You've got a real knack for making a totally alien topic incredibly accessible. I'm not one for commenting on videos but I feel I have to make an exception to thank you for your wonderful videos. I really appreciate that you don't just plug very expensive kit, and offer easy alternatives (tea towel instead of a purpose built canning rack, for example). Kudos! Hoping to make some apple pie filling and can that, but doing my research into water bath Vs pressure canning.
@@EnglishCountryLife My favourite video is about canning, as I'd never heard of that before and never even knew it was possible. I came across the term when looking into chest freezers and was delighted to find your video and channel. With regards to how best to communicate with your audience - which came up in a recent video - I know typing isn't as good as talking however if you use a forums sight like Reddit for audience interaction and questions then other users can upvote posts and see the answers to other people's questions. It will also come up on Google and on Reddit when people search the question themselves. The upvoting also allows the questions which the audience are most interested in as a whole to sit near the top and repeated questions which others have already asked will be filtered out. I am biased as I just completely love forums but I'd say they are a great way to interact with an audience. Live streams are also a good idea like others have mentioned but I feel that's just more of a chance to interact face to face than a viable way to answer many questions in detail. It will also allow other experienced members of the community to answers questions (again these will be upvoted and downvoted based on quality). A forum can be a great place for an audience to interact with eachother. My recommendation is Reddit however there may be other sites available. Sorry for the essay and best wishes, Craig
Thank you for a great, very useful guide. You've answered some questions I haven't been able to find the answers for before and I'm now a new subscriber.
Your videos are refreshingly different. It is so nice to watch the unpretentious and human people that you both are! The videos are professionally presented and the background music is just lovely. Thank you for the most wonderful videos!
Just found your channel, and you make everything seem so straightforward! Thank you so much. Just making my second batch of elderflower cordial so trying your lime and ginger recipe. 🇬🇧☘️🥳
Excellent video with very clear and detailed instructions. The way I learned Canning was from my parents who learned it from their parents who learned it from their parents and so on and so forth . I absolutely swear by the ball Mason book Though much of what we do is based on recipes that have been passed down and passed from family to family. ( canning is a very large part of my states culture) If anyone was getting in to canning though I highly recommend the ball mason book as you do
Love your very clear instructions and also explanations as to why we need to do something. I’m waiting on my nectarines and pears to swell and ripen then I’ll be looking to make jams or simply can them……just need to drag out my canning book now. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us and yes please to tomato canning 😁
Oh I envy you the nectarines, I've tried to grow them but we get too many late frosts. Canning nectarines would be heavenly - I would plant a nectarine forest :)
@@EnglishCountryLife I love my nectarine tree….but so do the squirrels 🐿 I’m always out there shooing them off!! But the end result is lovely I am blessed 😁
Good video and how we started off but here we use the Bulgarian Omnia Jars (which took a bit of getting used to), then thanks to watching your videos we started pressure canning and once you start you never stop!
@@EnglishCountryLife Round thick walled glass jars with a single use metal lid that is applied by using a simple two handled capping tool that took us ages to master. Used throughout Eastern Europe for water bathing.
Great video as always! I got the Ball book for Christmas after you recommended it in a previous video and I have to say it’s excellent. I’ve been making jam and chutney for about 15 years and I wish I’d had that book earlier
Have you heard of the Tattler Lids? They are becoming very useful and should become our new "go to" product soon because you do not need to replace them over and over! They should work a very long time....maybe forever. More expensive but worth it.
@@EnglishCountryLife Many canners near me are using them and finding them to be reliable...and love the savings. I will be buying a stash of them when I purchase a pressure canner.
@@EnglishCountryLife That would be a wonderful idea! There are a few ladies on youtube that have and are using the tattlers. They are made close to our area. May I suggest The Kneady Homesteader, Sutton's Daze and That 1860's Homestead? (Hope I have the last one correct..) You could also search on tattler lids homestead canning all together like this because these are the communities they are in and talking about this. CORRECTION : That 1870's Homestead.
