buck3m
04-03-2015, 08:15 PM
Canned a batch today and am disappointed to see the tell-tale clouds that will settle out as niter.
We use cone filters. The last two seasons we didn't have a bit of niter. We brought the canning temps up a bit this year and I'm wondering if that caused it. I reheated the syrup to 200 degrees then ran it through an Orlon cone filter which seems to be in good shape.
A few hours later after the syrup was all filtered, I put it in a big double-boiler (no flames touching the bottom of the syrup pot, only hot water) to reheat it to 190-195, finally transferring it the canner itself. The canner sits in a shallow pan of water with spacers to keep it off the bottom, so the temps are held at very close to 190 by the hot water, which sometimes reached boiling.
Seems like we did things just about the same last year, except for temps maybe 5 degrees lower
Ideas of where the niter came from?
We use cone filters. The last two seasons we didn't have a bit of niter. We brought the canning temps up a bit this year and I'm wondering if that caused it. I reheated the syrup to 200 degrees then ran it through an Orlon cone filter which seems to be in good shape.
A few hours later after the syrup was all filtered, I put it in a big double-boiler (no flames touching the bottom of the syrup pot, only hot water) to reheat it to 190-195, finally transferring it the canner itself. The canner sits in a shallow pan of water with spacers to keep it off the bottom, so the temps are held at very close to 190 by the hot water, which sometimes reached boiling.
Seems like we did things just about the same last year, except for temps maybe 5 degrees lower
Ideas of where the niter came from?