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George Shirley George Shirley is offline
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> I made cherry jam last night. One of the jars has about 3/4" of
> headspace instead of the 1/4" specified in the BBB recipe. They all
> pinged up just lovely.
>
> Can I still store the short one like the other 2 or do I have to put
> it in the fridge and use it now?

I've had that happen before and just stored them as I did the rest of
the batch. As long as it is sealed it should stay good.