Pressure canning soups is one of the most time consuming, yet rewarding tasks. There is nothing better than pulling a jar off the shelf for lunch at home or work and hearing that sweet "pop" sound, followed by the instant aroma of your own home cooking. They make gorgeous and very appreciated...
I agree with holyhart, I've had a couple bad setting experiences when I doubled and tripled batches.
Now that the babe's in bed, I'm working on pressure canning some home grown chicken stock.
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NO, that would not safely kill the bacteria, you need to read up more on acid and low acid food when canning. Get the BALL BLUE BOOK on canning!
Any recipe that calls for a pressure canner should be followed. There are plenty of recipes out there that are just fine for water bath...
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Hey there! To use a pressure canner as a boiling water bath, don't add any of the hardware on the lid. Just leave the gauge, weight, and overpressure plug off of the lid and it works great!
If you process it under pressure when it is supposed to be the boiling waterbath method...
I've got navy, pinto, kidney and black beans in the canner right now using this method. Very easy!
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I did 5 quarts of butter beans and 2 quarts of red beans last night! Are you soaking them first or doing them dry? I did the dry method and it is so easy! 1 cup of dry beans per...
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I can't imagine why you shouldn't? The ingredients you have listed are often done individually in a pressure canner, so the combo should be fine I would think. Anyone else?
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Oh KenK, fret not about a little bolting. I ate almost all of my broccoli this way this year. It would be looking good one day, then sending out those little flowers the next! I never noticed a difference when eating it, even just steamed
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What did you use for the ratio of apples to cranberries? My son loves this jam, so I was going to make it again for him.
I think I did maybe 10 cups apples to 2 cups cranberries