What are you canning now?

[mickey328]

As long as you can pick up the jar by the lid, without the ring, you can consider it a good seal. You'll sometimes get little noises like that as the house heats or cools. As long as there's no oozing or mold, you should be good to go!

 

[caspernc]

As long as you can pick up the jar by the lid, without the ring, you can consider it a good seal. You'll sometimes get little noises like that as the house heats or cools. As long as there's no oozing or mold, you should be good to go!

So the beans i found in the in-laws barn dated 95 but looks great clear water nice color are good to eat? I want to take them to be tested just to see, but they REALLY look good.

 

[The Howards]

Hi folks. I was wondering if anyone has used an electric pressure cooker for canning? if so what model and what were your results? We would like to can soups, stews, and veggies from the garden but prefer an electric unit. any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[mickey328]

Having those beans tested is probably a good idea. Even with a good seal, things only last so long. I've had stuff that was a couple years old and was all right but...17 yrs might just be a bit much!

After reading a lot of reviews, I decided against the electric pressure cooker. It seemed like a good idea since you could actually set a temperature, but according to most of what I saw, they don't work as well as the "regular" ones.

 

[PuffyChick]

I might just add in reguards to the electric pressure canner .....what happens if your power goes out?

I myself have cans on hand incase the power is set to go out for days..I will start pressure canning all my freezer stuff to save it.

With the power off it's not like I will have anything else to do anyway LOL...Just a thought.

 

[mickey328]

Never thought about that. A "long" outage for us i about 6 hours, but anything could happen!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm a little worried - maybe some of you experienced canners can lend some advice? I put up a bunch of jams/jellies and pickles this year. All the jars sealed. I checked by pushing on the lid and also picking up the jars holding the rim/lid w/o the rings on to see if it was loose. A few times in the past few months, I heard a random "ping" or "thunk" from the jam closet and when I check, all the lids are still sealed and nothing is oozing out of any of the jars. Last Monday the hurricane came through here and I heard at least six loud thunks. I'm guessing it had something to do with the air pressure. Should I be worried? Is it normal? There's no way to tell which jars did it! They all appear fine.

Just move them immediately to the fridge when they unseal and use them up right away. I would guess that it has to do with the air pressure changes.

 

[mickey328]

Did 5 quarts of chicken stock and 3 of spaghetti sauce...one of which is in the fridge cuz the canner only holds 7 quarts. Dang if I don't wish I'd got the next larger size! LOL

Made a really tasty stew tonight out of the beef, carrots and potatoes I did last month; about as easy as easy can be; took all of 1/2 hr to prepare since everything was already cooked. Yum.

 

[The Howards]

Thanks for the help/suggestions on the canner. Puffychick, luckily for us our power lines are buried. I do not recall 1 time during the last 10 years we have been here that the power has gone out. (knock on wood). Not that it couldn't happen, I just hope our fortune holds out and it doesn't.

 

[redhen]

I just started canning in Sept. And I LOVE it! It really is addicting..
So far this year I've canned:
Dill pickles
Spicy dill pickles
Salsa
Stewed tomatoes
Pasta sauce
Glazed carrots
Regular carrots
Corn
Creamed corn..(that didn't work out so well.so the chickens are getting that..lol.)
Hamburg soup
Chili
Chicken breasts
Corned beef hash
Beef stew
Potatoes
rhubarb/strawberry jelly
Raspberry jelly
Tomato relish
Bread and butter sweet Italian pepper rings
Apple pie filling

My next project is going to be a bacon bean soup..
Anyone got any other good canning meal recipes to share? Thanks!