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Bread and Butter Pickles

12 years ago

Did 6 pints last night. Packed the jars with sliced cukes as tightly as I could. Topped with boiling brine and BWB for 10 minutes. When I removed them from the BWB the bottom quarter of each jar was devoid of pickles, they had all floated to the top. I understand that the cukes are going to shrink as they cook, and I packed the jars as tightly as I could, but there seems to be so much empty space!! Any tips from you experienced canners? TYIA.

Steve

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digdirt2
12 years ago
Do you mean you packed the slices raw? Don't know of a recipe that calls for raw pack.

If you added them to the hot brine and reheat to boiling per the BBB/NCHFP instructions then they don't usually float much and pack better as the heating forces the air out of the cukes.

Dave
pixie_lou
12 years ago
Mrs wages is raw pack
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readinglady
12 years ago
If Mrs. Wages is raw pack then floating is inevitable. With time a lot of the slices will sink.

Carol
skeip
Original Author
12 years ago
It was Mrs. Wages, and they seem to have come down some as of this morning. Thanks for the input.

Steve

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