Wednesday, March 9, 2011

I need answers please!!!! Did the food I canned rott?? What should I do??? Please read and answer!!!?

About 2-3 weeks ago I canned a bunch of stuff for christmas gift baskets. I filled them with the canned good (jams,pickles & spag sauce) about 2 weeks ago and put them in the closet. In the last 3 days I have noticed a really nasty smell in my room and just narrowed it down to a jar of spag. sauce that was leaking. It does have meat in it that was cooked ahead of time, then processed. Everyone said I could process it and didn't need a pressure cooker. Now I don't know if I should take the other 11 out of the baskets or what. They all look fine, but are they any good?? Will they be good 2 months from now when I give them out?? How can I tell if they are good or not??
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When you give them out and they come back to you next year......LOL! I am just joking!.....Honey if the one went bad it is proably because it was leaking. Now if the other ones are not leaking I do not think you should have a problem. There are speghetti sauces that are stored in jars on the shelves. They are not fridgerated at the stores. Some of them are in cans and jars. They aren't bad! I think you will be fine. What you could do is say to the people, well you know this is the first time I have ever tried doing this with this type of food before. So please let me know how it turns out. Letting them know you have never done it before will make them check it before they stick it in their mouth. Just because of the fear it was your first try. How many times are you so willing to put something in your mouth when you found out it was there first time cooking it. Wondering if they done it correctly????.....I know I am very careful. Besides if it is bad then they will smell it as soon as they open the jar. I am sure they would let you know what happens and then you will know weather you should do it again or not! But to be honest with you I think they will be fine. Now what you can do is open one jar now and check it out and see if it is bad! If it is then ditch them, but if it is good you know they are keepers!
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