I went with a friend last Monday to walmart for the tiny 4 oz. jars that were $7.49. My first canning excursion was applesauce. They talk about the risk of eating canned food but not about the risk of preparing it. I had to first convert a four pint recipe to a two pint recipe that measured ingredients in pounds. (risk: math induced headache.) Not having a scale or fully reading the recipe lead to a lot of mistakes but one that was actually helpful. I made too little applesauce and forgot the sugar in the first try, luckily I didn't read the instructions so when I went to water bath the cans I didn't seal them with the screw tops which meant I could fix the first batch of applesauce, by opening the cans. I fixed them and then tried to clean up with out watching what I was doing and lightly burnt all my finger tips while trying to pour out the boiling water.
