Originally Posted by luey0202
i'm getting ready to do stewed tomatoes tomorrow....but I was just cking some receipes online and the way I have always done mine - cold pack - I believe.... peel my tomatoes, then add green peppers, hot peppers, onions, celery and garlic and then cook the heck out of them all together then put them in hot jars and seal them......done..... now I believe reading online they are saying that is no longer a healthy way to do them anymore..... do any of you still do them this way.... Like I say I have for years and have never had any problems.... help ???? fast.... thank you all
sure, if your jars are good and clean. when i wash mine, i use a little bleach. rinse good, put 2" of water in them. cook in microwave for 5 minutes. let cool a little, then do another 5 min. use them hot out of the micr to put tomatoes in. your lids should be in boiling hot water also.
i'm using up the last of 2005 tomatoes i did like that.
and..... i saw farmers in fla raising crops under cheap latice. for a little shade.