Home preservation is an integral part of the food culture of our people. Delicious pickles are an excellent addition to everyday dinner and a festive table decoration. Of course, salting requires a lot of time and effort. Therefore, it is doubly offensive when a bank rolled up with your own hands explodes. Why is this happening and how to avoid such a situation? Consider the example of preserving cucumbers, because because of their structure, they are more likely to deteriorate than other blanks.
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Why cans of cucumbers grow cloudy and explode
There are several reasons why conservation spoils:
- violation of hygiene: poor-quality sterilization of containers, poorly washed cucumbers;
- insufficient sealing of the can: if the lid is not sealed tightly, air can enter the can, causing the development of bacteria;
- untested recipe;
- non-observance of the temperature regime during storage;
REFERENCE! The optimum storage temperature is from -1 ° C to +1 ° C.
- the wrong variety of cucumbers.
Is it possible to save an exploded blank with cucumbers
If a jar of pickles explodes or the brine becomes cloudy, the workpiece can be redone, but only on the condition that no more than 3 days have passed since the seaming.
IMPORTANT! When softening cucumbers, the appearance of a fermentation smell - throw out the workpiece!
There are several options for "reanimation" of a failed workpiece.
Option 1: adds a sour taste to cucumbers
When using it, you must:
- Rinse the cucumbers and soak in cold water for 20 minutes.
- Boil the brine, add sugar, salt and vinegar in a proportion half as much as in the initial rolling.
- Wash and sterilize jars.
- Put cucumbers in jars, pour with brine, roll up tightly.
REFERENCE! Do not immediately take the workpieces to storage. The rolled up jars should be wrapped in a warm blanket, allowing time for additional pasteurization and gradual cooling.
Option 2: retains the original taste of pickles
When using this method, you should:
- Wash and sterilize the jars, pour boiling water for 3-4 minutes.
- Drain the boiling water into a saucepan, add sugar and salt (half as much as in the initial salting), boil.
- Put cucumbers in jars, add 1-2 aspirin tablets there.
- Pour the prepared brine over the jars, roll up, wrap in a blanket and leave to cool completely.
Option 3: when you don't want to bother
This method involves the processing of unsuccessful salting into a blank for pickle, azu or hodgepodge. For cooking you need:
- Rinse cucumbers, cut into small pieces.
- Put out on the stove for 7-9 minutes.
- Arrange in previously prepared sterile containers.
Life hacks for the prevention of unsuccessful blanks
Disease is better prevented than cured. So it is with pickles for the winter. Rules to help you save the blanks:
- Choose medium-sized, freshly picked, non-bitter cucumbers;
- the neck of the can should not have any chips or defects;
- spices, citric acid, aspirin block the development of pathogenic microflora in brine;
- if the lid is swollen, sprinkle it with salt, this should bring it back to its normal position and, as a rule, prevent the can from bursting.
Do you make preparations for the winter?
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