6 Most Outdated Canning Techniques

These techniques waste time and some are downright dangerous. Are you making some of these mistakes?

Reader Contribution by Jenny Gomes
Published on October 6, 2020
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Learn what methods are out of step in the modern kitchen and replace them with safe, time-saving techniques so you can learn to can the fast, modern way!

1. Using a giant black speckled pot. Those pots work just fine, and are what your grandma may have used, but you don’t have to! The giant black and white speckled pot with the wire rack takes about 35 minutes to come to a boil. That’s a lot of time, energy, and even more so when you want to preserve a second batch. They simply are a time suck that’s really heavy; lugging that huge pot around full of hot water isn’t all that safe. Also, they aren’t useful for anything other than canning. I don’t have room in my kitchen to store something that’s slow, cumbersome, AND really big.

INSTEAD: I have two great solutions to the huge canning pot.

A. Use a pot you already have with a silicone trivet on the bottom. The smaller pot will come to a boil faster, and the silicone trivet will keep the jars from rattling around on the bottom and breaking.

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