canning tomatos safely??

Lowlander · August 13, 2012

I have for the last bunch of years, we have always run out tomatos through a REBER tomato machine and then boil the puree for several hours. After some reduction, we put them in the jars (still boiling) and hot water bath them.

We have hadn't had any issues, but I was wondering about the long process time and acid addition mentioned by other recipes.

Have we done something wrong all this time?? every tomato based product we have canned has been fine with no problems. Am I just being paranoid??

August 13, 2012	#1
Lowlander Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland Posts: 76	canning tomatos safely?? I have for the last bunch of years, we have always run out tomatos through a REBER tomato machine and then boil the puree for several hours. After some reduction, we put them in the jars (still boiling) and hot water bath them. We have hadn't had any issues, but I was wondering about the long process time and acid addition mentioned by other recipes. Have we done something wrong all this time?? every tomato based product we have canned has been fine with no problems. Am I just being paranoid??