Re: [CH] pressure canners/cookers
Rich McCormack (macknet@cts.com)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 06:00:55 -0700
Judy Howle wrote:
>
> I bought a smaller pressure canner. I think it's an 8 qt. made by Mirro.
> It holds only pints but that's all I use anyway. This size can easily
> double as a pressure cooker and a stockpot. I also have a 4 qt. and 6 qt.
> pressure cooker so I haven't had to use it for pressure cooking other than
> canning. I use my pressure cookers all the time. Makes the best roast beef
> soups in only 30 min. And cooks chicken in a short time. You can even do
> pinto beans but they foam so much you can only do a small amount in a 4 qt.
> You can even can pinto beans yourself using pressure.
I've thought about using our pressure cooker for canning, but it
doesn't have a pressure gauge. Seems risky, so I've stuck with
boiling water bath pickling in brine. Have any chile-heads out
there ever used a non-gauge pressure cooker for canning with
satisfactory results?
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