This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thankyou. I've recently got a polytunnel put up, so next season i will be growing tomatoes peppers chilli's etc in it. I'm in the Highlands, never been successful growing them outdoors, but my worry is how on earth will I preserve as my freezers are already choc full with my veg harvests every year. Pressure canning is too scarey, this i way more in my comfort zone and I have a huge soup pan that belonged to my great granny just sitting there, plus power cuts also freak me out incase I lose all my harvest thats in the freezer so far I've been luck the power isn't off too long and my food was OK but village over from me had no electricity for 2 days, anxiety right there. ... thankyou
Hi Milli, it's not in the Ball book, but it's effectively flavoured sugar water. People here often just put it in bottles in the fridge. It's a delicious Summer drink diluted with water (especially sparkling), but also on vanilla ice cream
@@EnglishCountryLife Trying to image a summer day.....not working. We are having a snow storm with high winds. LOL But it does sound nice! And I might give it a go :) Thank you!!
If you add 1 Tablespoon to your processing water, either waterbath or pressure, and it will keep away your calcium deposits on your jars. We have a deep mineral well, and I like to keep the deposits from the jars so that I can enter the products in the local fairs.
@@EnglishCountryLife It does not. Just like the water in the canner doesn't invade the product in the jars. Of course, I still wash my jars with a mild soapy water on the outside when they've cooled the next day before storing on the canning shelves. This is to remove any jar product that comes out from the jars into the canning water off so that the jars aren't sticky or oily (depending on the foodstuffs) at storing.
@@KellyS_77 US measurement of a Tablespoon, but it need not be accurate. Honestly, I just tip the jug and glurp some into the canner. And yes, I'm sorry, white vinegar. I shouldn't be allowed a keyboard before coffee is finished.
@@adumsey1164 Okay lets focus on garlic for now. I plant in September 15cm apart. The garlic will start to grow then go dormant in Winter, starting again in Spring & being ready to lift in July. When lifted I shake off all soil and set them to dry on wooden or wire racks. Once dry I keep in an airy, cool dark place (old apple crates in a dark outbuilding). Never store in the house, with soil on or in damp conditions. In warmth they spoil quickly.
Do you also use the LeParfait or Weck style jars with the reusable rubber rings and glass lids? For some reason I thought that Ball style jars & lids were harder to find in the UK. The USDA doesn’t recommend them, but that’s because they haven’t tested them so they can’t approve or disapprove of them.
Hi Kelly! Ball style mason jars are available here (authentic Ball & Kilner brands) but they are pricey compared to the USA. Lids are very expensive historically so I tend to buy them from the US via eBay. I do can both water bath and pressure can with Le Parfait jars - it needs a slightly different approach but works well. I've not used Weck jars myself but hear they work well. Hugh
@@EnglishCountryLife this type of jar is not available and i have submit my assignment also. Please tell properly. I bought new normal like we arr buyimg pickles and jam jar from shop
@@Rabipk10 Again, no a normal lid does not vent in the same way or seal in the same way. If the lid seals fully it cannot vent gas leading to pressure build up & potential glass shattering. If the lid does not fully seal the jar will not explode but is not sealed and the food can spoil. This method works with Mason jars, Weck jars and Le Parfait jars but NOT conventional screw top jars
Any subject matter I want to research. Always find an English country life video to illuminate the path.
Thanks as always
That's really kind mate, thank you
Just discovered your channel and I am very impressed! Informative and full of value- you are a natural teacher. Thank you for the lesson!
Thanks so much Donna and welcome 🙂
You've got a real knack for making a totally alien topic incredibly accessible. I'm not one for commenting on videos but I feel I have to make an exception to thank you for your wonderful videos. I really appreciate that you don't just plug very expensive kit, and offer easy alternatives (tea towel instead of a purpose built canning rack, for example). Kudos! Hoping to make some apple pie filling and can that, but doing my research into water bath Vs pressure canning.
