leaving about 3-5 inches at the top to allow for room for your filled jars. If you don’t have a rack, you can line the bottom with a folded towel. Bring your water to a boil. Because it takes forever and a day to bring that much water to a boil, I generally start ...
What We Did in June – Frugal Family Living Welcome to Little House Living! My name is Merissa and it’s nice to meet you! I’m a wife and mom just trying to make the most of what our family has. If you are looking for real life and not perfection, this site is for you! I ...
Again, ask around, your grand-aunt’s cousin may have a presto in her basement, yes, it may be yellow! but that retro is back in stock!! You can use a pressure canner bottom to water bath you’re jars… you cannot use a water bath canner to can the low acid food. ...
Before you try to fix a problem, it's helpful to know how it occurs, so a quick review of pressure cooking seems appropriate. You probably know that water can't boil at a temperature higher than 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and that its boiling temperature actually drops with altitude. That's ...
Someone said, “As much as I like Shadrach here, he’s not quite as tender as Shorty was last year.” With a nod to Carla (‘too bad we can’t recycle people in the same way’), the past their prime animal friends here were “dispatched” as senior senior citizens, not simmered ...
How much water do I Need to use in a pressure canner? How much water do I need to use in a pressure caner? ‘Ive been using 3″-4″ for my quarts and I was told that I needed to fill the canner up to the lids. Is this right?
or barley in your pot. Instead, it just runs a preprogrammed cook time for the item you’ve selected. It also doesn’t know how much of a single ingredient you have in your pot. Regardless of whether you have a single chicken breast or a whole chicken in your pot, it just runs the...