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RE: Canning Jams and Jellies Dear Patfromlogan, I have been canning for years, but had never heard about keeping jars hot in the oven before. It is definately a good way to keep jars hot when filling lots of them at once and many recipes call for putting whatever you are canning into hot jars...

Dear GB, In my Post to which you responded, I shared the information that I received from Kraft and in my reply to you I did not take your opinion personal, but just simply and honestly responded to your 'personal' accusations. As I said before, we are all entitled to our opinion. I have shared...

Dear GB,...P.S. Yes my idea in part when researching the safety of the inverted method for making jams and jellies was to ask the corporation that stands to profit from me using their product, but they would have nothing to loose as the result of their reply to me because Certo is used in...

Dear GB, Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and apparently we disagree and no doubt I am sure I did far more research than you did. Having made jams and jellies for over 50 years and having used both the water canning method as well as the inverted method, with no fatalities thus far...

RE: Water Canning or not/Jams and jellies Dear DaizyMae, You're Welcome. I have used the inverted method when canning jams and jellies for years with no problem, just as you and your mom have, but in view of all of the negative responses I got, I took the time to contact Kraft and read up on...

boiling-water-bath-for-jam-and-jelly-or-not After sharing my views RE: the water canning process for jams and jellies versus the invert method, I wrote to Kraft, the maker of the product called Certo, that I use when making jams and jellies, to get their professional point of view and below is...

Boiling water bath for jam and jelly Ay least Daizymae and I agree that done right the upside down version for canning jam and jelly works just fine. I did email Kraft earlier to ask why after years they changed their instructions from the upside down for 5 minute version to the water bath...

Dear Alix, As I said in my first post, I have done the water bath method over the past few years, since the instructions have changed, but as I have stated in additional posts on the subject, I do believe that the change in the Serto package a few years ago, from turning the jelly jars upside...

Dear GB, You are right about one thing, people don't tell each other everytime they get a headache or upset stomach, etc., but I do know when my husband, grown children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are under the weather and I have never known any of them to get sick or not feel well...

RE:boiling-water-bath-for-jam-and-jelly-or-not Thanks to those of you who filled me in on what my 'assistant cook' status means and to the reply 'How do I know that no one ever got sick or not from my jams and jellies, I am pretty sure that after making and sharing them since 1963 and...

PS...Just so you know RE: My previous post on Jams and Jellies, under my name I am noted as being an assistant chef, but how that got there I have no idea, for I am a retired cosmotologist who has always loved to cook...not an assistant chef. Karen Sue :rolleyes:

Canning Jams and Jellies Without A Water Bath... For years I made jams and jellies with Serto and the manufacturers instuctions up until a few years ago was to bring the sugar and fruit to a boil, add a bit of lemon juice and a bit of butter or margarine to eliminate some of the foam, add the...