Bottling tomatoes using a microwave

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Primrose
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Looks like I'm going to have lots of tomatoes to preserve fairly soon and with freezer space being short, I'm wondering about trying to bottle some in their own juice. I don't feel terribly confident about attempting the water bath method but read somewhere that tomatoes can be preserved/cooked in jars in the microwave. Does anybody have any detailed instructions on how this can be done and whether there's any risk of jars being damaged/bursting if this method is used?
I make lots of marmalade in the microwave, should I imagine it's possible but am unsure how one would approach the sealing process.
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I haven't used a microwave to bottle either, but found this link -
hope it's helpful

http://www.foodlovers.co.nz/forum/read.php?3,8672,8744
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