Jobs For the Day After Canning

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Every homemaker who cans the products of her Victory garden would like to stop short and call it a day when the last Jar is out of the water-bath or pressure canner. But the kitchen has to be cleaned up. At the end of any day's canning, of course you have to wash up all the tools, bowls, sieves, pans, towels and other snail equipment you used in the work. Then you have to wash your canner thoroughly, wipe it dry, and leave it ready for the next job of canning. That may be the next day or another week.

If you used your steam pressure canner, wash the bottom part only. Never put the lid into water. Wipe it off and make sure that the pet cock, safetyvalve, and the edges of the lid and canner are perfectly clean. If the openings of the pet cock and safety valve are not absolutely clear, use a toothpick or small pointed tool to clean them. Or pull a string or thin strip of cloth through the opening, the canning specialists suggest.