Anyone know where I can get some good tomatoes for canning? Cam/Watertown/Route 2 Boston/North Shore places are all good for me. Thanks!

Rumor has it plum tomatoes for canning will not be plentiful this year due to all the rain. I was told I should can my tomatoes in the next two weeks. Has anybody else heard this? Has anybody canned yet? How are the tomatoes? San...

Can I can whole tomatoes with their skin?

i’d like to start trying out some canning. i’ve been making lots of small batches of jam, but not actually sealing and canning it. i’m thinking it’s time to get a canner, since i’m making more jam...

Is it safe to can an uncooked salsa using a boiling-water canning process? The ingredients are tomatoes, onions, garlic, serrano peppers and cilantro. The canning recipes I’ve seen all call for cooking the tomatoes first.

most tomato canning recipes call for lemon juice. I understand that it serves the important function of increasing the acidity of the fruit (which is important for me because I don’t have a pressure canner). However I am...

Home-canned tomatoes with a hint of basil.

Book and even our Presto canning guide, all recipes (for the pressure canner) use either lemon juice or citric acids. Our question is WHY? It makes no sense to include an additional acid for low acid canning, though we’re...

Just to clarify, tomatoes (home grown or commercial) can be safely canned in water bath with the addition of a small amount bottled lemon juice. Any good canning reference (Ball, county extension office, etc) has the particulars....

I’m planning on doing my first tomato canning experiment this weekend but was wondering which stalls has the best tomatoes for doing so. Thanks!

I just bought 1/2 busshel of both roma and beefsteak tomatoes with the intention of making and canning both pasta sauce and tomatoes. However, I don’t have a canning kit or jars and actually have never attempted to can or...

I made a batch of slow-roasted tomatoes which were just delicious. I know people on this board have frozen them successfully, but has anyone tried canning them? Our freezer is full to overflowing. I’d like to do a big batch...

We’ve got a home canning work party to put up tomatoes scheduled for friday. But the participants are having a raging debate about whether we need to add citric acid complying with USDA recommendations or go with the...

Hi, Just wondering if anyones ever tried canning cherry tomatoes I’ve had a bumper load this year but everything I’ve read says you can’t but dosen’t mention why, I know the italians do a really expensive...

New canning jars from Ball.