question about venting in the Presto 23 Qt canner
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Weights for my new Presto 23q pressure canner?
Comments (35)You'll find the discussions on hard water problems in the Causes and Solutions for Problems sections at NCHFP linked below. Hard water is primarily a problem with pickling where is causes cloudy water and discoloration problems. It isn't a risky thing per se, just an undesirable appearance issue but it can be avoided by using bottled water if your's is especially hard or you can boil the water first for 15 mins. then let it stand covered for 24 hours and skim off the residue. That will remove much of the hard minerals in the water. Adding a good 'glug' of vinegar to the canner/PC water eliminates the build-up on the canner and the jars and you can use either Lime Away or CLR to remove any build-up deposits in the canners. Vinegar works too. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: NCHFP - Problems...See MoreQuestion about Mirromatic 16 qt canner
Comments (31)Two 40-50 foot oaks and many limbs hovering over my house. The tree guy here, used ropes and a ladder, and nothing else but a chain saw. The big and buggy maple out front when cut, and fallen had gone all the way across the street and slammed into the guard rail. We had traffic blocked for about 15 minutes for them to clear way the mess. All it took was a 2 day visit at about 6 hours a day total. They will soon be back to get rid of some birch and more, as one had fallen right outside my kitchen window and I woke to find it in my walk way. Luckily nothing planted there was damaged. But if it were to happen now, we can say its a $3000 damage I don't wish to pay for. My poor little old New Zealand made alumminium famed glass greehouse is only 6x8. Its now got dead birch tree limbs just waiting for more snow load to come. Wish you luck. BTW, most of my garden is sunny until about 3-4 PM. after that and before 9 am its shady. But I still manage. The oaks further back are at least 75 foot tall, and the trunks are well over 2-3 feet around. My poor blueberries lean to the eastern sky all the time and there are no real branches on the west sides of the rows over the big oaks. Mighty they are, but can be cut down if very necessary. Next door quickly realized that if I have damages from his trees, he will be getting many expensive bills to pay!...See MorePresto Canner Question
Comments (29)Thank you Dave, I did look and read through the instructions a few times and poked around the site. I did find a couple of recipes, but I guess I didn't look hard enough. I will go back and thoroughly look at them. I was given some happy news this evening. My friend has invited me over to her Mormon friends home to can tomatoes with them, tomorrow morning! And on top of that, she uses a pressure canner, so I can pick her brain a bit , and gain first hand knowledge on how to control the temperature, see the weights in action and how to fully operate it from start to finish. I am so excited I can't believe it! I am more of a visual learner so reading how to operate something is hard for me to understand and digest. This is going to help me complete the operation picture. ~ Amanda...See MoreNewbie Pressure Canning Question - Presto Canner and Weights
Comments (12)Thanks again for the wealth of knowledge! The forum is so helpful! Our second batch (20 pints of creamed corn) went MUCH smoother. This time we removed the canner from the stove element and it seemed to cool quicker...maybe 20-30 minutes. I followed the instructions at the NCHFP website for cooling: " 9. After the canner is completely depressurized, remove the weight from the vent pipe or open the petcock. Wait 10 minutes; then unfasten the lid and remove it carefully. Lift the lid with the underside away from you so that the steam coming out of the canner does not burn your face. 10. Using a jar lifter, remove the jars one at a time, being careful not to tilt the jars. Carefully place them directly onto a towel or cake cooling rack, leaving at least one inch of space between the jars during cooling. Avoid placing the jars on a cold surface or in a cold draft." Maybe I missed waiting another 10 minutes between removing the canner lid then removing the jars? We had quite a canning day yesterday! We canned 20 pints of creamed corn, 5 quarts and 7 pints of peaches, and 4 half pints of peach butter (had to do something with those extra two pounds of peaches!). The height of the 23 qt presto made for easier HWB quart canning versus my granite ware HWB canner. I have two more questions... 1-when we canned our peaches, we followed the recipe in the ball blue book for peaches canned in syrup. We went with the hot pack method in heavy syrup (50/50 ration of sugar to water). Now that everything is processed, the peach slices have floated to the top of the jar. I know it'll taste the same but it doesn't look as pretty lol. Any recommendations? 2-when using the presto to pressure can, I've waited until the safety button pops up to start timing the ten minutes of continuous steam coming from the vent pipe. Typically there is a funnel shaped flow of continuous steam before the safety button pops up, but I guess I just want to be sure I'm expelling all the air. Is there any harm in doing it this way? Thank you everyone for your expertise! I'm so excited to be canning!...See More2ajsmama
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