{"id":3798,"date":"2014-02-15T03:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2014-02-15T03:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T08:00:45","slug":"q-and-a-oven-canning-and-canning-nuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/02\/15\/q-and-a-oven-canning-and-canning-nuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: oven canning and canning nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oven canning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is this recipe safe to “oven bake” to seal? Would this be good for storage?<\/em><\/p>\n

2 cups instant mashed potatoes<\/em>
\n1\u00be cups powdered milk<\/em>
\n2 Tbsp. instant chicken or veg bouillon granules<\/em>
\n1\u00bd tsp. seasoning salt<\/em>
\n2 tsp. dried onion flakes<\/em>
\n1 tsp. dried parsley<\/em>
\n\u00bd tsp. garlic powder<\/em>
\n\u00bc tsp. white pepper<\/em>
\n\u00bc tsp. dried thyme<\/em><\/p>\n

In a medium bowl mix dry ingredients well and pour into a 1 quart jar. Seal and attach ring. Place \u00bd cup of soup mix in a bowl. To prepare add 1 cup boiling water and stir to smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/em><\/p>\n

Judith Almand<\/em>
\nBrandon, Florida<\/em><\/p>\n

Boy, Judith, I’d wonder about the bouillon granules becoming rancid after a time. Otherwise, it should “oven can” pretty well. You might try a couple of pint jars to see how it does. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Canning nuts<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was gifted 8 pounds of pecans and walnuts and decided to can them per your instructions. For some mindless reason I used quart jars instead of the pint jars recommended. I pressured them for the 10 minutes called for at 5 pounds of pressure. Will they be okay and how long can I expect them to last? And why is it that you want to only use pint or half-pint jars? Also what should the head space be? In your canning book you recommend leaving 1 inch of head space while in some of your back articles I see 1\/2 inch head space. Thanks so very much for taking time to answer these questions. I am learning so very much from you and being retired … it is really helping out a lot!<\/em><\/p>\n

Lettie Cain<\/em>
\nInkster, Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m so glad to be of help, Lettie. Your nuts will be fine and can be expected to stay good for years. I’m still using the pecans I canned while living in New Mexico 15 years ago. The reason you use pint and half-pint jars is that once you open a quart, it is then prone to getting rancid, just like fresh nutmeats. With a pint or half-pint, you usually use the nuts up soon enough before they go bad.<\/p>\n

The headspace really doesn’t matter although I use 1 inch to make absolutely sure none are touching the underside of the lids which could possibly cause a chemical reaction, darkening the lids. (The nuts would still be okay.) At the price of nuts today, getting 8 pounds gifted to you is really great! Enjoy them. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oven canning Is this recipe safe to “oven bake” to seal? Would this be good for storage? 2 cups instant mashed potatoes 1\u00be cups powdered milk 2 Tbsp. instant chicken or veg bouillon granules 1\u00bd tsp. seasoning salt 2 tsp. dried onion flakes 1 tsp. dried parsley \u00bd tsp. garlic powder \u00bc tsp. white pepper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798"}],"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=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}