[CH] Am I going to die?

danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:56:41 -0500 (EST)

Hmmm.  I canned up a dozen half-pints of hot and sweet cucumber relish the
other day using an old recipe.  I gave the relish a *boiling* bath for 12
minutes.  Then today when I got ready to can some hot bread and butter
pickles I saw the acid content on the vinegar was 4%; somehow we got one
of those gallons mixed in with the 5% gallons.

The relish has a one cup of brown sugar/2 cups of vinegar ratio and I
didn't boil the vinegar when I was simmering spices in it.  

Am I going to die?



carp