Canning jars

Food preservation is an art and with Mason jars, it finds the best of canvases. If you’re off with a long term canning mission, we’re hereby about to get your methodical arsenal ready.

We talked in detail in another article about what is a mason jar, how to find the best, and what are the best mason jars.

Now let’s learn how to preserve food in mason jars and the different ways to do this job.

Here’s how to preserve vegetables in mason jars. The same set of 6 easy and simple steps are equally nourishable and cherishable for fruits, jams, etc.

Canning food preservation

for a pretty long time.

Step 1: Sterilize Your Mason Jars

At first, keep the empty jars right-side-up in the large pot. You can use this same pot for the boiling water bath when you fill the jars with jams, fruits, tomatoes, or pickled vegetables to preserve.

Then pour hot (but not boiling) water and cover the jars completely—make sure that the water is one inch above the top of the jars.

Then increase heat and start boiling gradually.

Cautioner

If you poured boiled water a

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