Can Jam: February is Carrot Time!!

[kestrel127]

Tigress's Can Jam is back and the challenge this month... is carrots!Carrots are difficult for a few reasons, the most obvious of which is that carrots are a low acid food, which means that they cannot be canned without the addition of some kind of acid. You can pressure can them with a pressure canner, but that defeats the purpose of the can jam

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[chilimuffin]

interestingly enough, I use Madison's tap water for pickling, because it's incredibly calcium-laden, and it keeps things a bit crisper. This looks really good.... If I ever decide to grow carrots, I'm totally going to have to use this (I hate cooked carrots).

[mimima]

I never thought to used bottled water - I'm fine with ours, but my mom's water is terrible so this is good to know.

[kestrel127]

Definitely! I also use bottled water when I make cheese for the same reason.