| p>Learning how to can salmon is relatively easy | | | | warming up. I will then put my snap lids into a pot |
| following these simple steps outlined below with | | | | of water and get them off to a good boil. |
| using an electric portable burner to save your self | | | | Now we put our salmon chunks into the jars. Be |
| some stove top space. | | | | careful not to over fill your jars as they need a |
| First of all we have our salmon frozen; this is | | | | ¼ inch top space for the heat expansion. |
| pulled out the day before and cut up into nice | | | | Now you need to wipe the top of your jar off so |
| sized chunks to fit into your canning jars. We | | | | that there is no debris left to interfere with a |
| prefer to use the small salmon jars and others | | | | good seal from your snap lid. I use a wet paper |
| use the pint sized jars. It is your own preference. | | | | towel. |
| Kind of like company size or personal size. So the | | | | Place your boiled snap lid on top of your salmon |
| salmon chunks are laid on a cookie sheet in the | | | | jar and tighten the ring only finger tip tight. Place |
| fridge ready for the next day. | | | | your salmon jars into your pressure canner and |
| The next day I will wash and sanitize my salmon | | | | seal the top of the canner. Adjust the heat on |
| jars and have them ready to be filled. Since it | | | | your electric portable burner to get the pressure |
| does take most of the day to pressure can the | | | | up. Now depending on where you live and your |
| salmon I will use my electric portable burner to | | | | altitude your time for canning will vary. Ours is 90 |
| save stove top space. I will then put ¼ tsp. | | | | minutes with 10lbs. of pressure. |
| of non-iodized salt and ¼ tsp. of vinegar | | | | Please remember to let the steam out of your |
| into the salmon jars. If you are using the pint | | | | pressure canner before you open it and remove |
| sized salmon jars then you will need to double the | | | | your salmon jars. I hope you have found this |
| ingredients. | | | | article helpful in learning how to can salmon using |
| Now I will put the required water into my | | | | an electric portable burner so you can save your |
| pressure canner and set this on top of my | | | | self some stove top space. |
| electric portable burner so it can slowly start | | | | |