LostMyMind
Contributing Member
So I decided to start my great adventure into canning. Quick overview - Bought an All American 921 and watched a bunch of videos. In my mind, I'm an expert. In reality, I'm in over my head right now.
Cranked up the AA yesterday to do a "dry run" to test it to make sure the seal was nice and tight. Good to go.
Next, run a batch of elk stew. I did my preps. All seems to be good up to this point.
Here's where I start to get concerned. #1 I think I may have filled up the quart jars too much, even though I left a 1" air-pocket. Reason for that concern leads into my number #2 concern, the stew overflowed out of the jars when I removed them from the canner. The reason they overflowed, the tongs I have are probably chinese made bs. When I grabbed the jars, I noticed the stew started seeping out. The tongs grabbed the ring. I guess the tongs were too small for a quart jar. I know this can't be good, right??
Anyway, so I wake up this morning to test the seals. The lids have collapsed in properly and when I attempt to open the lids with my fingernails with a decent amount of pulling force, they stay sealed. This should be good, right???
All of this background leads me into my main question. I know the seals were compromised when the stew leaked upon their exit. So I know for a fact there is stew between the lid and the rim of the jar, but it seems the seal is holding.
Do I need to throw the jars into the fridge or is there a possibility they're good to go into the long-term storage?
Cranked up the AA yesterday to do a "dry run" to test it to make sure the seal was nice and tight. Good to go.
Next, run a batch of elk stew. I did my preps. All seems to be good up to this point.
Here's where I start to get concerned. #1 I think I may have filled up the quart jars too much, even though I left a 1" air-pocket. Reason for that concern leads into my number #2 concern, the stew overflowed out of the jars when I removed them from the canner. The reason they overflowed, the tongs I have are probably chinese made bs. When I grabbed the jars, I noticed the stew started seeping out. The tongs grabbed the ring. I guess the tongs were too small for a quart jar. I know this can't be good, right??
Anyway, so I wake up this morning to test the seals. The lids have collapsed in properly and when I attempt to open the lids with my fingernails with a decent amount of pulling force, they stay sealed. This should be good, right???
All of this background leads me into my main question. I know the seals were compromised when the stew leaked upon their exit. So I know for a fact there is stew between the lid and the rim of the jar, but it seems the seal is holding.
Do I need to throw the jars into the fridge or is there a possibility they're good to go into the long-term storage?