas stove
Welcome all new canners! It’s addicting to keep adding to your pantry! My suggestion to newbies is to be an ingredient canner the first year. Get some experience canning 1 item in a jar at a time, then start slow with meals in jar (if that’s your desire), I still prefer to be an ingredient canner and just pull multiple jars off the shelf for a meal.
Rachel, you are just amazing! I love how accessible you make canning for beginners. I'm an experienced canner and I still picked up a tip or two. I'm in the Phoenix area and haven't had success managing a garden with the heat and the desert critters (but I'm gonna try again). I am an expert at shopping the discount produce markets and buying quality local goods. I loved how you encouraged newbies to try at whatever level they can...with no judgment.
I love the idea of canning fruits and vegetables from #10 cans! That would really help with stocking one’s pantry with a lot less effort. Thanks for sharing!
Rachel, this was a great video. I've canned jelly and apple butter in the past but just recently purchased a Presto canner. I use a walker, so it's difficult to garden. I did buy two green stalks. Never thought of getting the large cans to process. I've been working on turning most of my office into a pantry this winter. Thanks!
If you purchase a second hand pressure cooker, seek out someone that tests, checks and repairs these. My local Runnings store tests these for me and replaces the rings when they feel they need it. I used to have my local county extension office do this and they might be another great resource.
Completely agree with you. Food security is more important than whether or not it's organic. Healthy food is healthy food. Having enough of it is the important thing.
I store all my clean empty jars with the rings on. I find it protects the rim of the jars from scratches or chipping. Then, I can stack them and keep the inside clean. It also cuts down on the flooding of rings! 🤣🤣
This video came just in time Rachel!! I was able to get 3 #10 cans of diced tomatoes for 3 dollars each, a few weeks ago at our local restaurant supply store!! Even though I’m not brand new to canning anymore, I’ve never re-canned #10’s yet….so this is perfect and answered all my questions that I had!! Love from Oregon 🌲🌲💕❤️🙏🏼 ~Trina~
Thank you, thank you, thank you.... I have been searching and searching for someone to show me what finger tight is! From the bottom of my heart I thank you for that! I am a new canned and this video was so for me! I enjoy your channel.
This has been an amazing tutorial on water bathing. You took your time and explained every step and told us why. My mother and grandmother canned a basement full. Unfortunately I was too young to learn from them. I still have their water canner and if I can find it the ring you put in the bottom of the pot. This will be a great way to start canning before buying the pressure canner. I can’t thank you enough for this and look forward to more! Thank you 💕!
Thank you for doing this one Rachel I'm not new to canning by a long shot but I haven't canned for the last 20 years and I need to know what the newer guidelines are and what's going on and it's so much easier to listen to you guys tell me and look up the guidelines for me and if I need to I can re-look them but you tell me where to look when to look and that kind of thing it's quite helpful
I can’t thank you enough for putting this video up. I have always wanted to try canning but have been very intimidated by it. You are extremely reassuring, calming and genuinely helpful. It’s like talking to your best friend or taking instruction from your best friend. It means the world to me. My family never ever did this. I’m the first.
Rachel, thank you for the detailed video. I know how to can, but still enjoy being reminded of the how to. I guess you can call me a CANAHOLIC, and proud of it. LOL
Senior centers are a good place to connect with people that want to downsize their jar collection. My quilt club ladies give me their jars when they want to give them up!
I'd also like to toss out there, if you find used jars, please be sure to check them over before you use them. Hand wash them so you can inspect them for nicks, chips and cracks. Also, old mayo jars make their way into canning stashes. I don't mind using them for water bath projects but for pressure canning I personally don't feel these jars are the best, just my opinion. Also, don't tip your jars to drain the water off the top of the jar. It hasn't sealed yet and you could possibly get food particles on the rim which will keep your lid from sealing.
Thank you for the back to basics. Even when we know what we are doing, we can still get complacent. Great tutorial for beginners. To beginning canners- be not afraid! You can do it! 💞
I have been so scared of canning and in the UK both water bath canners and pressure canners are almost more than you can buy it in the US but I’m am so going to do it
Rachel, I made cowboy candy yesterday and did the rebel "reuse store bought jars with 1 piece lid and button". I've never done that before. ..figured if they didn't seal, I would have 3 jars of cowboy candy in the fridge. The jars I experimented on all sealed beautifully. The pop was a lot louder than 2 part lid. Thanks for that tip from months ago.