That's very kind of you, thank you ☺️. We always say that living simply shouldn't be complicated!
Brilliant and totally infectious energy Hugh!
Thank you - this one is fun!
@@EnglishCountryLife My favourite video is about canning, as I'd never heard of that before and never even knew it was possible. I came across the term when looking into chest freezers and was delighted to find your video and channel. With regards to how best to communicate with your audience - which came up in a recent video - I know typing isn't as good as talking however if you use a forums sight like Reddit for audience interaction and questions then other users can upvote posts and see the answers to other people's questions. It will also come up on Google and on Reddit when people search the question themselves. The upvoting also allows the questions which the audience are most interested in as a whole to sit near the top and repeated questions which others have already asked will be filtered out. I am biased as I just completely love forums but I'd say they are a great way to interact with an audience. Live streams are also a good idea like others have mentioned but I feel that's just more of a chance to interact face to face than a viable way to answer many questions in detail. It will also allow other experienced members of the community to answers questions (again these will be upvoted and downvoted based on quality). A forum can be a great place for an audience to interact with eachother. My recommendation is Reddit however there may be other sites available. Sorry for the essay and best wishes,
Craig
@@user-bo3mp8un6c That's really great Craig, thank you!
Thank you for a great, very useful guide. You've answered some questions I haven't been able to find the answers for before and I'm now a new subscriber.
That's great - welcome to the channel Eileen 🙂
Your channel is pure gold. Subscribed.
@@markopolo7487 Thank you & welcome!
Would love to see a tomato one. Only just found your Chanel so looming through now x
Here you go Amy - and welcome to the channel 😁
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Your videos are refreshingly different. It is so nice to watch the unpretentious and human people that you both are!
The videos are professionally presented and the background music is just lovely. Thank you for the most wonderful videos!
Wow, thank you! That's so kind of you!
Many thanks for your video. Just canning elderflower cordial for the first time ☺️
How did it go?
Just found your channel, and you make everything seem so straightforward! Thank you so much. Just making my second batch of elderflower cordial so trying your lime and ginger recipe. 🇬🇧☘️🥳
Welcome Molly - it has to be simple for us to do it!
Brilliant video! Thanks so much! I cant wait to try this one day. Would love videos about tomato bottling! Sending love from Northumberland x
Thanks so much!
We've got a greenhouse full of cooking tomatoes - so I'll try to remember to film the preserving !
Excellent video with very clear and detailed instructions. The way I learned Canning was from my parents who learned it from their parents who learned it from their parents and so on and so forth . I absolutely swear by the ball Mason book Though much of what we do is based on recipes that have been passed down and passed from family to family. ( canning is a very large part of my states culture) If anyone was getting in to canning though I highly recommend the ball mason book as you do
Thank you. Canning is vanishingly rare in the UK but such a useful preserving technique that it would be great to bring it to wider attention
Thank you been wanting to know this information on better seeing
So glad that it helped 🙂
Great video Hugh. When you open a jar, would you use the band to help seal again until you empty contents?
Yes please for the tomato video.
You can indeed Val, or decant into a bottle 😉
Another brill video Hugh. Thank you. Would definitely love to see the tomatoes being canned.
Thanks Joanne - as soon as we have a glut of tomatoes, I'll get to it!
Very good Hugh. Clear and concise instructions as ever.
Thanks Louise, its a simple technique but very useful
@@EnglishCountryLife yes. I've used it for a few things but always good to have a refresher. 👍
Love your very clear instructions and also explanations as to why we need to do something. I’m waiting on my nectarines and pears to swell and ripen then I’ll be looking to make jams or simply can them……just need to drag out my canning book now. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us and yes please to tomato canning 😁
Oh I envy you the nectarines, I've tried to grow them but we get too many late frosts. Canning nectarines would be heavenly - I would plant a nectarine forest :)
@@EnglishCountryLife I love my nectarine tree….but so do the squirrels 🐿 I’m always out there shooing them off!! But the end result is lovely I am blessed 😁
I missed this one! Lovely video as always Hugh 😊
Why thank you kind lady 😘
Amazing tutorial! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Looking forward to the tomato video!
