Canning Question

[Sojiita]

Can you can your own homemade vegetable soup if the base of the soup is a tomato)acidic base? What if the soup also has beef in it(beef veggie soup)? Must a pressure canning method be used or will just regular water-bath canning be ok?

[moomies]

my FIL pressure cans salmon every year and it lasts for like 2 yrs I think?

You might as well try freezing your beef/tomato soup, that might be easier. After cooling, pour it into a zip lock bag, then throw it in the freezer.

[UndercoverGator]

pressure canning is recommended for anything containing meat. Sometimes it's just easier to freeze if you have a large freezer and lots of freezer bags/containers.

[Sojiita]

Ok. I would freeze but have run out of containers and space(good loaves of wheat bread were 60 cents so I bought a bunch and froze them)..same with other stuff...if it goes on sale I buy it up and freeze it if I can and it is perishable(like bread). I just don't know if I have the room since I am making ten quarts of homemade beef veggie soup right now.