Harvesting from your garden-garden, preparing vegetables and fruits for canning and choosing the right recipe is all half the battle. As it turned out, almost the most important stage in home preservation is sterilization and closing the cans with lids. Just think: one wrong move and air can get into a jar of yummy for the winter. This means that such a blank will certainly swell and deteriorate with mold. How to close cans for the winter so that homemade products do not spoil? How to close cans with screw caps? How to do without lids and close the cans, for example, with paper? You will find answers to these and many other questions about conservation in our today's article.
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How to close banks for the winter
There are several ways to close blanks for the winter. The most common and, at the same time, one of the most technically difficult options is the traditional way of closing the lids with a manual seaming wrench. Much easier, but according to the same principle, you can roll up cans with an automatic machine. In addition, there are special threaded caps that are screwed onto the jar without using any other apparatus. Well, the simplest and at the same time the most capricious way is to close the cans without lids using cellophane and thick paper. To study the question of how to close banks for the winter correctly, we will begin with the first method. It is ideal for preserving pickled tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as for preserves with jam.
How to close cans with a tin key
To begin with, it is very important to sterilize the lids well before rolling up the can. Also, be sure to check that the lid itself is new, intact and not bent.
Instructions on how to close the can with a tin key
On a note! You can understand that the bank is already closed by the movement of the key. As soon as in order to turn the seaming key around the cap you have to make a lot of effort, and the key itself will lock every centimeter - the workpiece is ready.
How to close screw-top jars
Screw caps are perhaps the fastest and most reliable way to close your homework for the winter. But there is a small drawback - not every jar is suitable for such a lid. A prerequisite is the presence of a special thread on the neck, on which, in fact, the cover will be attached. Such a thread, for example, is found on cans from store preservation. How to properly close the cans with screw caps? The technology itself is incredibly simple. To begin with, like ordinary ones, such caps must be boiled thoroughly. Otherwise, mold may appear on the workpiece during storage, for example, on jam. Then slide the cooled, dry lid onto the jar and press lightly. Turn it clockwise several times until it stops. There should be a clear click, which means the bank is closed. Turn the jar upside down and your blank is ready!
How to close jars without lids
Today it is hard to believe it, but tin and even more so plastic covers have appeared in wide use of housewives not so long ago. But home conservation, as you can imagine, existed long before their appearance. What was used to close the blanks for the winter in those distant times? As a rule, in Russia, vegetables were pickled and fermented in large wooden barrels, which were stored in cold cellars. Therefore, there was no need for tin lids as such at that time. But with the development of industry and urbanization, many housewives faced the question of how to close cans without lids. For a long time, wax paper impregnated with alcohol and thin twine were used for this purpose. This knowledge can also be useful to modern women, since sometimes ordinary lids are not at hand, and vegetables / fruits for preparations are already beginning to deteriorate quickly.
How to close jars with paper
To begin with, we note that the paper method is short-lived and at the first opportunity it should be replaced with canning with tin lids. First of all, you need to take very thick paper and cut out a circle from it, the diameter of which will coincide with the diameter of the neck. This paper must be soaked in rum or pure alcohol and close the blank with it. This method works well for boiled jam or preserves. But the blanks from tomato cucumbers are best closed with paper and cellophane. Cellophane can also be replaced with cling film folded in several layers. First, we wrap the neck with a piece of plastic bag, pulling it quite tightly to achieve tightness. We fix it on top with an elastic band or ordinary thread. After that, put a sheet of thick paper and form a lid from it. The paper is needed in order not to tear the cellophane during the transportation of the blanks. The paper cap should also be secured with thread or elastic.
How to properly close jars with lids, video
You can find out how to properly close the jars with lids from the video below. In this video tutorial, you can see the whole process of closing cans and learn about the intricacies of working with a can key at home.
You will need
- - glass containers;
- - sealing caps;
- - seaming key;
- - detergent / soda;
- - towels;
- - basin / pan.
