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Preserve your tomato harvest by canning tomatoes without a pressure cooker and no water bath. My family has canned tomatoes …

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  1. Cami Cri
    Cami Cri says:

    I remember my grandma water bathing but she had a mixture of things in the jars or bottles and she used some sort of tar to seal the bottles. I was small and don't remember much and she died long time ago and I have no one in the family to ask. Mom and dad don't remember much now a days😞.. Thank you for sharing!🤗

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  2. ohsnapiam59
    ohsnapiam59 says:

    I just found out about this method after watching a European video. Your video was clear and to the point. I have been doing the water bath method but I am definitely going to try this. Thanks.

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  3. ohsnapiam59
    ohsnapiam59 says:

    I just found out about this method after watching a European video. Your video was clear and to the point. I have been doing the water bath method but I am definitely going to try this. Thanks.

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  4. Robert Barlow
    Robert Barlow says:

    I do say that is the first time I have seen that. We jarred 146 pints of cream corn in pressure canners and yes we were give out. Must show my wife this we also jarred 120 quarts of tomatoes in our water bath. Loved this looks easy-to-use.

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  5. C C
    C C says:

    Canning in South Africa has become ridiculously expensive.
    We use open kettle method above for all our canning. I am in my mid 60's and learned this method from my ouma.
    Pickled onions, beetroots, eggs, cucumbers and carrots all done with boiling hot vinegar.
    Jams and chutneys etc also canned straight from the simmering pot into the hot jars.
    Only difference i do is:
    – jars are standing in hot water when we fill them so they dont crack
    – we tighten each jar as they are filled so they dont cool down at all
    – we let them stand upside down for half an hour and thats easy to see if a lid has not sealed with seepage. If lid has not sealed we place it in the fridge and use that jar first.

    We make jams and chutneys from fruits and exactly the same.
    We make a delicious onion and mint jam.
    We do not have a problem with the jams and chutneys having sugar in them because in shtf you will need that extra energy and is easy to add as sauces or to soups or stews to flavour and thicken.

    "Make it make it" on you tube shows how Amish water bath potatoes. Thats next on my list.
    We usually pressure cook till soft, cut up the potatoes and dehydrate them. Then powder it to make our own instant mashed potatoe powder. But quartered canned potatoes would be a treat…..

    We dehydrate most of our other veg and either powder it or store it in the dehydrated form. Dehydrated tomato and onion is delicious.
    So is swiss chards and pumpkin family, also powdered.
    Easy to add to gravies or to your normal cooking to add tons of nutrients and flavour.

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  6. Eden's Garden House  Seed Company
    Eden's Garden House Seed Company says:

    Wow I guess forget how grandma and my parents did it and geez in a lot less time wish my Dad was alive I would like to hear his opinion on this!! He probably would try it and say hey if it works it works and Mom would say lets try it lol miss them both dearly and thank you sir for this imfo its pretty cool idea and they self seal no water bath and baby sitting the presure canner lol know anyone wanting to buy my old canning pots ? lol have a good day

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  7. Froger
    Froger says:

    Hi , really appreciate your video. I made 11 gallons of tomato basil sauce which had celery, carrots and onions ground up in the sauce. Asking to see if this method would be ok for sealing my jars. Or water bath method. Thanks

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  8. Matt Larson
    Matt Larson says:

    We used to blanch and peel, but it's easier to just make tomato sauce by boiling, then using a hand blender to mix (no harm in eating the skin). We use a secret recipe including onions, garlic, tomatoes and…I'm not telling :).

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  9. Babs On Everything
    Babs On Everything says:

    The difference between what they did 100 years ago, and what is different now, is the hybridization of tomatoes and other vegetables. The acid content in the hybrids are NOT what it was 100 years ago. That is why the open kettle is not considered safe anymore. It has nothing to do with the temperature of the jars and the kettle contents.

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  10. brigiddawson
    brigiddawson says:

    When you say how hot to heat your jars are you talking F degrees or C degrees, I live in the UK. and the first time I followed your video I smashed a jar, I heated the jars C Degrees which was I guess hotter than you meant?

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  11. peace_love&muzic
    peace_love&muzic says:

    I love this step by step video. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 🙌🏼 I saw your other one first and loved it too. I have a couple of questions for ya… 1.) Do you have to refrigerate the tomatoes overnight or is that optional? I don't mind tomatoes in the fridge, I just don't have the room in my fridge. 2.) When you're heating them up slowly, how long does that usually take before you turn it up? 3.) Also, do you add any salt while cooking the tomatoes or just the tsp at the end? My daddy's canned tomatoes are always too darn salty and I LOVE SALT! I just can't handle his canned tomatoes. I always end up watering my food down to get rid of some of the saltiness in his. I really want to do my own. About how long is the whole process? I'm going to try a few jars worth tomorrow.

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  12. Christopher Ondo
    Christopher Ondo says:

    Found the first video a few years ago for my first time trying to can tomatoes. Works 100% every year thank you I was just about to do some tomorrow and wanted to watch a quick review as I do every year and pleased to find an updated version.

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