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"Craig Watts" > wrote in message
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> >>My question is: what will happen to the exposed peppers? Should I keep

the
> >>jars in the fridge in case the peppers will go bad?
> >>
> >>Thanks for any advice,
> >>GH

> >
> >Not to worry. What you did was kill the bad guys in the air space by
> >BWB. They should keep just find. BWB kills molds at 220 degrees.
> >That's the only worry with what you have packed. Acidity takes care of
> >the rest. Put 'em on the shelf and enjoy.

>
> Hold the phone. I just though about my reply and needed to add more.
> We pack our jars then BOIL the 50/50 mix. Then pour over the packed
> jars. Did you boil the vinigar first?


Yep. I boiled the vinegar/water/salt solution before pouring it over the
peppers.


> When canning the processing time is used to calculate the time needed
> to bring the entire contents up to x' degrees. It's like saying can
> you boil water in ten minutes? A quart yes, 3 gallons -no. So the
> question is did you get the entire contents up to a safe number. Did
> you did this by pre boiling vinigar mix or BTWing for a lenght of
> time?


Here's the order of what I did:
1) Boil the jars for 10 minutes - this was a hard, rolling boil.
2) Boil the vinegar/water/salt solution for about 1 minute.
3) Pack *HOT* jars with peppers (OUCH!).
4) Pour hot vinegar over peppers.
5) Add 1 TBS olive oil to each jar (the recipe called for it??)
6) Seal jars with lids that have been soaked in boiling water for 10
minutes.
7) Process sealed jars in BWB for 10 minutes - again, this was a hard boil.

It's been a few hours since I canned the peppers, and I noticed that some of
the peppers sank to the bottom. There's an obvious layer of oil/vinegar (to
be expected), and some of the pepper tips are poking through the upper oil
layer. I'm worried about those tips going bad. I'm new to canning and would
rather minimize the risk of making my family ill with my high-school biology
experiements =)

> Personally you are practising iin a very safe environment. Vinigar and
> peppers are an easy combo not to get the bad guys and get sick.


Thanks Craig for your feedback - I guess all that's left to do is pray that
the microbe gods will spare my poor peppers =)

Cheers,
GH