Buying my Pressure canner, any advice

[joebryant]

Just one last suggestion:
Before buying, be SURE to measure the height from your stove top to the cabinet or microwave above. Anne's just barely fit under the microwave above. She couldn't have used it anyway because of the glasstop burners. Our 1300 watt hot plate (aka "stand alone electric eye" by y'all rebels) should arrive today or tomorrow.

 

[LoneCowboy]

I like to do my canning outside on a cast iron 2 burner camp stove. I would highly recommend it. Keeps the heat and steam out of the kitchen and off you cabinets. You also don't have to worry about what kind of burners your stove has.

 

[MissPrissy]

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The scoby came today.

 

[joebryant]

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The scoby came today.

It only arrived TODAY? I thought that it would get there in two or three days. Was the packing method totally successful? I have to send another one Wednesday.

 

[painter chick]

Thanks for the advice joebryant I just got my 3 burner cooker (no electric eyes) today and at this point I'm going to be boiling alot of sap in my new garage kitchen in the spring.

Another question I'm looking at the All American 21 1/2 qt or the 25 qt the only difference is height? the same amount can be canned the 25 qt is just alot taller. Is there a reason for this?

Also whats a scoby???

 

[joebryant]

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Painter chick, I hope that I didn't mislead you or anyone else into thinking that I know ANYTHING about canning or canners. All I know is what I learned from Miss Prissy here and Google searches. I have no idea about the differences between any of All American's models. Maybe somebody on here who knows what they're talking about can answer your question.

Scoby stands for "symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast". It's used to make a 2000 year old Chines medicine used around the world today called "kombucha" (pronounced - come boo cha) . In Chinese combu is mushroom and cha is tea.
It was all discussed here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=72214