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Seals food tight

A canner is a person or machine that puts food into cans or jars for preservation.

The term covers both industrial workers in food processing plants and home cooks who preserve their own produce: My grandmother was an expert canner who put up hundreds of jars each summer.

A canner can also be the large pot used for this purpose.

preserving

mason

Builder using brick, mortar

  • jarWide-mouthed storage vessel
  • lidRemovable container cover
  • sealingMaking impermeable

sterilize · boiling · waterbath · pectin · headspace · tongs · vacuum · pressure · batch · processing

spreads

jam

Cooked fruit spread

preserves · conserve · pectin · sugar · gel · set · seedless · strawberry · grape · apricot

storage

pantry

Household provisions closet

  • shelfHorizontal storage surface
  • cellarUnderground storage room
  • larderCool food storage room

cupboard · basement · stockpile · provisions · shelf-stable · sealed · labeled · dated · rotation · inventory

harvest

autumn

Post-summer cooling period

bounty · yield · gathering · gleaning · produce · tomatoes · peaches · apples · cucumbers · beans

pickling

brine

Water saturated with sodium

  • vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
  • pickleVinegar-preserved vegetable
  • dillFeathery culinary herb

cucumber · relish · sauerkraut · kimchi · gherkin · spears · chips · kosher · fermented · crock

Categories
Opposites
food preservation method

cannerfreezer

Subzero storage compartment

dehydrator · smoker · pickler · raw foodist · salter

food processing role

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One who acquires goods

waster · eater · spoiler · can opener · opener

Phrases
Family

canned, canning, cannery, uncanned, canners, canneries

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G