We had blight last year so lost the crop 😟. Fingers crossed for this year!
Good video and how we started off but here we use the Bulgarian Omnia Jars (which took a bit of getting used to), then thanks to watching your videos we started pressure canning and once you start you never stop!
Very true. I hadn't heard of Omnia jars. How are they different?
@@EnglishCountryLife Round thick walled glass jars with a single use metal lid that is applied by using a simple two handled capping tool that took us ages to master. Used throughout Eastern Europe for water bathing.
Great video as always! I got the Ball book for Christmas after you recommended it in a previous video and I have to say it’s excellent. I’ve been making jam and chutney for about 15 years and I wish I’d had that book earlier
Thanks Ash! Our copy is well thumbed, its a book I "consult" rather than "read" - but its absolutely first rate
THANKS SO MUCH 😊
You're welcome!
Have you heard of the Tattler Lids? They are becoming very useful and should become our new "go to" product soon because you do not need to replace them over and over! They should work a very long time....maybe forever. More expensive but worth it.
Hi Milli, I've bought a couple of hundred but not used them yet. How do you get on with them ?
@@EnglishCountryLife Many canners near me are using them and finding them to be reliable...and love the savings. I will be buying a stash of them when I purchase a pressure canner.
@@MiddleEastMilli I must get ours out and do a practice run. I've only got a couple of hundred, but I like the idea of them
@@EnglishCountryLife That would be a wonderful idea! There are a few ladies on youtube that have and are using the tattlers. They are made close to our area. May I suggest The Kneady Homesteader, Sutton's Daze and That 1860's Homestead? (Hope I have the last one correct..) You could also search on tattler lids homestead canning all together like this because these are the communities they are in and talking about this. CORRECTION : That 1870's Homestead.
@@MiddleEastMilli Thanks Milli
Yes please for tomatoes
It's on the list Peter!
This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thankyou. I've recently got a polytunnel put up, so next season i will be growing tomatoes peppers chilli's etc in it. I'm in the Highlands, never been successful growing them outdoors, but my worry is how on earth will I preserve as my freezers are already choc full with my veg harvests every year. Pressure canning is too scarey, this i way more in my comfort zone and I have a huge soup pan that belonged to my great granny just sitting there, plus power cuts also freak me out incase I lose all my harvest thats in the freezer so far I've been luck the power isn't off too long and my food was OK but village over from me had no electricity for 2 days, anxiety right there. ... thankyou
You are really most welcome 🙂
Yes! Tomatoes! Thank you and is the Cordial recipe in the Ball book? How do you use the cordial? Thank you!
Hi Milli, it's not in the Ball book, but it's effectively flavoured sugar water. People here often just put it in bottles in the fridge. It's a delicious Summer drink diluted with water (especially sparkling), but also on vanilla ice cream
@@EnglishCountryLife Trying to image a summer day.....not working. We are having a snow storm with high winds. LOL But it does sound nice! And I might give it a go :) Thank you!!
If you add 1 Tablespoon to your processing water, either waterbath or pressure, and it will keep away your calcium deposits on your jars. We have a deep mineral well, and I like to keep the deposits from the jars so that I can enter the products in the local fairs.
That is brilliant advice - I assume it doesn't taint the contents? Hugh
@@EnglishCountryLife It does not. Just like the water in the canner doesn't invade the product in the jars. Of course, I still wash my jars with a mild soapy water on the outside when they've cooled the next day before storing on the canning shelves. This is to remove any jar product that comes out from the jars into the canning water off so that the jars aren't sticky or oily (depending on the foodstuffs) at storing.
