{"id":4196,"date":"2014-08-13T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2014-08-13T03:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:00:27","slug":"q-and-a-cleaning-jars-and-canning-monkey-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/08\/13\/q-and-a-cleaning-jars-and-canning-monkey-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: cleaning jars and canning monkey butter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleaning jars<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you find a jar that has unsealed do you just dump the contents and wash the jar? I read somewhere that botulism may be present and the jar treated with great care as you dispose of the entire thing. <\/em><\/p>\n

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

When I find a jar of pickles, fruit, or juice (high acid; not likely to have botulism), I just toss it in the compost pile and kick some dirt over it. If it’s a low acid food I usually dump it in a hole and bury it so the dogs or loose chickens don’t get into it. Either way, I rinse the jar out real well with hot water, then wash well in fresh hot, soapy water. To be extra safe, you can simmer the jar in boiling water for 15 minutes, covering it completely. (Be sure there’s a rack or dish towel on the bottom of the container so the bottom doesn’t break.) There certainly isn’t any need to dispose of the jar. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Monkey butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found a recipe for something called Monkey Butter, which is made with bananas. Some people said you can’t can bananas. I looked into it, and it’s not recommended because bananas are too dense. But it occurs to me that the bananas would basically be pureed, and other ingredients added. They wouldn’t be dense anymore. But now it occurs to me that they might not be acidic enough. So here’s the recipe:<\/em>
\n5 bananas, sliced<\/em>
\n20 oz. crushed pineapple with the juice<\/em>
\n1\/4 cup coconut<\/em>
\n3 cups sugar<\/em>
\n3 T bottled lemon juice. <\/em>
\nThrow it all together, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and cook until thick. <\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nThey don’t say how much head space, but half pints and pints they say to water bath for 15 minutes. I think it just sounds delicious. The only change I would make is to leave the coconut out – to me it’s not worth the expense for just 1\/4 cup. What do you think? If it’s not safe, I will still make it, but I’ll give most of it away, just keep a jar or two in my fridge.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nBarb Mundorff<\/em>
\nYoungstown, Ohio<\/em><\/p>\n

Actually Monkey Butter’s been around a long time. Recipes vary a bit but are basically the same. And, yes, they can be canned safely. The acid in the pineapple and juice, lemon juice, and the sugar make the recipe acidic enough. You will leave 1\/4 inch of headspace. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleaning jars When you find a jar that has unsealed do you just dump the contents and wash the jar? I read somewhere that botulism may be present and the jar treated with great care as you dispose of the entire thing. Judith Almand Brandon, Florida When I find a jar of pickles, fruit, or […]<\/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\/4196"}],"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=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}