WormGuy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I had a strange thing happen tonight while canning apples. I had five quarts in canner & when I took the lid off two quarts were floating. I have never seen this before. Anyone else have this experience? John Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Nope ... sounds a bit weird though! Usually if something floats it's because it's lighter than the water ??? Quote Link to comment
euphrasyne Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 If you are using a light syrup or too loosely packed the jar, it can sometimes do that. It doesn't necessarily mean that it is bad. Other common causes are not boiling the apples long enough first (apples shrink because they contain a lot of air) or putting on bands too loosely (you'd see loss of liquid in that case.) For best results, I'd reprocess it. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've never heard of that but thanks for the info Euphrasyne! Quote Link to comment
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