Instructions
Prepare the container. Most often, when canning, glass with a capacity of 0.5 to 3 liters is used. Used glass containers, especially if there are labels on them, soak for 2 hours in an alkaline solution before washing. Wash glass and banks in soapy water or soda solution. Clean the bottles with a brush or pour some rice into the neck and shake well. Then rinse the container under running water. Check the cleanliness of the jars by light and rinse the inner surface with boiled water. Please note wash banks should be done no more than two hours before placing products in them.
Washed up banks place with neck down on paper or a clean towel. If sterilization is necessary (in cases of filling with food heated to a boil), banks should be warmed up, microwave oven or sterilized with hot steam until water drops are completely removed from the walls. Remove the container with special tongs or potholders so as not to burn yourself. You put banks on a dry, clean towel, necks up.
Wash metal covers and rubber gaskets separately in soapy water and rinse thoroughly in running water. Insert the rubber gaskets into the grooves of the covers. Place the lids loosely (individually, not in a stack) in a pot of water and boil them for 12-15 minutes. Before rolling, they can be in this water for no more than two hours.
Fill in banks prepared foods. Do not use ladles or spoons for stacking - one wrong movement can crack or break the jar. In this case, both the jar and the products in it will have to be thrown away. Lay vegetables or fruits so that they are completely covered in syrup or marinade.
Re-sterilize when banks will be "completed". To do this, take a wide basin or saucepan. Cover the bottom with a clean cotton cloth or place a stand. Place filled banks... Add warm water to the basin until it reaches the "shoulder". Close the necks with sterilized lids and put on fire for the time indicated in the recipe. It depends on the type, acidity, consistency and degree of grinding of the harvested product, as well as on the size banks.
After rolling, check the cover for leaks. To do this, wipe the jar dry and place the jar down on a piece of paper or napkin. The absence of smudges will indicate a quality result. Leave banks in the downward position with the neck until it cools completely. After that, you can turn all the blanks and place them in storage. Containers closed with plastic lids cannot be placed upside down for cooling.
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Do not use glass containers with foreign odors for blanks.
Keep in mind that you cannot put cold food in hot jars. The temperature difference may cause the glass to crack.
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- rolling cans
In order to prepare for the winter and to preserve it, you need not only a good recipe and vegetables, but also a high-quality sealing key, which guarantees that microbes do not get into before they are opened. In stores there is a wide selection of seaming keys - from semi-automatic to fully automatic.
Instructions
When choosing a seaming key, consider the type of mechanism and the method that suits you in terms of convenience, quality and price. So, automatic keys are very easy to use and help to tighten the jar in just half a minute: after putting the lid on the jar, you put the key on top and press the lever several times. One of the most popular among housewives, the semiautomatic seaming key should be turned several times in a circle, but if the neck of the can turns out to be uneven, such a key will not be able to tightly close the can with conservation. The snail key rolls up the cans a little longer, because after the rotation is completed, it must be turned in the opposite direction. The advantage of such a key is that the edges of the lid are evenly pressed against the can, as well as the fact that with this key you can perform the opposite operation - to remove the lids from the can.
One of the most reliable, but at the same time expensive, is the seaming wrench equipped with two rollers. Such a key with clamping devices fixes the jar, by turning the screw and pressing the handles, bends the edges of the lid to the jar, and then, after circular movements, seals the container hermetically. Such a key will become your reliable assistant and will serve for many years.
You can choose any of the listed seamers, but keep in mind the most important thing - the seamer must be strong and of high quality, the handles must turn easily and effortlessly, and also fit comfortably in the palm of your hand.
Keep in mind that grooved keys are more suitable for women as they require less physical effort to roll up. Hands get tired very quickly from all seaming keys and machines equipped with special screws.
You can check the quality of the sealing key as follows: after closing the can, inspect the lid; it should not have dents, bumps and other irregularities. A flat lid, hermetically pressed against the jar, is a guarantee that it will be stored successfully, and the key has coped with its task.
Try to move the lid: it should not change its position, even with the greatest effort on your part. Also turn the can upside down: if bubbles rise up from the lid or liquid leaks, therefore, the preservation is poorly closed and the key is very poor quality. After that, repeat the procedure and screw the jar again.
