In pressure canning my peas I lost the water in the jars during the process. Will my can peas spoil? What should I do to stop this from happening again the first 3 batches came out fine it was the last batch that this happen to. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Lucy:)

I stopped pressure canning years ago and now use hot bath method, which probably takes longer but works just as good. Probably lost the water because the tops were not screwed on tight enough. Yes, sorry, but don't think your peas will survive.

Could you not blanch them and freeze in bags ? That is quicker and I think a better method.

Tick

I don't have a big freezer and plus hubby doesn't like frozen peas. I love frozen peas would have a big freezer in a minute but we don't so I have to adjust. Thanks for your help though.
Lucy

I don't have a big freezer and plus hubby doesn't like frozen peas. I love frozen peas would have a big freezer in a minute but we don't so I have to adjust. Thanks for your help though.
Lucy

Your jars didn't seal, maybe you didn't wipe off the tops well enough.
Freeze these peas for soup at a later date. Or redo them, they probably will be mushy, but you can use them for soup also and store them in the cabinet.

Make sure the top of jars aren't chipped, rings not rusted or bent and always use new seals. They are only good once for canning.

Peas put up with the hot bath or pressure cooker retain more benefits such as vitamins. I enjoy frozen though because, if done properly, are just as good as fresh.

Tick

I guess your corn down there turned out pretty good. Ours has had far too much water. Everything is very flooded. Yes, I used to do corn too, used a bundt pan and put the corn in the middle and took it off the cob that way, then blanched and froze.

Tick

Great idea!

Great idea!

I wish I could send you down one of my old canning cookbooks from the early l900s. Lots of tips to shortcut and make canning easier, the way it had to be done to survive a winter in Upper Canada.

Getting hungrier tick

Me too. My oldest one is from 1973 and I love it.
I wouldn't have been able to part with a canning book from the 1900's even if I didn't can any more.

I do have a couple recipes from my Granny, but mostly pickling. She was a handful of this, a smidgen of that kind of cook and I think I'm slowly turning into that also.

Hi there! I have a similar issue/question - my peas didn't lose all the water, just some. This is my first time canning peas, so not sure if they are OK or not. The seal is in tact and has been, however the jars are not still full like they were before I put them in the canner. Does this mean my peas are spoiled?