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chowmama

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21. pH 4.6 is the cutoff, according to my sources
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 08:39 PM
Dec 2024

4.5 or lower, you're ok with a boiling water bath.

Farm Journal canning book is the source, but it seems reasonable. After all, pickles need to be made with 5% vinegar which has a pH of 2.4 to 2.7 After that, allowing for dilution from the ingredients, it might go up a couple of points, but probably not more. A whole lot of the pickling process like salting and draining is meant to keep there from being too much dilution.

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