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We may earn a commission from links on this page. It used to be that in addition to cooking the jam or sauce going into the jars, you had to spend a lot of time prepping the jars: sterilizing them, ...

A deeply philosophical question. But seriously, doesn't it take time? Isn't it complicated? Aren't there safety risks? The idea behind canning is to preserve the very freshest, ripest summer foods — ...