You might want to go back and edit your comment as you say “ 1 tablespoon “ but you don’t say what the tablespoon is of. (I’m guessing vinegar)?
@@KellyS_77 I'm assuming it means an actual tablespoon, the piece of cutlery.
@@KellyS_77 US measurement of a Tablespoon, but it need not be accurate. Honestly, I just tip the jug and glurp some into the canner. And yes, I'm sorry, white vinegar. I shouldn't be allowed a keyboard before coffee is finished.
Please would you do a video including garlic plaiting? I’m getting in a terrible knot trying to do mine. Thank you
Of course, what is it you want to know? When to plant or how to plant? Always happy to answer questions & our garlic does very well
@@EnglishCountryLife I am mainly confused about storage once harvested. But any allium tips gratefully received as I can’t grow onions! Thank you 😁
@@adumsey1164 Okay lets focus on garlic for now. I plant in September 15cm apart. The garlic will start to grow then go dormant in Winter, starting again in Spring & being ready to lift in July. When lifted I shake off all soil and set them to dry on wooden or wire racks. Once dry I keep in an airy, cool dark place (old apple crates in a dark outbuilding). Never store in the house, with soil on or in damp conditions. In warmth they spoil quickly.
@@EnglishCountryLife thank you 😁
Planning on making this this week. Did you do a video on gooseberry vodka as I would be keen to give it a try. Many thanks
I haven't yet Anna - I should make it again this year!
@@EnglishCountryLife That would be fab...here's hoping you can find the time as I know you are busy
Yes please on 🍅 tomatoes
Righto, as soon as we have a glut
Can you advise the make of the oil based pen you used?
Hi Andrew,
these are the ones I use
Hugh
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You know you are tired when you read the title as "Introduction to bath water canning". I was confused for a moment.
Do you not can your Bath Water? 😁
Do you also use the LeParfait or Weck style jars with the reusable rubber rings and glass lids? For some reason I thought that Ball style jars & lids were harder to find in the UK.
The USDA doesn’t recommend them, but that’s because they haven’t tested them so they can’t approve or disapprove of them.
Hi Kelly! Ball style mason jars are available here (authentic Ball & Kilner brands) but they are pricey compared to the USA. Lids are very expensive historically so I tend to buy them from the US via eBay.
I do can both water bath and pressure can with Le Parfait jars - it needs a slightly different approach but works well.
I've not used Weck jars myself but hear they work well. Hugh
What is hot cordial is that water??? Also I’m new to canning and I’m not sure on the terminology used thankyou
Cordial is also known as squash in the UK. Its a concentrated liquid used to flavour water.
Can we use normal lid and jar wuthout scre band for this
Absolutely not, it isn't food safe and the jar could explode
@@EnglishCountryLifeit not exploded i did before 4 days. Can we use good jar with normal lid..??
@@EnglishCountryLife this type of jar is not available and i have submit my assignment also. Please tell properly. I bought new normal like we arr buyimg pickles and jam jar from shop
@@Rabipk10 Again, no a normal lid does not vent in the same way or seal in the same way. If the lid seals fully it cannot vent gas leading to pressure build up & potential glass shattering. If the lid does not fully seal the jar will not explode but is not sealed and the food can spoil. This method works with Mason jars, Weck jars and Le Parfait jars but NOT conventional screw top jars
@@Rabipk10 This is very dangerous, it should not be done, they are not designed to seal this way
Followed and made my cordial but it seems like something has separated and looks a bit cloudy, what may have gone wrong?
The only thing that springs to mind is that the sugar didn't fully dissolve?
Did you experience any shortage of your lids over the last two years?
Lids are really expensive here so I tend to bulk buy. It worked out well during the shortage as we had a good supply.
Yes please show tomatoes
Righto Cindy - we've just planted out for this year so fingers crossed for a good harvest 🙂