I was making Annie's Salsa and as I was putting the lid on the Presto pressure canner, I must have knocked the rubber relief valve off--nowhere to be found! So I immediately tried adding hot water and brought it up to a boil to try to BWB it. I think I was successful--I did it for 20 minutes, removed the jars, and all sealed/pinged.
Concerns:
When I made the recipe, I brought the pot up to temp til bubbling (boiling) at least 10 minutes and I had my jars with some water in, in the pressure canner first. Emptied the hot water from the jars & filled the jars w/salsa to about 1/8-1/4" below the bottom threads. The recipe called for 8 cups of tomatoes... somehow I had enough batch to make 8 pints! I know for sure I only had 2.5c onions and 1.5c peppers, plus 3-4 jalapenos, but used 16oz of sauce and, at first, 12oz of paste... but added another 6oz of paste near the end before bringing to boil. Total sugar was about 1/4 cup.
As for vinegar, I somehow used a half cup white vinegar and ALMOST a half cup cider vinegar... (maybe 3oz?) that's probably why I added the last 6oz of paste. So I may be an ounce or Tbs less than the recommended cup.
Seeing I BWB'd for 20 minutes after boiling instead of 15, plus "almost" enough vinegar, plus more tomato paste/sauce/tomatoes than the original recipe (higher ratio acid to low-acid, the onions & peppers didn't increase, just the vinegar & tomato products), and the lids all sealed, would this be OK/safe?
I may have found a local hardware store that has the popoff valve... if so, would you start over? how? Can I just heat the full jars somehow, (in the microwave/oven/canner), wait the 10 minutes for the steam to vent, then do the 30 minute pressure canning?
Do I insert the sealed jars or have to open them & use new lids? Wouldn't pressure canning pressurize them to avoid this?
Do I have to empty them back into a pot and start from scratch?
I used new jars because the kitchen water pressure is very low and it's tough washing the jars with a trickle, & no dishwasher.
If time matters, I finished BWB around 9pm Sunday, still within 24 hrs.
Thanks for any comments/help.
Mark
P.S. If it matters, they were mostly heirloom tomatoes, and just 1 bell pepper, the rest were a mix of hot peppers to make 1.5 cups, plus the 3 or 4 jalapenos.
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