Monday, March 11, 2013

Avoid Common Canning Mistakes

Major canning mistakes can be potentially deadly.  Minor mistakes can cause loss of not only your finished product, but of your hard earned money and valuable time.  However, deadly and not-so-deadly mistakes can be avoided by following some simple rules by Kathleen Riggs, of the USU Extension office, in her March 2009 article on food preservation.[1]  A few of the more dangerous errors she lists are as follows: