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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will water bath can three different types of food (one gallon each)!

Related Articles:
- Using Boiling Water Canners
- Home Canning Guide: Learn How to Can Your Own Food
- Water Bath Canning and Pressure Canning Explained
- Green Tomato Salsa Recipe for Water Bath Canning


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Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Water bath can three different types of food
   - Atmospheric steam canning is also acceptable (not pressure canning)
- At least one gallon per type of food
- Types of food:
  - Salsa
  - Pickles (not limited to cucumbers)
  - Sauces (tomato, apple, etc)
  - Whole fruits (no sugar, water and/or fruit juice is ok)
  - Relish
  - Syrup (elderberry, etc)
  - Juice
  - Juice concentrate
  - Jams/jellies
      - Boiled down a lot more than normal so as to avoid the need for quite so much added sugar

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - preparing each type of food to be stored in the jars
   - putting each type of food in a water bath
   - at least one gallon of each type of food (at least 3 types of food) in sealed jars
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I water bath canned bread and butter pickles, green tomato salsa and tomato juice.
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Here are the three types of food I water bath canned for this BB.

Food #1 - tomato sauce



1 - juicing the tomatoes
2 - cooking down the juice
3 - putting the jars into the canner
4 - yield from 1st two batches - 11 pints

Food #2 - cucumber relish



1 - preparing the vegetables
2 - putting filled jars into the water bath canner
3 - yield from 2 batches - 16 pints

Food #3 - green tomato slices for frying



1 - slicing the green tomatoes
2 - putting them into the canner
3 - yield - 6 quarts
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This BB is worded specifically as "Water Bath Canning". I'm wondering if canning 3 types of food (1 gallon each) in a steam canner would be acceptable for this BB, following all other requirements of this BB. Since there's not a separate 3-types-one-gallon BB for steam canning, my assumption would be that atmospheric steam canning (not a pressure canner) would fall within the spirit of this BB, but I'd love to get some clarification on this assumption. From a technical perspective, seems like steam canning is generally substitutable for water bath canning method in recipes, and uses less energy since it's only heating an inch of water, so I'm likely to use steam canning instead of water bath unless, for the specific wording of this BB, I'm required to not use atmospheric steam canning techniques.
 
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Good catch Timothy, it's been fixed!
 
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I canned the following using the atmospheric steam canner:
- Tomato sauce, 3x 32oz + 3x 28oz = 180oz
- Salsa, 8x 16oz = 128oz
- Dill Bean Pickles, 5x 28oz = 140oz
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Note: I'm sorry Timothy but for all Food Prep BBs, plastic isn't allowed.  Per the badge page:  The following are strictly forbidden:   - Aluminum cookware  - Teflon and similar materials  - Microwave ovens  - Plastic touching the food, including cooking utensils and zip lock bags

 
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For this badge bit, I made pureed tomatoes (called tomato sauce in the US), two batches of dill pickles, and a big batch of pickled jalapenos.

The Agee jars are 1 pint. The jars for the jalepenos are 500mL (just shy of 1 pint each). 10x500mL = 5L (1.3 gallons)

EDIT:
Sorry for the two pickles initially! I very rarely bottle a gallon of any kind of fruit (though pickles and tomato are technically fruit, haha), so it's taken a bit for me to come 'round.

I bottled some feijoas (a fruit) in syrup this past autumn. Each jar is >500mL, so 8x500mL = 4L (1.06 gallons)
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Preparing tomatoes (part 1)
Preparing tomatoes (part 1)
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Preparing tomatoes (part 2)
Preparing tomatoes (part 2)
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Dill pickles (batch 1; 2 quarts)
Dill pickles (batch 1; 2 quarts)
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Dill pickles (batch 2; 2 quarts)
Dill pickles (batch 2; 2 quarts)
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Pickled jalepeno pepper rings
Pickled jalepeno pepper rings
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Prepping and bottling feijoa halves
Prepping and bottling feijoa halves
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Feijoa!
Feijoa!
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Note: Shoot, I'm sorry M but you need to do three different "types of food".  You did the "pickles" type twice.

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I preserved cucumbers/pickles, salsa (of varying heat levels), and green beans/dilly beans. I compiled it into one graphic because I thought it would be easier to follow.

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Water bath can three different types of food
   - Atmospheric steam canning is also acceptable (not pressure canning)
- At least one gallon per type of food
- Types of food:
  - Salsa
  - Pickles (not limited to cucumbers)
  - Sauces (tomato, apple, etc)
  - Whole fruits (no sugar, water and/or fruit juice is ok)
  - Relish
  - Syrup (elderberry, etc)
  - Juice
  - Juice concentrate
  - Jams/jellies
      - Boiled down a lot more than normal so as to avoid the need for quite so much added sugar

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - preparing each type of food to be stored in the jars
   - putting each type of food in a water bath
   - at least one gallon of each type of food (at least 3 types of food) in sealed jars
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I canned crabapple cider, salsa and apricots. The fruit and veggies in all the recipes came from my hometown! Some from my own garden, even.
The cider was just pressed crabapple and cinamon.
The salsa was onions, a variety of peppers and tomatoes from my neighbor, and salt and spices; no particular ratios. I boiled it down a bit then bottled it.
The apricots came from another neighbor. I boiled them down so I didn't need much sugar or pectin. Those are the only 3 ingredients.

The jars need to be boiled at 25 minutes for my altitude.  
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5 quarts of salsa
5 quarts of salsa
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Going into the water bath
Going into the water bath
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Seasoning the salsa as it cooks down
Seasoning the salsa as it cooks down
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Crabapple cider, 6 quarts
Crabapple cider, 6 quarts
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Cider going into the water bath
Cider going into the water bath
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Washing the crabapple before they are pressed
Washing the crabapple before they are pressed
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Apricot jam, over 1 gallon
Apricot jam, over 1 gallon
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Jars going into the water
Jars going into the water
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Apricots, washed and ready to process into jam
Apricots, washed and ready to process into jam
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Note: So much food!

 
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