On 10/16/2018 6:46 AM, heyjoe wrote:

> Not sure what the Ball Blue Book says about boiling water bath times at
> altitudes over 1000 feet. "So Easy to Preserve" says to process pickled
> beets in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes below 1000 feet. Above
> 6000 feet that processing time increases to 45 minutes and the amount of
> water over the jars should be at least 2 inches and you may need to add
> more boiling water if the water gets lower than 1 inch over the jar tops
> during that 45 minutes.

Thnx fer the tips, Joe.

I've discovered the BBB sez 1 inch, the USDA sez 2 inches. When the two
agencies (Ball vs USDA) disagree, who should I believe?

nb