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#51
Originally Posted by seahorsesanna
or do you think a water canner would be better?
#52
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Location: Traverse City, Michigan
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Either Kerr or Ball Canning Book. If you purchase a pressure cooker, it usually comes with a manual with very good instructions. My bil listened to Glenn Beck and he suggested stocking food and he did. Went out and bought a pressure canner, stores were have a sale on pork. Sam's he bought a case of hamburg and canned that too. Canned beef for stew. His closet is so full of canned food, it'll take him a couple of years to use. But his food bill will be reasonable.
#54
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Location: Marengo, Iowa
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Originally Posted by Janice Thompson
Either Kerr or Ball Canning Book. If you purchase a pressure cooker, it usually comes with a manual with very good instructions. My bil listened to Glenn Beck and he suggested stocking food and he did. Went out and bought a pressure canner, stores were have a sale on pork. Sam's he bought a case of hamburg and canned that too. Canned beef for stew. His closet is so full of canned food, it'll take him a couple of years to use. But his food bill will be reasonable.
Janice----Was in your city a couple of wks. ago for the Cherry festival and in ???? for the Polka Fest.
#55
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Reston, VA
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I found that Fanie Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cook Book was very valuable in teaching mehow to can. I used a water bath for the fruit (like peaches and tomatoes) and a pressure canner for the the non-acid stuff. Pickles can do a water bath. The cook book also has good sections on jams, jellies, and pickles.
#56
Call the Extension Agent of your county and ask for canning and preserving books. I have had excellent results with their publications.
I always used a water bath, and canned tomatoes, pickles, peaches, jams, jellies. I know a pressure cooker is good for meats, green beans. I never did invest in a pressure cooker, but my Mom had one, and it scared me to death when it went to whistling, ect!!
good luck. You will enjoy.
Mariah
I always used a water bath, and canned tomatoes, pickles, peaches, jams, jellies. I know a pressure cooker is good for meats, green beans. I never did invest in a pressure cooker, but my Mom had one, and it scared me to death when it went to whistling, ect!!
good luck. You will enjoy.
Mariah
#57
Call the Extension Agent of your county and ask for canning and preserving books. I have had excellent results with their publications.
I always used a water bath, and canned tomatoes, pickles, peaches, jams, jellies. I know a pressure cooker is good for meats, green beans. I never did invest in a pressure cooker, but my Mom had one, and it scared me to death when it went to whistling, ect!!
good luck. You will enjoy.
Mariah
I always used a water bath, and canned tomatoes, pickles, peaches, jams, jellies. I know a pressure cooker is good for meats, green beans. I never did invest in a pressure cooker, but my Mom had one, and it scared me to death when it went to whistling, ect!!
good luck. You will enjoy.
Mariah
#60
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southeastern Indiana
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Be careful of "little old ladies" telling you it is ok to water bath everything. I used to do it that way and didn't have any problems, but would never do it nowadays. Pressure is so easy, safe, and a lot quicker. The Ball Blue Book is my Bible when it comes to canning.
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