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Individual water sources might be better, or worse, than years ago. Vegetable and fruit varieties are definitely different, and that's one reason that all modern recipes for canned tomatoes include adding lemon juice or vinegar, to be safe. Also, in those 'good old days', when people got sick...

It's about survival!!! Agree 1000% with the above on all counts. It only takes a small taste of something containing botulinum toxin to kill! Your next jar could be the one. Old recipes need to be reconfigured to meet modern food safety standards. Have a new cookbook, and follow it! Mary

Pressure canning is done in a pressure canner, not a hot water bath! I think vinegar is a minimum requirement for canning beans or beets, it sure is for tomatoes! Was this recipe an old one, or newer? I remember canning practices done by family members that are not now considered safe at all! Mary

Or is it because it just tastes different? Be a wimp and throw it out, or redo it, sterilizing it again. 'Tastes funny' isn't a recommendation! And food poisoning ain't fun! Mary

I like your recipe, sounds good. For bread and butter pickles, the Good Housekeeping recipe (red and white checked cookbook) is really good! Mary

Bread and butter pickles, the only kind i can make. Love them! I've never made an edible dill pickle, and have given up. Also sweet gerkins, better from the store than mine. Mary

German potato salad! The only REAL potato salad! And Peg Bracken's chocolate cake, the easiest and best ever. And in canned tomatoes. And of course, washing windows (the clear, not the cider vinegar). Mary

Those good old days! I remember the paraffin too, and wouldn't do it again. Mold, yuck! Mary

If you can, put those jars in the freezer, where it doesn't matter that they haven't sealed. Otherwise, in the frig and use them up fast. It would be a shame to cook them yet again. Mary

Sorry I took off after you, I misunderstood. Mary

Someday you to might be OLD, and maybe even SENILE, heaven forbid, and might even be able to creep some sweet young thing out at a store. Sorry but I was offended a bit... Mary

You can freeze those tomatoes, or the fruit, as i've had to do until that Sure-Jell came in. Mary

Everything has been in short supply around here! I use the low sugar Sure-Jell, the one in the pink boxes, and finally a neighbor found some for me at Kroger last week. EVERY normal store supply has been out for over a month! She's been looking for regular lids, and found some with rings...

One day we came home from work, our baby sitter was watching a soap on TV, and our six (seven?) year old daughter was doing cartwheels on the roof of the calf shed! So much for that child care person... Daughter has been a risk taker her whole life too... Mary

Parents get smarter as children get older! My parents certainly did, and our children seem to think that we've gotten smarter over time too. Maybe in a few more years, she'll think the same? Then there's the parent's curse; "may you have children just like you!". Mary

@archeryrob , will offsetting those center supports be right/ Should they be directily under each other instead? How will the shelves be attached to the framing? Just nervous about the weight, and have had bad experiences... I'm not a carpenter!!! Mary

Peg Bracken's I Hate To Cook Book! The best, and has the easiest and best chocolate cake recipe ever!!! Mary

Try to buy organic fruit if possible, and peaches are hard to find. They weren't labeled as to variety, and I took a chance. Nice peaches, but hate clingstone! Going to make more, but only when the freestone types are available. Meanwhile, on with the zucchini! Mary

I love the pink boxes of Sure-Jell, the lower sugar pectin. It's great, either making freezer jam or the water bath type. Marmalade!!! Use a combination of lemons, oranges, and either tangerines or the little 'Cuties'; every batch a bit different, all wonderful! Also blueberry...

I want to try that carrot cake jam recipe, but no fresh pears right now. Later! Mary