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A seaming machine is a special unit that allows you to hermetically close cans with various blanks. Even the simplest versions of such machines provide a sufficient level of reliability when rolling, absolutely excluding the penetration of air into the cans, and with it dangerous bacteria.
Instructions
There are three main types of seamers. For example, you can get a table-top rolling machine with two rollers - a fairly massive box of jigs. To roll up the jar with it, you need to cover it with a lid with a rubber ring and place it in this very box, placing it close to the stop clamps, and then fix it in the socket by turning the screw. Then put the cartridge of the machine on the jar and very quickly, but carefully press the handles several times in a row, due to which the edge of the lid will bend close to the neck of the container. At the end, it is necessary to roll the lid up to the stop in circular smooth movements of the handles.
Another type of seamer is a semi-automatic key. Such products are distinguished by their affordable cost and easy use. The process of seaming with their help is as follows: you must firmly press the lid to the neck of the can and turn the key in one direction (6-10 times) until you hear a characteristic click. The latter signals that the bank is tightly closed.
But the easiest to use is an automatic-type seaming wrench - you need to put it on the lid, then, turning in a circle, press its levers several times. This process will take you no more than 30 seconds - the lid is pressed against the neck of the can as a result of the action of special springs that are inside the key. Such a device is equipped with a special mechanism that protects the jar from chips, and the lids from various scratches, dents, etc.
In addition to conventional seamers, today you can purchase so-called seaming and rolling units - combined models capable of opening cans and returning the lids to their original shape. The main difference between such devices from conventional seaming machines is the presence of special keys in the kit for removing the covers and inserts for their restoration.
How to close cucumber jars
Harvesting from your garden-garden, preparing vegetables and fruits for canning and choosing the right recipe is all half the battle. As it turned out, almost the most important stage in home preservation is sterilization and closing the cans with lids. Just think: one wrong move and air can get into a jar of yummy for the winter. This means that such a blank will certainly swell and deteriorate with mold. How to close cans for the winter so that homemade products do not spoil? How to close cans with screw caps? How to do without lids and close the cans, for example, with paper? You will find answers to these and many other questions about conservation in our today's article.
How to close banks for the winter
There are several ways to close blanks for the winter. The most common and, at the same time, one of the most technically difficult options is the traditional way of closing the lids with a manual seaming wrench. Much easier, but according to the same principle, you can roll up cans with an automatic machine. In addition, there are special threaded caps that are screwed onto the jar without using any other apparatus. Well, the simplest and at the same time the most capricious way is to close the cans without lids using cellophane and thick paper. To study the question of how to close banks for the winter correctly, we will begin with the first method. It is ideal for preserving pickled tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as for preserves with jam.
How to close cans with a tin key
To begin with, it is very important to sterilize the lids well before rolling up the can. Also, be sure to check that the lid itself is new, intact and not bent.
Instructions on how to close the can with a tin key
On a note! You can understand that the bank is already closed by the movement of the key. As soon as in order to turn the seaming key around the cap you have to make a lot of effort, and the key itself will lock every centimeter - the workpiece is ready.
How to close screw-top jars
Screw caps are perhaps the fastest and most reliable way to close your homework for the winter. But there is a small drawback - not every jar is suitable for such a lid. A prerequisite is the presence of a special thread on the neck, on which, in fact, the cover will be attached. Such a thread, for example, is found on cans from store preservation. How to properly close the cans with screw caps? The technology itself is incredibly simple. To begin with, like ordinary ones, such caps must be boiled thoroughly. Otherwise, mold may appear on the workpiece during storage, for example, on jam. Then slide the cooled, dry lid onto the jar and press lightly. Turn it clockwise several times until it stops. There should be a clear click, which means the bank is closed. Turn the jar upside down and your blank is ready!
How to close jars without lids
Today it is hard to believe it, but tin and even more so plastic covers have appeared in wide use of housewives not so long ago. But home conservation, as you can imagine, existed long before their appearance. What was used to close the blanks for the winter in those distant times? As a rule, in Russia, vegetables were pickled and fermented in large wooden barrels, which were stored in cold cellars. Therefore, there was no need for tin lids as such at that time. But with the development of industry and urbanization, many housewives faced the question of how to close cans without lids. For a long time, wax paper impregnated with alcohol and thin twine were used for this purpose. This knowledge can also be useful to modern women, since sometimes ordinary lids are not at hand, and vegetables / fruits for preparations are already beginning to deteriorate quickly.
