I need help with my Mirro canner

[Whispering Winds]

I hate it with a passion, it has the thing you balance on top of the vent, and you have to get it to "dance' a certain way to make sure its doing its thing. My aunt, bless her soul, let me borrow her canner one time with the pressure gauge and it was such a piece of cake. . .anyway, mine is a mirro, and I can't find the book that goes to it. I have beans to can, and probably tomatoes, what pressure and how long? Someone please help me!! Thank you so much!!!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

20 min at 15lbs pressure.

I love mine with the weighted guage. All the noise it makes sure I don't forget it's working

 

[Whispering Winds]

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Thank you!! And that is for quarts?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

yup!

THere is a great big thread under HOBBIES on canning and preserving

 

[Whispering Winds]

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I have another question. My guage only has 5, 10, and 15 on it. I need to process at 20#'s and cannot remember how to set it to get it do this. I have lost my book, which shocked me, I am so careful about my books, but I remember it saying the peacock (?) should dance at a pretty good rate in order for it to do its thing. I have beans to can tomorrow and would love some help. I googled it, and that was a joke!!!!

 

[AhBee01]

The ball blue book I have says beans are 10lbs of pressure for 20 min for pints 25 for quarts!

 

[acdoc]

my book says 12lbs for 25 min