It happened again. Last weekend, I ended up with lots of head space in
the brandied peaches, even though they were to 1/8 inch.

This weekend, I was ambushed by a 99c peach sale. So after mushing some
to make leather in the cheap dehydrator that leaped off the shelf and
into my cart at wally-world, I canned most of the rest.

The jars were probably overfull. i cut them into about sixths, figuring
more would fit (all that wasted space as they shrink!). In a
brain-glitch, I filled them to within about 1/8".

I pulled them when time was up (35 min; high altitude), and some showed
their gratitude by oozing onto the counter within seconds.

The syrup is as far as 4" from the lids!

hawk
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Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:

I pulled them when time was up (35 min; high altitude), and some showed
their gratitude by oozing onto the counter within seconds.

The syrup is as far as 4" from the lids!

Perhaps if you boil'em in syrup for, say half an hour, before canning them
in syrup? Because, where can the syrup go if not into the peaches?

Henriette

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"Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" wrote in message
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It happened again. Last weekend, I ended up with lots of head space in
the brandied peaches, even though they were to 1/8 inch.

This weekend, I was ambushed by a 99c peach sale. So after mushing some
to make leather in the cheap dehydrator that leaped off the shelf and
into my cart at wally-world, I canned most of the rest.

The jars were probably overfull. i cut them into about sixths, figuring
more would fit (all that wasted space as they shrink!). In a
brain-glitch, I filled them to within about 1/8".

I pulled them when time was up (35 min; high altitude), and some showed
their gratitude by oozing onto the counter within seconds.

The syrup is as far as 4" from the lids!
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Not to overlook the obvious--You did release the air bubbles before putting
the lids on, right?
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It happened again. Last weekend, I ended up with lots of head
space in
the brandied peaches, even though they were to 1/8 inch.



Four inches is a lot but I've done the same. I've been canning
for 23 or 24 years, probably about 400-600 jars a year (which I
know pales in comparison to the real experts on this forum!).
But I too have often had oozing jars with peaches and tomatoes,
both raw packed.

When I was researching the causes of this (in pre-internet days),
two reasons kept coming up: too hard of a boil in processing,
and filling jars too full of raw fruit. Still to this date, I
have some problems with oozing but since I got my Weck canner, I
have very little oozing out of the jars.

The reason for this I imagine is that the "hardness" of the boil
can be controlled and the temperature is maintained without
occasional forays into super hard roiling boils. So first I
would make sure that your boil is not real hard.

Secondly you might want to heat the peaches in the syrup prior to
canning them.

In the end though, I don't worry too terribly much about it.
Rarely do I find a spoiled or even discolored jar of fruit.
Occasionally a jar refuses to seal if food has oozed out with the
syrup but I reprocess it later that same day. And I have to
admit, I'm not a stickler for exact measurements of my spacing
either.

Happy canning,

Bev C

Hi. This has been my experience. The first time I canned anything via HWB
or CWH, I didn't have a rack on the bottom of the pan and the jars set right
on the pan. The heat from the burner on the stove was transferred directly
to the jar and most of the juice/syrup boiled out into the pan.

I got a different pan for canning that had a rack with it. Most of the time
I don't have that problem anymore, unless I forget to turn the fire down
after it starts boiling. If I boil it at too high a temp, it will still
boil out into the pan.

As soon as it starts boiling, I turn down the fire until it gets to a normal
boil. Once in a while, if I dont check the tightness of the lids before
putting them in the water, it might still boil out.

Hope this helps. Dwayne
"Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" wrote in message
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It happened again. Last weekend, I ended up with lots of head space in
the brandied peaches, even though they were to 1/8 inch.

This weekend, I was ambushed by a 99c peach sale. So after mushing some
to make leather in the cheap dehydrator that leaped off the shelf and
into my cart at wally-world, I canned most of the rest.

The jars were probably overfull. i cut them into about sixths, figuring
more would fit (all that wasted space as they shrink!). In a
brain-glitch, I filled them to within about 1/8".

I pulled them when time was up (35 min; high altitude), and some showed
their gratitude by oozing onto the counter within seconds.

The syrup is as far as 4" from the lids!

hawk
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(Dr. Richard E. Hawkins) wrote in message ...
It happened again. Last weekend, I ended up with lots of head space in
the brandied peaches, even though they were to 1/8 inch.

This weekend, I was ambushed by a 99c peach sale. So after mushing some
to make leather in the cheap dehydrator that leaped off the shelf and
into my cart at wally-world, I canned most of the rest.

The jars were probably overfull. i cut them into about sixths, figuring
more would fit (all that wasted space as they shrink!). In a
brain-glitch, I filled them to within about 1/8".

I pulled them when time was up (35 min; high altitude), and some showed
their gratitude by oozing onto the counter within seconds.

The syrup is as far as 4" from the lids!

hawk