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Storing foods in jars is a great way to preserve fruits, pickles and jams. When pickling or preserving it is very important to sterilise jars properly to remove bacteria which could cause your ...

You have no choice: you must sterilize your jars if you want to store jam at room temperature without it becoming spoiled. Forget about the hard wax, oven or dishwasher used by our mothers and ...