In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:27:40 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > blake murphy > wrote:

> >7 regular-mouth jars in it on one level. If I have more than that, I
> >put a rack on top of the jars before putting more jars in. Stacking
> >doesn't give me as much bubbling room as it should but I do it anyway
> >(the truth is out).

>
> it doesn't matter if the jars rest directly on the bottom of the pan?
> i.e., without a rack of some kind?
>
> your pal,
> blake

<cough> Rack is called for. I mostly (95% of the time) don't. Don't
tell anybody, though. You can put a washcloth on the bottom of the pan
to keep the jars from bouncing on the bottom of the water bath, or you
can jerry-rig a rack by tying jar *rings* together with twist-ties.
zxcvbob suggests the former and the latter is a pretty well-known trick
amongst experienced preservers--nothing new in that one. If I hadn't
lost my rack for my big stockpot, I'd put it on the bottom and use it,
too. Can't find the dang thing -- am wondering if it fell between the
back of the stove and the wall. Don't feel like moving the stove to
find out. Could have Rob cut up another cake rack for me, I suppose.
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