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Show Water-Bath Canning Outfit Is Easily Made at Home To help liomemakers can fruits and tomatoes the acid food(s that require no steam pressure canner half a million new enameled water-bath water-bath canners are being manufactured manufac-tured this year. In addition, uncounted un-counted water-bath canners will be home made. These will be lard cans, metal pails, kettles, wash boilers, ham boilers, in fact, any kind of "big, clean and deep" vessel that can be fitted with rack and lid will do a good canning job. When buying or assembling a water-bath canner, check "strategic" "strate-gic" points. Whether ready-made or home-made, a water-bam canner should be deep enough for the jar used. Most quart canning jars are 0 inches tall and pints 6 inches. A vessel must be at least 3 or 4 inches taller than the jars to allow for jar height, plus a rack, plus water to cover jars an inch or two and bubble up briskly over the jar tops to sterilize food throughout each jar. Take note that a water-bath canner can-ner needs a good lid but not a tight lid. The lid's job is to hold in some steam to help heat the jars of food |