chickiemom3
Chirping
I canned pears three days ago and it didn't go very well. I apparently filled the jars too much and there were some air bubbles hiding. We ended up losing a lot of the liquid from the jars during the water bath canning process. Once the jars came out of the canner (quart and pint), all sealed but two jars. I researched the issue and have a pretty good idea how to correct in the future, but my concern is the jars that sealed. Several are down an inch or two of liquid. Are they still good? If that much liquid was escaping during the canning process, I'm concerned the seal could be contaminated. Also, one jar appears to have fruit touching the lid inside (I can post pictures of it would help). I would greatly appreciate any advice from experienced canners. Ive only done whole fruit for two years and have not had this happen before. Jam is so easy compared to this!!