Steam leaking out of cans

[curly_kate]

I've just started pressure canning, and I made salsa the other day. When I opened the canner, I could hear steam leaking out of 2 of the jars. Today, when I checked the lids, they seemed sealed. Should I just put those 2 in the fridge, or is the steam leaking out OK when canning?

 

[patandchickens]

Did you let the canner sit for a few minutes after it came down to normal atmospheric pressure?

If you take the jars out too soon, that can happen.

I wouldn't worry about it as long as the seals seem good (remove ring, then try picking up the jar by just your fingernails on the edge of the lid, if it comes off [don't lift it real high, obviously ] then it was a bum seal anyway). If too much liquid has boiled off and the tops of produce is sticking out above the waterline so to speak, I'd suggest using those jars first as the protruding parts can discolor and get kind of funny as time passes.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[curly_kate]

I let it come back to 0 pressure, but there was still a lot of activity in the jars. I'm doing a batch of plain tomatoes right now, so we'll see what happens.