{"id":2529,"date":"2012-08-31T17:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2012-08-31T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T21:09:18","slug":"q-and-a-spoiled-sweet-potatoes-canning-baked-beans-and-food-strainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/08\/31\/q-and-a-spoiled-sweet-potatoes-canning-baked-beans-and-food-strainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: spoiled sweet potatoes, canning baked beans, and food strainer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoiled sweet potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

What would cause sweet potatoes to spoil after about 2 weeks? The lids were sealed after pressure canning. But still spoiled.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stan French<\/em>
\nBandy, Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n

Because I didn’t see how you canned them, I can only guess. This happened to me, ONCE. I had been canning a truckload of sweet corn all day and night for three days. When I had the very last batch in, I was exhausted and turned the heat off when the canner was finished processing. I went to bed. The next morning I took the lid off my pressure canner. All quarts had sealed. I put them on my pantry shelves. Two weeks later there was a horrible smell in my pantry. All of the jars had come unsealed and the corn spoiled. When your canner is finished timing, always let the pressure return to zero, wait a couple minutes then take off the weight or flip up the petcock and take off the lid. Immediately take the jars out of the canner and place them on a folded, dry towel on your counter. The jars need this hot-cool situation to seal firmly and completely. Leaving them in a hot canner to cool off so slowly often results in seemingly sealed lids that later come unsealed in storage. I hope this was the case with you and that your next batch will be perfect. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Canning baked beans<\/strong><\/p>\n

I canned up your recipe for Boston Baked Beans from your “Growing and Canning Your Own Food<\/a>” book. When They were finished and cooled, the jars looked like the food was over dry. But, they sealed properly. Is it possible to still use these beans? How would I fix them when I opened the jars to cook heat them for dinner?<\/em><\/p>\n

Latricia Self<\/em>
\nDallas, Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

I’d say your beans are fine. Perhaps there was a fluctuation in your pressure during canning that resulted in liquid being blown out between the lid and jar. When you heat them, just add a little water to get the right consistency. As always, when opening a jar of canned food, look at it, sniff it, then heat it if it seems fine. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Food strainer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Help! I just used my Victorio Food Strainer for the first time. I went to wash it up but can’t get the red plastic screw out of the metal screen. Any suggestions on removing it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Erica<\/em>
\nHelper, Utah<\/em><\/p>\n

Try soaking it in very hot, soapy water. Then plunge it into ice cold water. Usually that’ll do the trick. If not, try re-assembling it and pouring cooking oil into the chamber (with a pan under it). Turn the handle a few times, then let it sit. The screw should slide out fairly easy when you take it apart. If that doesn’t work, I’d suggest calling the company. This is NOT a common occurrence. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spoiled sweet potatoes What would cause sweet potatoes to spoil after about 2 weeks? The lids were sealed after pressure canning. But still spoiled. Stan French Bandy, Virginia Because I didn’t see how you canned them, I can only guess. This happened to me, ONCE. I had been canning a truckload of sweet corn all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}