How to close jars with paper
To begin with, we note that the paper method is short-lived and at the first opportunity it should be replaced with canning with tin lids. First of all, you need to take very thick paper and cut out a circle from it, the diameter of which will coincide with the diameter of the neck. This paper must be soaked in rum or pure alcohol and close the blank with it. This method works well for boiled jam or preserves. But the blanks from tomato cucumbers are best closed with paper and cellophane. Cellophane can also be replaced with cling film folded in several layers. First, we wrap the neck with a piece of plastic bag, pulling it quite tightly to achieve tightness. We fix it on top with an elastic band or ordinary thread. After that, put a sheet of thick paper and form a lid from it. The paper is needed in order not to tear the cellophane during the transportation of the blanks. The paper cap should also be secured with thread or elastic.
How to properly close jars with lids, video
You can find out how to properly close the jars with lids from the video below. In this video tutorial, you can see the whole process of closing cans and learn about the intricacies of working with a can key at home.
Each experienced and caring housewife makes preparations for the winter in the form of various twists and rolls, because it is not for nothing that they say "Winter will eat everything." Agree that there is nothing better than drinking tea with jam on a cold winter evening. And pickled cucumbers with boiled potatoes are a real decoration of the table! But how to properly roll up cans for the winter, which seamer is better to use?
Seamers
One of the main conditions for a good seaming is the correct seaming key or machine. Let's find out what seamers are, their types and classifications. We will also figure out which machine is better to use for various types of seaming.
There are two types of seamers:
- If the lid is rolled along the edge thanks to the squeezing roller that moves along this edge, then such a machine is considered a classic.
- But when the lid is clamped in various other ways, the machine is called experimental.
There are such options for fixing the crimp rollers:
Hand twist
This term refers to manually adjusting the nip rollers during the rolling process. In most machines, this happens by turning the handle to which the latch is attached directly. When the handle is turned, it enters the thread, which presses the roller.
The main advantage of such machines is the ability to independently adjust both the clamping force and the feed speed of the clamping roller. For example, if for some reason the lid rolls up unevenly, then you can always crimp a few more times over the place where the clamp is weaker, increasing the load only partially, and not around the entire perimeter. It is also possible, at your discretion, to determine the degree of twist of the can and stop when you are completely satisfied with the clamp.
However, if the hostess has little experience in rolling cans for the winter, then it is better to use a different type of machine, since there will always be a risk of not pressing the lid, which will subsequently lead to air getting inside, and this, in turn, will damage the rolled product. And if you overdo it, then there is a possibility of pinching the lid, which ultimately can cause the jar to crack.
Automatic twist
Such machines have a thread on top of the lid retainer, along which the clamping element walks during twisting. The principle of operation is as follows: we put a latch on the cover, put the roller on the thread and start twisting in a circle until it stops until the thread ends, this will mean that the cover is clamped and no longer needs additional fixation.
The main thing in an automatic machine is its good adjustment, then there will be no need to control anything, put it on - twist it and that's it. But not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance. The most problematic is the correct adjustment of such a machine. They are sold already regulated, but often incorrectly. Even if the adjustment is initially correct, then after 150-180 cans it gets confused and stops rolling correctly, re-adjustment will not save for a long time, the maximum will prolong the pleasure of another hundred cans and that's all, you can forgive the machine because it won't roll it anymore.
How to choose the right typewriter
If you are an experienced housewife and have been working on blanks for the winter for several years already, then you can probably easily determine the quality of seaming by appearance. This means that you are better off using a manual clipper, since it does not require any adjustments and the likelihood of breakage is quite small.
And if you have just recently started to get involved in rolling and still do not know how to roll correctly, it would be better to use an automatic machine. But only if it is properly configured. Then you can be calm about the quality of the twist, and at the same time learn how to determine how a high-quality seaming should look like.
