How can I tell if my lids sealed on my pickles? ?
I am first time pickling and do not know for sure if my mason jar lids sealed properly. These are not canned they are just refrigerated pickles meant to last only 2 to 3 mo’nths in fridge. Is there a way to tell without having to actually open the jars? Also did I leave enough of a headspace
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Hi Mic, you want to leave one inch space from the top. Also, there is a super easy way to tell. When you press your finger down in the center of the lid on a jar that you have not canned it will push down and pop up making a clicking sound. If they’re sealed preoperly there will be no movement and popping.
**just a side note you should be sure to use a towel or paper towel around the edge of the jar just before you put the lid on to be sure it is super clean and dry.
Ps - I do my canning of veggies in a large pan of water. And a pressure cooker if I can meat.
I thought growing my big vegetable garden would be the hard part but as it turns out this pickling isn’t as easy as i thought it would be. I am so glad I didn’t try canning too lol I have a ton of patience when it comes to my crafts and garden but this pickle dilemma gets frustrating especially when I think I have just wasted my veggies and time. Embarrassed to say it took me hours to do just 5 jars. Lol
Mic, you did say these are "refrigerated picklings", which is different than "canning pickled veggies". Refrigerated pickling is easy enough = bring your brine to a boil to infuse spices. While that's going on, arrange the vegies in clean (sanitize if you want) leaving about 1" clearance from the top. Then pour brine over to cover veggies. Ready to eat in 3-5 days. They will be safe for 3 months in fridge if they last that long. Mine are gone in 1-2 weeks.
My favorite fridge pickling: Bought my fav pickles (Claussen) when empty, took an English cucumber (burpless), trim the ends off, cut into thirds and then quartered each into spears. Add to the Claussen brine, let sit for 3-5 days, viola - better than Claussen, since the second only cost me 99 cents, not 5.99. I've used this same jar, several times over.