Cindy Bird led a class on water-bath tomato canning a couple weeks ago, and enlightened us with just how easy it can be once you have all the equipment in front of you.
With 35 years experience canning, Cindy was a great resource to show us the basics of canning tomatoes from start to finish.
She answered loads of questions along the way about canning tomatoes, beans, sauerkraut, the perils of pressure-canning and more.
Though the process can be involved, and you need to be prepared, it is not very complicated. Cindy blanched the tomatoes and used her handy canning funnel to make cut down on the mess.
Our local tomato supplier, Mike Olund, still has canning tomatoes available. Call Anja at the store if you’re interested in ordering some: 218.741.4663.
Tomatoes finish their process in the water bath.
Et voila! Happily canned tomatoes emerge at last.
Everyone left with a booklet of recipes and resources to help the home canning process. We also stock lots of great books on canning, preserving and cellaring to allow your harvest to live on long into the winter.
