hi all can anyone help me out? about canning

Dear Alexisniktita, Welcome!  If you place your query in Frugal FOod, & maybe indicate soome particular quesiooons, I'm sure you'll get lots of help.  Also, teh Frugal FOod archives will give you lots of answers -- just scroll through the threads, going onto back pages as welll as looking on the crurrent page of threads.  Yours in Hiiim, Deb

If you go to the search box on the upper right and type in "canning" you will find quite a few discussions about it. Feel free to ask specific questions - we have some expert canners on the forums.

thank you !  I need to know if placing the seal on the jars after the water bath process (tomatoes), destroyed them? they sealed great .

thankl u pat!

alexisnikita:

thank you !  I need to know if placing the seal on the jars after the water bath process (tomatoes), destroyed them? they sealed great .

I'm not sure what you're asking, but you're supposed to put the lid and ring on the jars before water bath canning them. If they weren't in sealed jars at the time of processing, they weren't canned. Read this: http://www.stretcher.com/stories/08/08aug18e.cfm for water bath canning instructions.