[Kleftiwallah]

Hello everyone,
I have two jars of home made tomato sauce and I wish to steralize in a hot bath.  The question is the books say the jars must be covered and the lids loose, but I have the jars with the 'over centre lock and hinge type.

Waddo I do, close the lids or steralize with water up to the rims???
Cheers,  Tony.

[New shoot]

You slightly loosen the lid on a screw top jar to let any bubbles of air escape, but they find their own way out if you use a clip top jar with a rubber ring seal, so close the lids.

[Kleftiwallah]

Will do new shoot,  sensible if I had only thought about it for ten minutes longer!

Cheers,  Tony.

[Snowboar]

Any chance of a bit of advice How long do you boil and how long will they last before going off and do you need to top off with oil or lemon juice etc 😀👍thanks

[mumofstig]

I add a little lemon juice, because the acidity helps them last longer.
How I do it here https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=82201.msg918774#msg918774