The downside is that such a machine is short-lived, and it can only last for 1-2 seasons, depending on the volume of workpieces.
Secrets of the correct seaming of cans for the winter
- The lid you are going to use for seaming must have a rubber gasket. During seaming, this very elastic should ideally lie on the groove of the can.
- Correct seaming consists in the fact that the upper part of the lid on the fold carefully presses the gasket against the neck, and from the bottom the pressure should be stronger, which will not allow the elastic to pop out, and also to fix the lid.
- The main thing is that the edge should be rolled up without folds and other irregularities, since through them air will enter the seaming.
- The rolled up jar should be placed upside down, on the lid, and after a while check if liquid is leaking out of it. If even a drop is found, it means that the jar is not closed well, and in no case should it be sent for long-term storage.
In order for home preservation to be preserved until the very cold weather intact, you need to be very careful about the preparation of containers and clearly find out for yourself how to close the jars for the winter so that there is no mold on the contents. The containers with cucumbers and tomatoes can be sealed with ordinary tin or metal screw lids, or limited to the simplest nylon lids, if this is, of course, allowed by the recipe. For jam, the rules are not so strict and it is quite acceptable to keep some types of sweet blanks even without iron lids and cover them with waxed food paper so that condensation does not form. Below we will take a closer look at each of the methods mentioned, and after studying the article, you can choose the most suitable option for closing the cans for the winter.
How to close cans - what are the lids
Before you do home preservation and think about how to close the jars securely and without much hassle, let's look at what lids are.
How to close screw top jars correctly
Many housewives are interested in how to close jars with screw lids correctly. Meanwhile, this process is not complicated at all and does not take much time. First of all, products are inspected for defects. The surface should be free of dents, scratches and rust spots. Clean lids without errors must be boiled in water for at least 10 minutes. This should be done shortly before the canning process begins. Sterilized "rifles" are carefully removed from the water with special tweezers and laid out on a dry and clean kitchen towel.
Jars, sealed with screw caps, are kept in a cool, well-ventilated place. To prevent condensation from forming on the metal surface, the temperature in the storage should not fluctuate sharply. Rolls containing a small amount of sugar, unsweetened compotes and canned food prone to fermentation are sent to the refrigerator or deep cellar.
To check the tightness of the twist, cans with hot contents are turned over and cooled naturally. If the rim of the lid is not wet, the blanks are removed to the pantry for a period of 6 months or more.
How to close jars of jam to avoid mold
Often, whitish mold spots form on the surface of sweet preservation, spoiling the appearance of the product and impairing the taste. Faced with such a problem, housewives begin to wonder how to protect the blanks and how to close the jars of jam so that there is no mold. The answer to this question is extremely simple and refers to the so-called "grandmother's" methods of preserving homemade preparations.
To prevent fruit jams, preserves and confitures from spoiling, you need to cut out a circle from food parchment or waxed baking paper to the size of the neck of a jar, soak it with strong alcohol (whiskey, vodka, rum, etc.), put on top of the jam and roll it up. The paper will absorb condensation and keep it rolling in perfect condition.
How to close jars of cucumbers with nylon lids
Wondering how to close jars of cucumbers for the winter with nylon lids? In principle, the rules are very simple and no tools at hand are required for this. The only thing that needs to be done is to sterilize the lid in boiling water. After heat treatment, it will become plastic and easily put on a jar, and when it cools down, it will be pulled inside and ensure high-quality sealing of the contents.
How to close jars of tomatoes for the winter with iron lids
The video is very intelligible and tells in all the details how to close cans of tomatoes for the winter using a tin key. The option of capping containers with a neck thread is described separately. The author points out that great care must be taken when using the screw cap. So that there is no mold on the jam, and the preservation with cucumbers or other vegetables does not sour, you need to tighten the lid tight enough, but try not to overdo it and not to rip the thread. Well, if, even after viewing, the process of closing cans with metal products is still scary, you can try to do without lids at all and protect your seams with thick edible paper. True, in this form they will not stand for a very long time and without a refrigerator.
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