Autumn - the time of harvesting vegetables and fruits, timecanning. One by one, the shelves in the storerooms and on the mezzanines are filled with jars of any taste. All this wealth should "survive" at least until the spring - the season when fresh gifts of nature will appear. How to sterilize jars in a microwave to kill all harmful microorganisms that can literally blow up any of them?
Usually, sterilization is performed by boiling insaucepan, steaming or heating in the oven. Less often for these purposes a steamer is used. It turns out that you can sterilize the cans in the microwave too. The main thing is to know how to do it.
Immediately it is worth noting that it isexclusively on glass containers. Lids from the process are eliminated immediately, because metal objects can not be placed in a microwave oven that heats objects with microwave (microwave) radiation. They will have to be processed separately, in a traditional way.
Before microwave sterilizingbanks, all of them must be carefully inspected. Any, even the smallest crack or chip - and the bank will have to be used for other purposes: when heated, it is likely to burst. All containers should be thoroughly washed with baking soda, then washed in running water.
In each bank going to sterilization inmicrowave, there should be water - a layer on the bottom of about 1 cm. A device with a capacity of 800 W sterilizes this jar in 3 minutes. If the cans are several, the sterilization time is increased to 4 minutes. Most often, 2-3-liter cans are not placed in the microwave. But from this position there is a way out: they are sterilized lying on their side (of course, with water inside).
How to sterilize cans in a microwave oven andleave them dry? There are two such methods. First: if the banks are already dry. To keep them in this state, a glass with water is additionally placed in the microwave. The sterilization time is up to 2 minutes. Approximately the same amount of time will go to dry the wet cans. To do this, they need not be wiped, put in a microwave oven and keep until the moment they completely dry.
With an empty container, it seems, everything is clear. But the question is: how can I sterilize jars in a microwave oven, if they are already filled with pickles, jams, etc.?
In the first variant, conservation is used, alreadyfully prepared for rolling, i.e., filled with marinade or syrup. Banks without lids should be evenly placed in the oven, bring the liquid inside them to a boil and hold for two minutes.
For the second option, you need covers, onlyglass. They need to cover cans with prepared foods and a small amount of pouring (about a quarter of the volume). The time of sterilization is 2-3 minutes, then you need to remove the cans and pour them in the remaining pouring in advance.
After both options, the banks must be quickly rolled up, put on a towel upside down, wait until they cool down, then turn to the normal position and send for storage.
After learning the details of how in the microwavesterilize the cans, you probably already paid attention to the main advantages of this method - it takes very little time. In this case, several cans are processed at once, and the kitchen does not become a pair in the process of harvesting for the winter. And if you observe all precautions - and when working with a microwave oven, and in handling hot objects - then complete the procurement campaign before everyone else, and you will be able to store much more than usual before the spring.
