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I discovered One Weird Trick. Thought I’d share:
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I boiled my bottles early on, but these days I sterilize them in my oven. It's quicker, less messy, and you don't end up with any residual water in the bottom. You can also leave them in the oven until you are ready to bottle, just as long as you don't open the door.
Oven sterilization is not recommended by any government , educational institution food safety guidelines . In fact most expicitly warn against heating jars in ovens.
Most sites that advocate oven use will have some logic that a 225 f 105/107 c oven is higher that 100c/ 212f boiling point so it is just as effective which is demonstrably wrong.
Stick your hand into the centre if 100 c / 212 f oven for thirty seconds and you might get a bit uncomfortable, now think about sticking it in a pot of boiling water.
A little less painful experiment is to put an egg in a pot of boiling water, and one in preheated oven and wait 3 mins. Then crack each of them. Just make sure you do the oven one over a bowl or the sink.
Most sites that advocate oven use will have some logic that a 225 f 105/107 c oven is higher that 100c/ 212f boiling point so it is just as effective which is demonstrably wrong.
Stick your hand into the centre if 100 c / 212 f oven for thirty seconds and you might get a bit uncomfortable, now think about sticking it in a pot of boiling water.
A little less painful experiment is to put an egg in a pot of boiling water, and one in preheated oven and wait 3 mins. Then crack each of them. Just make sure you do the oven one over a bowl or the sink.