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in article , Brigg222 at
wrote on 22/3/04 10:46 pm:

> Hello, I have canned tomatoes. After I have chocked full all of the jars,
> put the lids and rings on, boiled them for the proper time......take them
> out
> of the boiling water and they seal when cooling.....I remove the rings after
> they are totally cool.
> In my experience the meat of the tomatoes is now on the top range of the jars.
> With the liquid being on the bottom. Here is my Q? My sister in law had some
> extra jars of canned tomatoes she canned and gave them to me. 12 jars. On
> her
> jars she has marked the lid with 2002. Summer of that is. In all of the jars
> she gave me the meat of the tomato is on the bottom of the jar and the liquid
> is on the top. Is this something to be concerned with? I have some canned
> tomatoes that I did and the meat of the tomatos never shifted to the
> bottom.....even after a few years? I don`t want to ask her about her canning
> procedure since she gave me these free. I guess they should be ok since she
> is
> still alive and well after eating her own canned tomatoes. TIA for any info.
> Dan.
Maybe she hot packed them, they tend to float a little less that way. Ellen