Thanks for all of the great info, everyone! I think I'll buy a new canner since I'm a little paranoid of problems.
debakadeb- What is your salsa recipe? I have a zillion tomato and pepper plants about ready to ripen!
I guess they are the same thing but a steam canner doesn't use as much water (cups as opposed to quarts) so it heats up much quicker.
This is what I was looking at.
http://www.canningpantry.com/steam-canner.html
Thanks everyone! I think I'm slowly figuring out that there are different methods (bath, steam, and pressure, right?). I'm looking on www.canningpantry.com and they have some good info.
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