How Do You Jar Tomatoes (Salsa) and Jalapeno Peppers?
 

OK I know I can Google this question and/or search this forum but I want to tailor this question to my circumstance and situation. I have a LOT of garden fresh tomatoes and Jalapeno peppers. Anyway I love hot sauce so I want to make a big batch and jar it. I will buy a case of Mason jars at the store and use them. Thing is I have nothing fancy like vacuum sealers or anything so I will be needing to do this old fashioned style. Anyway, how do you go about jarring the food for long term storage, months not years or anything crazy. Also, Id like to stew up some tomatoes as well and jar them too. And if I do the Jalapenos by themselves in jars what liquid should I put with them, some vinegar and carrots? So if anyone will explain to me how to do this step by step, Id be much obliged. Thanks for any and all help!

Re: How Do You Jar Tomatoes (Salsa) and Jalapeno Peppers?
 

We use the ball blue book recipe for salsa... Everyone comments on how 'fresh' and 'earthy' it tastes.

You should see the look on their face when I tell them we canned it and it has been sitting in the pantry for 13 months.

Anyways, ball blue book. Can't go wrong.

Re: How Do You Jar Tomatoes (Salsa) and Jalapeno Peppers?
 

Buy the Ball Blue book and follow the directions exactly on timing and preparing for safety purposes. Botulism sucks.

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Re: How Do You Jar Tomatoes (Salsa) and Jalapeno Peppers?
 

Buy the Ball Blue Book....... Cant go wrong!

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got the book, waiting fer the maters to turn red

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Not really necessary. Last year we did about 18 quarts of green tomato salsa and it still tastes great!

Peeling green tomatoes does suck, however. We just canned them skins on. They'll come off during the cooking process.

Quarter your tomatoes, and throw in a ginormous pot with the following:

one metric buttload of cilantro
half metric buttload of garlic
a few double handfuls of chopped jalapenos
salt until your wife yells at you for eating too much salt in your diet
splash of vinegar to wet the bottom of the pot

Cook it down over medium heat (stirring constantly) until tomatoes are cooked down but but not too mushy.

Ladle into your sterilized jars leaving about 3/4" to an inch of headspace, then wipe the rims and throw on your lids and rings.

Pressure cook @ 10 pounds for 20 minutes

Remove jars and let cool.

Try not to eat it all right away - you're canning this to last you all year!

Re: How Do You Jar Tomatoes (Salsa) and Jalapeno Peppers?
 

What you are referring to is "canning".

It an be done with a pressure cooker or a large pot of boiling water. The pot must be deep enough that the water will cover the top of the jars when they are standing upright. We put jar rings in the bottom of the pot so that the jars don't sit directly on the bottom of the pot.

We canned homemade salsa and it was great but it is a PITA to chop up sufficient amounts of onion, peppers, tomatoes etc.

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totally. i've had it or something like it twice.

gave me the motivation to give up taste sensations like Big Macs and BK's Double Quarter Pounder with cheese.

i had one go at canning cherry tomatoes. i had already bought a dozen pint & a dozen quart jars for canning oranges. i cleaned some of those after i ate the oranges and canned some tomatoes.

they just don't taste good. not spoiled, but cheap canned tomatoes from the store taste a lot better.

part of my survival prep is training myself to eat earthworms - without getting botulism.

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