I am sure some of you can food here as I have done for many years. This is just a bit of a rant about a FB Group called Rebel Canning. I do not know how it started showing up on my FB but it is a very frightening FB Group in my opinion. I think I probably clicked on a link from a Sourdough page and ended up on a canning page in that group.
Anyway, I am appalled at the foods they are saying can be water bath canned such as raw meats just as an example. I hope my prediction does not come true that we see a surge in botulism, but if canning becomes more popular and new canners keep reading this FB group there is possible trouble on the horizon. Besides canning raw meats, they love showing canned raw potatoes, green beans, and carrots by water batch. Just to name a few. I am as paranoid about to canning technique as I was about preserving lotions. I pressure can when necessary and water batch when suitable.
My new sourdough bread journey is another story although. What a learning curve this is. For many years I made all my French Bread but not Sourdough, this is very pesky to make...![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
As you all probably know I have not made soap since retiring from my business during Covid, and besides crocheting I needed something else to do.
Anyway, I am appalled at the foods they are saying can be water bath canned such as raw meats just as an example. I hope my prediction does not come true that we see a surge in botulism, but if canning becomes more popular and new canners keep reading this FB group there is possible trouble on the horizon. Besides canning raw meats, they love showing canned raw potatoes, green beans, and carrots by water batch. Just to name a few. I am as paranoid about to canning technique as I was about preserving lotions. I pressure can when necessary and water batch when suitable.
My new sourdough bread journey is another story although. What a learning curve this is. For many years I made all my French Bread but not Sourdough, this is very pesky to make...