{"id":3663,"date":"2013-11-23T03:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2013-11-23T03:00:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:00:24","slug":"q-and-a-canning-in-a-small-space-and-canning-lids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2013\/11\/23\/q-and-a-canning-in-a-small-space-and-canning-lids\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: canning in a small space and canning lids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canning in a small space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I am now living in a fifth wheel and want to continue canning, both water bath and pressure, do you have any suggestions on how to keep the moisture from building up in my trailer from the steam? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lois Lara<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Corbett, Oregon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Usually running the vent fan will do the trick. You&#8217;ll have more steam when water bathing than pressure canning so be sure to use a lid on your water bath canner. (It&#8217;ll come to a boil faster, too!) Additional tips may include opening a nearby window and using a small fan to exhaust the steam through it while the jars are in the canner. Do be sure to close the window and shut off the fan while jars are being taken out of the canner and while they are cooling to avoid jar breakage. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canning lids<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sometimes, I&#8217;m not sure how many jars I will be able to fill so I go ahead and put a few extra lids into the pot to heat on the stove. If I do not use all of them, are they safe to heat again and use during another canning session?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sheila Clark<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Simpsonville, South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You bet they are; I do it all the time. Just be sure the lids don&#8217;t boil dry, then wipe them off after your canning is done and put them away for next time so they don&#8217;t rust. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canning in a small space I am now living in a fifth wheel and want to continue canning, both water bath and pressure, do you have any suggestions on how to keep the moisture from building up in my trailer from the steam? Lois Lara Corbett, Oregon Usually running the vent fan will do the [&hellip;]<\/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\/3663"}],"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=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}