How to Can Tomatoes and Vegetables

Many people are taking up gardening, and an excellent way to preserve the harvest is by canning. Canning is easier than you may think, and can be a fun project for the entire family.

When food is exposed to air, its also exposed to bacteria that can cause the food to spoil. Boiling food in a glass canning jar kills bacteria that may have come in contact with the food, and also creates an air tight seal to prevent new bacteria from getting into the jar, allowing food to stay fresh and edible longer. Following are instructions for canning tomatoes, one of the most popular of home-canned foods, but many other fruits, vegetables and meats can be preserved following similar steps.

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• canning
• tomato
• tomatoes
• gardening
• jars
• fresh food
• food storage
• cooking
• recipe
• vegetables

[DJWintercalm]

This is why everyone hates america...

[heavenonearth777]

doesn't boiling vegetables destroy it's nutrients?

[mememe123xyz]

@heavenonearth777

Cooking does destroy essential enzymes... but those enzymes are essential to the food. Not the human digestive tract.

Applying heat can destroy some nutrients in some veggies and fruits. However, applying heat to others has the opposite effect. Learning to cook vegetables over 500,000 years ago is believed by some researchers to be one of the most important events in human history. :)

[spenceman12345]

@DJWintercalm because we can wtf

[0311Ares]

before we boil the jars with the food inside, instead of just finger tightening the jar lids, could we vacuum seal the jar or is that not recommended?? and could we use a pressure cooker??

[candypop992]

@DJWintercalm lol tan!

[scor9977]

cool

[ghostofpaulrevere]

@heavenonearth777 Its a tradeoff I guess. Lose some nutrients, but preserve vegetables for a lot longer.

[vwwhitman]

@kzqbeez You are sanitizing the lid by putting it in hot water, killing any spores or bacteria that may be on the lid, but she was telling everyone that you don't have to boil the lids. You can place them in the boiled water after you boil the containers.

[kzqbeez]

I don't get it when she said "Do not boil the lid" but in the VDO she just put the lid in a hot water. Why? Please explain.

[mpeberg1]

@heavenonearth777 a little, it is better to eat fresh but its better to can them to not waste them and get most the nutrients