The relish definitely can be processed in a water bath. It has a lot of vinegar in it. In fact, when my mother would make it, the vinegar fumes would be pretty strong in the kitchen. One time we were taking care of my Grandfather's dog, Teddy, when Mom was making relish, and poor Teddy walked into the kitchen, took one sniff, then ran out backwards. I had never seen a dog run backwards before, so I laughed so hard I fell out of a chair. Ah, good times, good times.
All you need is the gage, the jigglier is for people like me that don't trust the gage. I do a lot of canning and have found the gage goes bad and needs to be replaced too often. If you only lightly can it should be fine for a while but you still want to test the pressure in the gage with the weight every so often to make sure.DS was poking thru the now empty box and pulled out the stryo corner supports. UNDER NEATH was the two last pcs: the gage and hte jiggler. Now I am totally confuse because whan I spoke to an agent at the manufacterer, she kept insisting very nicely that the pressure gage was all I needed, never mentioning that a jiggler comes with it. SO I thought I must be a jiggler for it. Frustrating as I always buy a few more things than I really need!!
HOPING to get get started tomorrow!
