canning cherries didn't work out pls help

[Ninip]

Hi Everyone I am new here. I just made my first batch of
brandied cherries. But a problem. I used the recipe from
Ball Blue Book. But ran out of liquid for the jars way
before all the jars were filled. Is this normal. What did I
do wrong? I filled the jars with cherries (pints) and then
poured the syrup in. Was supposed to get 6 pints but only
had enough for 3 pints. Please advise, what do you guys do.
Brandy is very expensive. Thanks in advance.

[Donna Rose]

In article <mbhFc.40$P7.22@pd7tw3no>,
gwen6039@home.com says...
> Hi Everyone I am new here. I just made my first batch of
> brandied cherries. But a problem. I used the recipe from
> Ball Blue Book. But ran out of liquid for the jars way
> before all the jars were filled. Is this normal. What did
> I do wrong? I filled the jars with cherries (pints) and
> then poured the syrup in. Was supposed to get 6 pints but
> only had enough for 3 pints. Please advise, what do you
> guys do. Brandy is very expensive. Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
You might check over in rec.food.preserving - lots of
knowledgeable, helpful folks over there.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.

[Wayne]

"Ninip" <gwen6039@home.com> wrote in news:mbhFc.40$P7.22@pd7tw3no:

> Hi Everyone I am new here. I just made my first batch of
> brandied cherries. But a problem. I used the recipe from
> Ball Blue Book. But ran out of liquid for the jars way
> before all the jars were filled. Is this normal. What did
> I do wrong? I filled the jars with cherries (pints) and
> then poured the syrup in. Was supposed to get 6 pints but
> only had enough for 3 pints. Please advise, what do you
> guys do. Brandy is very expensive. Thanks in advance.
>
>

You can't cut many corners with canning/preserving without
jeopardizing food quality and/or safety. Prices of brandy
vary considerably, and I don't really think you need the
best brandy for putting up something like this.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

[Gregory Morrow]

Wayne wrote:

> You can't cut many corners with canning/preserving without
> jeopardizing food quality and/or safety. Prices of brandy
> vary considerably, and I
don't
> really think you need the best brandy for putting up
> something like this.
>

A cheapo brand like Christian Brothers of E&J will work
just fine....

To the OP I'd suggest simply adding some cherry juice to the
syrup to stretch it - *real* 100% cherry juice, not one of
those soopermarket blends (which are mostly apple juice)...a
health food store or a good soopermart will carry gen - u -
wine cherry juice....

--
Best Greg