I lowered the jars into the boiling water (just like I read, somewhere) verrry carfully, afraid the glass would break. They didn't, but a drop of boiling water hit me smack in the eyeball as if it was a heat-seeking missle! No injuries although it felt a little funny for a minute or two. -- Thanks, Steve, for the step-by-step instructions, by the way -- prior to that, I had read in various sources to don't use paraffin, use paraffin, boil, don't overboil, etc. and it was starting to make my head spin!
And now I have 10 jars of hot pepper blueberry, peach, strawberry, and mulberry preserves in the cupboard waiting for us to open in the winter and spring. And a clean refrigerator. Next, pickles.
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And now I have 10 jars of hot pepper blueberry, peach, strawberry, and mulberry preserves in the cupboard waiting for us to open in the winter and spring. And a clean refrigerator. Next, pickles.
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