24 Steps to Can Bread 'n Butter Pickles

Step 18, Tamp down the Cucumbers

We now use a the end of a large wooden spoon to tamp down the cucumbers in the jar. This allows more cucumbers and thus requires less vinegar mix in the jar. After all you will mostly use the pickles and not the vinegar. After we have filled 8 jars (one batch for the steam canner) we will add the vinegar liquid to a headspace of 1/4 inch.