kittywillow
Assistant Cook
Not sure if this is acceptable or not, please let me know as I have only been canning for a few years and have always used this. (makes sense to me.)
After washing my jars, I place them in my water-bath canner in the rack. and fill them up as if I were "processing them" minus the jar lids of course. I let this come to a boil as I am prepping my recipe. (I also have another pot with a bit of water on heat, to top off my canner as needed). As I get ready to fill each jar I remove the jar and pour the boiling water into my extra pot, then fill the jars with whatever I'm canning. Then once all jars are filled I process as I normally would, but if by some chance all of my jars aren't filled I leave the other jars that are filled with water in the canner.
I figure this process kills 3 birds with 1 stone:
1.boils my water
2.sanitize jars
3.makes sure the water is at the right level when done.
I recently was talking to my aunt about how I do this, and she says it's not safe, that I need to put them in the oven.
How am I supposed to do it?
After washing my jars, I place them in my water-bath canner in the rack. and fill them up as if I were "processing them" minus the jar lids of course. I let this come to a boil as I am prepping my recipe. (I also have another pot with a bit of water on heat, to top off my canner as needed). As I get ready to fill each jar I remove the jar and pour the boiling water into my extra pot, then fill the jars with whatever I'm canning. Then once all jars are filled I process as I normally would, but if by some chance all of my jars aren't filled I leave the other jars that are filled with water in the canner.
I figure this process kills 3 birds with 1 stone:
1.boils my water
2.sanitize jars
3.makes sure the water is at the right level when done.
I recently was talking to my aunt about how I do this, and she says it's not safe, that I need to put them in the oven.
How am I supposed to do it?