DCHP-2

bottle DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• v. — originally Agriculture

  to preserve in glass jars or to can.

  The term bottle in this context means to preserve in jars or to can. Many different foodstuffs may be bottled, including tomatoes (see Image 1 and the 1987 quotation), peaches (see the 1990 quotation), and other kinds of fruit, vegetables and even meat. According to Kennedy, the method of bottling pickles and relishes was devised by Nicholas Appert, a confectioner from France (see the 2002 quotation). Furthermore, according to Smith (1994:181), the results of Appert's experiments with bottling tomatoes in France provided "the first commercial process for bottling tomatoes". These results were first published in the UK and then in the US. Thus, the concept of bottling tomatoes in particular can be traced back to the UK and the US, and the idea later entered Canada.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "bottle", which is marked "Brit., Cdn (Nfld), Austral., & NZ".

  • 1987  Canned Tomatoes
    Only citric acid or bottled lemon juice get the desired result when you bottle tomatoes and here is the method that canning experts like Bonnie Lacroix, a home economist at the Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture and Food, recommend. 
  • 1990  Q Every time I bottle peaches, the preserves at the very top of the jar end up turning brown. Why is this happening? What can I do to stop it next time? A It could be that the water in the canner did not sufficiently cover the jars as they were being processed in the water bath. (This sterilizes food and the jar's interior, and forms an airtight seal.) See that the jars are covered by at least an inch of water. 
  • 1996  [...] Those who relish making their own jams, jellies, preserves and pickles know fall is the perfect time to bottle the harvest's bounty [...] 
  • 2002  [...] a French confectioner named Nicholas Appert devised the first method to safely bottle pickles and relishes. 
  • 2008  Now is the time to make pickles, chutney, jam or jelly, or to bottle fruit. It's somewhat early to dig potatoes, but you could pick your apples if you will open one and see if the seeds inside the core are brown (which means they are ripe.) Another signal is if apples, plums, pears begin to drop off your trees, they should be picked before we have a big wind that shakes them off, and they end up bruised, and unfit to store.