Canning Peppers??

[SamPAtrapper]

This was our first year canning veggies from the garden and we wanted to can PEPPEROCINI PEPPERS....you know like the kind u get in pizza boxes or whatever. Well we canned them and they all turned out soggy......What happened?
Can someone recomend or show me a step by step on canning peppers....it had to have been something we did....as our pickles came out JUST FINE!
Thanks all!
;D

[brunner]

sounds like maybe they were cooked to long. Not sure though, I'm no pro.

[SamPAtrapper]

Yeah....I just dont know....anyone else got an opinion on this?

[Admin]

We canned some stuffed banana pappers and they were just a little soggy but not bad.

[mooreorless]

Had the same idea with the same result, Sam! I had someone tell me not to cook the peppers at all, but to put slits into the peppers and to pour the boiling brine in on top of them, wipe tops, lids and rings, then flip the jars. When you are done cleaning your mess up, flip the jars over and they will start sealing for you. I didn't try it, because we lost our last bunch to frost. It did make sense to me, since ours turned out soggy, that they were over cooked. Let me know if you try another batch.

[Mamma D]

Oct 28, 2008 18:47:28 GMT -5 Admin said:

We canned some stuffed banana pappers and they were just a little soggy but not bad.

...oh really ... I thought they were just fine!
...actually a few of our peppers were a bit dried out from sitting around too long before I pickled them ...but we are talking pickled, not really canned ...and I don't 'cook' them; I pour a boiling brine on them then seal them in a brief hot water bath ...I have never actually 'canned' peppers yet

[derekdutton]

Not sure on canning pepperocini peppers as far as the taste...but heres what I do.

Stuff peppers into hot jars, pour boiling brine into jar leaving 1/2 inch headspace, adjust lid which has been in simmering water and apply band. Within a hour or so as they begin to really cool down you will hear them popping and forming there seal. No water bath is needed my mom calls this method cold packing.

Canning this way we can japelenos, long red cayenes, and habeneros...all turn out very well and to me dont seem to be overly soggy.

[blueduck]

I have never canned peppers but I dehydrate them all the time. Store them in jars. Use um as you need um. They will last a long time.