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To: CottonBall

Yep - put the simmered lids on and screw the band down snug and listen for the music. The pings are music to the ears of any canner... It is the dome lids popping down as the air inside the jar cools and contracts.


2,230 posted on 02/21/2009 3:48:12 PM PST by DelaWhere (I'm a Klingon - Clinging to guns and Bible - Putting Country First - Preparing for the Worst!!!)
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To: DelaWhere

That makes sense. So, then we get a vacuum. Food storage and physics (or is it chemistry?) - who would’ve known?


2,246 posted on 02/21/2009 4:44:13 PM PST by CottonBall
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