I just canned 40 mason jars of peaches from three peach trees in my yard. I couldn't give the peaches away because almost every peach had marks on it from wasps sticking their faces into the peaches and drinking peach juice heartily
Thank you so much for this!!! The only thing I've canned myself was your cowboy candy recipe! I need to invest in an actual canning pot because I was struggling with the ones I have. Also, thank you for the talk about organic and non organic means to provide for a family. Growing up we never had anything organic and only once I was almost 30 did I even look at something organic. Now I can afford it - when the price is right. Recently the prices have been RIDICULOUS! I'm also starting my raised bed this year and hopefully I can get some fresh organic stuff for my family and friends.
If ur going to look for a waterbath canner, I'd highly recommend a steam canner. They are great and so much lighter and way less water used. Good luck.
Hi Rachel. Your canning videos are very helpful to many people who are canning right now. I have not started canning, because I have big problems with my apartment right now. So maybe one day when things get better, I will be canning my food. Love all your videos. God Bless, and stay safe. Maria. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😇😇😇😇😇😇😇👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing Rachel, great idea. Even a better idea "canning for the grandbaby". I had the same idea of getting on facebook market place for a pressure canner and jars today and I stumbled on a water canner and 112 jars for $78, unfortunately I want another pressure canner and not a water bath canner.
If I could buy Ball jars for $10-$12 a case I'd buy 100 cases, here in Australia before covid a dozen quart jars cost about $50 and now they are $114 and the lids cost $52 for 24 from Amazon Australia, so you can see it's not worth canning anything here. I started filling my pantry with products bought from Aldi and other local stores some organic some not, in my case it's a lot cheaper to buy a can of tomatoes for 70 cents than it is to can them. I live on 1.5 acres and still grow lots of fruit and vegetables only now I sell them. Count your blessings that you can still buy jars for a $ each, God bless.
Thank you so much for this - my grandmother was a big canner, but she died back in '99 when I was 21 years old and definitely not interested in learning all this. I so appreciate your time and teaching!
Question… what about buying bulk frozen vegetables and then canning? I don’t have a lot of freezer space so I thought this would be a great way to stock up but not have to use my freezer space.
I've canned before, but it has been a few years! So I'm binge watching all the canning videos. So glad you are doing the back to basics one... even for those of us that feel rusty!
So much good information. I love that you are honest about not washing the lids and about labeling before you put it in! LOL!! PS, I got here from Constance's youtube channel.
Great video ! My friend has been talking about needing to learn to can. We live so far away now that I can’t help him, so I sent him your video. Thanks so much.
I love this!! What a great teaching video for newbies. Thank you for doing this. I have a pressure canning version just like this coming next week. Great minds 😉
Thank you for the comments on organics. I appreciate everyone’s passion when it comes to food, but living paycheck to paycheck has not allowed for me to be picky in any way aside from price. Maybe one day! I don’t currently have the space or time for my own garden, but I have purchased a stand-alone pantry that I can start slowly stocking and I love the idea of bulk buying when I can and transferring them to manageable shelf stable options like canning! Thank you.
Hello Rachel and Todd love watching your U Tube channel. Rachael you are so patient teaching canning. I was wondering how many grandchildren you have? Have a good evening God Bless you and Todd and your family from a viewer in Toronto Ontario Canada
Thank you for this! So many revelations on this one video. One, I never thought of canning the bulk canned food before! So many times I’ve passed it up because I don’t know what to do with the overage once I open a giant can. Two, are you kidding me, I can can in my recycled pasta sauce jars etc?!!! Whoa! I never thought I could do that. I’m going to buy myself some lids and give it a whirl LOL. Thanks again! Also, I am one of those people who are unable to grow our own food. So this has been such an eye opener
Thank you for compassionately sharing your knowledge and experience. I've never canned before but have wanted to do so for years. I live in a small apartment and am currently researching techniques and equipment needed. I have saved your video to watch again and will begin looking for supplies at estate sales and thrift shops. I recently purchased the "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving" from an estate sale and am looking forward to learning this valuable skill.
I am from Romania and we water can too and also we dont have mason jars, our lids are different. The video is really helpful, I'll move to Canada soon so they use mason jars... now i know more things. Thank you!
