Canning Tomatoes: Roasted Salsa

Step 8 Canning Hacks

To simplify a bit from all the info in the last step:

If you don't have a canning pot:

You can use any of the following pots as long as they are big enough for your jars. You can't use anything smaller then a stock pot for the quart jars, but you can use the shorter soup pot for the 1/2 cup jars. In terms of pot size, you just want to make sure you have a couple inches above the top of the jar as they should be submerged in water at least an inch or two.

If you don't have a canning rack:

You can use a circular wire rack in your pot. This picture I got off the internet, as my wire racks don't fit in my pot. Ignore the ties, as this pic was for a different purpose, but you can place this rack at the bottom of your pot and it will keep the jars away from the heated bottom as well as allow circulation of water around jars.

You can also use my method of a dish towel as a buffer to keep jars away from bottom

If you don't have canning tongs:

You may have any of these other kitchen tongs which work fine.