sally's girl

Carrie Anne, No, Josie is a Black Pug, 5yrs old, the lady we got her from said she was not a lap dog...guess what...I can't sit down with out that little lady begging to be held.

jolo

I do , I can everything I can get my happy little hands on. lol. My garden did not do well this year. dont know why,usually I have more than enough and give produce away too,not this year.

CarrieAnne

Well, Sally'sgirl, she sure is a cutie! My bull dog always has her tongue out so I wondered. I just love pugs, lol, I love any dog, but theres something about a smooshed in face!

Rebecca VLQ

I think the problem with glass-top stoves is the pots are bigger than the eye by more than one inch or 1.5" or whatever. HOWEVER when I was doing my research to start canning I have read that it's not really a problem with canning because you're boiling water, and 212 degrees is not too hot for the glass top. Now, say you were trying to deep fry a turkey in a too-big pot...the pot could get to several hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and be a big problem. Not to mention you could set your house on fire.

Even still, I'm skeered to try it.

Jshep

I don't know how to can, but would love to learn. I had my first garden this year and it has done wonderful. Gave most of the stuff away. Some I froze. I have always heard pressure canners are dangerous. Is that so? Wish all you canners on here would teach us newbies how to can like the quilters are teaching the newbies how to quilt. I am also learning to quilt and love it. So all of you canners out there, how about teaching us how to do it?

feline fanatic

I just followed the directions that come with the canning jars! It was easy, at least for water bath canning. Many older cookbooks, like the Fanny Farmer cookbook have great easy to follow directions and specify what kind of foods have to be pressure canned. Basically anything high acid can be water bath. That includes tomatoes and anything pickled with vinegar. All jams and jellies can be water bath canned and I believe all fruits processed in heavy syrup. Pressure canning is for low acid foods like green beans and corn and meat products.

drdolly

there is nothing like freshly canned items to eat in the winter time. I make a homemade weggie soup that my family can't wait for .

jolo

Jshep,yes pressure cookers can be dangerous if not used properly by the directions that come with them. You have to watch them and turn the heat down to properly hold the pressure,all explained in the directions. Gas heat is easier to reulate than the electric, I think. And I never leave the room when I am processing the full jars.

rwquilts

I've had my jellies stay good for several years if done properly...yummy!

I miss canning...used to have a huge garden and canned all kinds of things, even deer meat...don't have room now for a garden...sigh...nothing better in the world to eat than fresh garden veggies...did any of you who had or have gardens ever have creamed new peas, carrots and potatoes from your garden? That's still a favorite meal of mine

dixiechunk

Not this quilter. The only "canning" I have done was my Jar Quilt.