I love to preserve pickles, fruits, etc.
I'm also a supporter of recycling.
Obviously the jars to be used for preservation must be 100% sterile.
Is it enough to put used jars in the microwave oven with a few centimeters of water in them and let it boil for several minutes?
Will they be sterile enough?
2007-01-05 23:37:33 · 10 answers · asked by Hi y´all ! 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
yes it will be enough. i have done it and had loads of good results.
2007-01-05 23:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by nadezdha87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably know this but you can re-use the jars but you cannot reuse the lids. The seal will not be complete.
To sterilize empty jars, put them right-side up on the rack in a boiling-water canner. Fill canner and jars with hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the jar tops. Boil 10 minutes. Remove and drain hot sterilized jars just before filling them. Be careful not to touch the insides of the jars with anything unsterile; lids, screw bands and tongs with which you handle the jars should be sterilized as well. Save the hot water in the canner for processing the filled jars.
2007-01-06 08:16:01 · answer #2 · answered by Lauretta R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You need to boil the jars in a water bath canner for at least 3-5 minutes to truly become sterile. and you also need to boil the rings that tighten down the lid inserts, all your utensils you will be using such as ladles and forks etc... You may also sterilize in your dish washer... using the hot water cycle, or hot water rinse cycle once. The tricky part of canning is trying to keep all your jars and lids hot, you can simply do this by putting them in the sink with the boiling hot water you used to sterilize with or by leaving them in the dish washer and being quick enough by closing the dish washers door after each jar is removed. Put a hot towel from the dryer on top of them in the dishwasher after you are done sterilizing also helps keep the heat in the jars.
2007-01-06 07:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash empty jars in hot water with detergent and rinse well, or put through a dishwasher cycle.
To sterilize empty jars, put them right-side up on the rack in a boiling-water canner. Fill canner and jars with hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the jar tops. Boil 10 minutes. Remove and drain hot sterilized jars just before filling them. Be careful not to touch the insides of the jars with anything unsterile; lids, screw bands and tongs with which you handle the jars should be sterilized as well. Save the hot water in the canner for processing the filled jars.
2007-01-06 07:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As stated above, the best way is to boil them in sterile bath fully submerged.
ANOTHER POINT: You can reuse the metal rings but you MUST replace the rubberized caps of the lids. You can get pack of those at any dollar store or wallywurld, those must be sterilized too.
2007-01-06 08:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by in_no_sent_lianne_669 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you must sterilse either in a commercial grade piece of equipment or in a bot of boiling water, completely submerged.
All surfaces must be boiled not just a few centimetres.
Let them boil for at least ten minutes.
2007-01-06 07:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by moudoku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely not, boil them after washing with hot soapy water. Boil them for about 3 to 5 minutes.
2007-01-06 07:39:25 · answer #7 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually use a pot to "cook" them and so the smell and the taste of the previous content disappears. I thing the water needs to cover the whole jar.
2007-01-06 07:41:02 · answer #8 · answered by zsofi_a_sello 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.Maybe boil those jars for about 5 minutes.Or put them in coke(check my question in General-Food & Drinks section)
2007-01-06 07:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Nevermind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you need to immerse them in boiling water for about 10 minutes,,,,,
2007-01-06 07:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