Hello again! I made some raw pack pickles over the weekend and I really really jammed those suckers in there.. I pour the brine over, used the plastic knife to remove air bubbles, adjusted head space etc etc..

after processing they looked like this

Is this normal? I can't imaging how I could have gotten more in there.. I only packed them within 1/2 of the top. I did some in the wide mouth jars and they look the same (I just didn't take a picture of those)

Just wondering how to correct this for next time.. is there some trick to packing pickle slices?

thanks!