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Canning tomatoes and celery

pqtex
13 years ago

My first post disappeared so I'm trying again...

I followed the Ball Complete recipe for canning tomatoes and celery, which calls for equal measures of tomatoes and celery. It also said I would need about 4 stalks of celery and 1-1/2 lbs of tomatoes for each quart. To get equal measure of celery and tomatoes was more than four stalks, but I chalked that up to size of the stalks. I topped off the jars to the proper headspace with the liquid left in the pot. I currently have the jars in the pressure canner. Pints are supposed to process (PC) for 30 minutes. Only after I got the lid on the canner did I realize I was supposed to top off with boiling water (instead of the juice). What should I do now? I can increase the processing time because they are still in the canner...

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