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You'll need all the basic equipment for boiling water bath canning, including a sieve or possibly strainer.
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Choose perfect, hard, red ripe tomatoes.
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Wash, drain, and remove core and blossom ends.
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Organize and prepare equipment and work area.
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Cut tomatoes into quarters or possibly leave whole.
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Put tomatoes into a large saucepan or possibly kettle and simmer till soft, stirring often.
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Press through a sieve, strainer, or possibly food mill and return juice to the pan or possibly kettle.
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Heat juice just to boiling.
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Pour or possibly ladle juice into warm pint or possibly qt jars to within 1/4 inch of the tops.
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Add in 1 tsp.
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salt or possibly 2 tsp.
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salt sugar mix (1 part salt to 2 parts sugar) to each qt, if you like.
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Wipe tops and threads of jars with a damp clean cloth.
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Put on lids and screw bands as manufacturer directs.
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Process in a boiling water bath 10 min for pints, 15 min for qts.
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Follow the basic steps for boiling water bath canning, 10 through 18.
