Re: Canning Tomatoes using lemon juice

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

> I canned some tomato puree last week (the second thing ever that

I've

> canned). My recipe book said to add lemon juice, which I did. I used

> fresh squeezed lemon juice since that is SCD legal. However, I just

> borrowed the 'Ball Blue Book guide to home canning' from a friend

and

> I read that they specify to use bottled lemon juice, not fresh. Does

> anyone know if my tomatoes will be OK? Why bottled and not fresh? I

I haven't bottled tomatoes yet but I have seen recipes for both fresh

or bottled lemon juice. The fresh lemon juice is what SCDers should

use.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and