Another question : as i noticed today these recipes told me to pesteurize it twice (cooking for 40 minutes one day, and doing the same next day). I only cooked it once and for 15 minutes. On the internet i saw videos with pasteurized meat. It's cooked twice or even three times too. Wouldn't...
It was a recipe from the internet. Most recipes for green beans were like that and for beets grandpa advised me to use the same brine... Previous brine contained vinegar. So turns out food can ferment after pasteurizaiton?
Well, they were made in august/september this year. Jars had been put in the pot with water and after it started to boil, they've been there for about 15 minutes. All beans and beets had got boiled before putting in jars. (Idk what pressure canning and water bathing is).
Well i ate about 3 jars of beans and nothing happened, but i want to know why did it ferment after pasteurization/why does it tastes like this, cuz how the brine without any sour things made it sour?
i made some jars with green beans and some with beets. The recipe said to put some sugar and salt into the water. Both got pasteurized but it tastes sour. It doesn't look spoiled but tastes like it has fermented (a bit different than sauerkraut and pickled cucumber). But as i said they've been...