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Today I was starting to can dill pickles and realized I had no white vinegar. Off to the store I went. I remembered the discussion we had in the Master Food Preserver class about vinegar. Did you know that 4% acidity and 5% acidity vinegar can be sold side by side on the grocery shelf? You could have accidentally picked up the 4%. You must can with 5% acidity vinegar. Somewhere on the label it will tell you, but, you really have to look for it. It's in really small print. Go ahead and clean your windows with 4% vinegar, but please don't can with it!
.....dr momi
.....dr momi
9 comments:
I never noticed. Thank you for calling our attention to this very important detail--crucial to our canning successes!
that's good to know...when you can my pickles :-)
Wow, never knew they had a 4%, thanks for the heads up!!
Wow. Good info to know. I could just see my guy grabbing the wrong stuff at the store (he's hoping to do pickles for the first time soon). Thanks!
What happens if you use 4%?
Kristy.....All tested recipes have been done with 5% acidity vinegar. If you use 4%, the acid/alkaline balance gets screwed up. It is not worth the risk. It's the same reason not to use homemade vinegar without knowing the % acidity. (If I made homemade vinegar I would be testing it before using it to can.)
Thank you for this! I never even knew there was such a thing as 4% acidity vinegar. I've never seen it at the stores.... at least I don't think I have. ***Off to check all the vinegar in the house!***
I never knew it either Leigh. ....and the stores make no distinction. It would be easy to just grab the 4% and never know it. I checked at my regular grocery store and everything they sold was 5%, but, I'm glad I learned to check!
Thanks for this very important information. I had no idea.
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