VM
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Floating fruitWhen bottling fruit - does anyone else have the problem of fruit floating to the top of the jar, leaving just syrup at the bottom, after the boiling water processing?
One book I have says it means the syrup is too heavy/dense - which makes sense - but same book tells you to make heavier syrup for more acidic fruit, such as gooseberries - and then they float upwards!
I'm packing jars as full as possible without really squashing the fruit.
Any suggestions?
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gil
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Fill jars with fruit first (kind of tightly), then add the syrup ?
Dunno, I've only ever done bigger stuff like plums and damsons.
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Sarah D
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Over-ripe fruit
Packed too loose
Over processing, or too rapid processing
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VM
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Thank you - will continue trying it- plenty of fruit to go!
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ksia
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This happenend to me last year and as it ws my first try I didn't realise it was a bad thing...
Should I ditch these fruits then? There's only 3 jars so don't worry!
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Sarah D
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Not a bad thing, just an aesthetic thing, still perfectly usable and fine, providing the seal is unbroken. Just doesn't look as good as it could, but if it's for home use, then it's not a problem.
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ksia
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Ok - thanks!
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Minamoo
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My gooseberries were floating in the syrup when I first bottled them but they have sunk now and are floating happily. How long ago did you bottle your fruit?
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VM
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2 days ago
I have had it happen before and once they'd floated, they seemed to stay up there - other jars they were alright from the start/
I hadn't realised that over- or too fast processing could make it happen - will watch out for that.
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