Are my asparagus safe?

[HappyH]

My neighbour makes very good hot, spicy canned asparagus and so I made a batch using her recipe and hot-bath canner. Her recipe is similar to many I have seen online too.
I put mine in the hot-bath canner for 15 minutes, but now I'm reading that for asparagus, you should use a pressure canner
Is that necessary? Should I refrigerate mine or do you think they will be ok on the shelf?

 

[blissful]

Hey Happy in Hope, if it was canned in an acidic solution (usually with some vinegar and salt as part of the brine), it was canned just fine in a hot water bath canner. No need to pressure can it. If it was just asparagus in water, a little salt added, then it is appropriate to pressure can it.

 

[sparrowgrass]

Pickles are done in a waterbath. Plain asparagus would be pressure canned, but that would be a sin against the asparagus. Mushy!

 

[HappyH]

These are pickled, so I'm glad I didn't waste my time and money on something that I couldn't use. Caesar time!