Judo: "Overwintering" is different in FL than it is everywhere else in the States. You don't just take a plant inside, place it in a window, and the plant keeps producing peppers. Overwintering a pepper plant involves putting it in a dormant state so when spring comes around again, you have a head start. Google "how to overwinter a pepper plant" and you'll get the gist of what it entails. Kevin

Congrats. Be sure to post regularly on the monthly "How Is Your Build Progressing" thread. Looking forward to learning more about your build.

Thanks to all of you for responding. I did find a gasket that goes to it today at the local hardware store when I took back the one that wasn't right. Dave, it is a canner, not a pressure cooker. I bought it around 1974 and it specified canner on the box as well as the manual and had canning recipes. The thingy on the top technically is not a gauge like I said, but the 5-1-15 weight as morz8 said. I canned so many pints of green beans, tomatoes, chili, etc. in it, but stored it when my mother passed her 22 qt. Presto down to me. Now this 8 qt. Mirro is more practical for me. If I can get some canning tomatoes tomorrow, I will do up some tomatoes and okra. Got a number today to get a bushel of canning tomatoes for $10 so that is on the agenda for tomorrow along with a lot of other stuff. Please fill me in on battering and freezing the okra. My freezer is packed, but I'm planning on taking out some fruit tomorrow and making jam so I'll have room for the fried okra which I love. Oh, and I'm doing pretty good for an old lady and surprised at the things I'm learning to do myself like getting the hood of my 1996 Ford F150 that was stuck shut to open with no help, and knowing how to put the battery charger on the John Deere battery. Someone finally showed me where it was located. Don't know if I'll be able to get the hood back on after it's charged, but.... Oh, and I'm still working on getting the tailgate on the truck down. All pleasant challenges that I chuckle over. Annie, I didn't like okra originally because it was slimy. I only had it boiled. However, my first husband was from Virginia and introduced me to fried okra and I loved it. After marrying my second husband, I discovered how good it tasted to me in soups. I'm hooked. Haven't tried the pickled, but will shortly. By the way, I've gotten 5 eggs out of my hens this past week which has been their first week of laying. I'm so happy. Doesn't take much to make me happy. A friend sent me a post on Facebook this past week showing omelet makings (uncooked) mixed, put in canning jars and frozen. I'm considering.... No I'm not. I don't want to have to buy a second freezer for just one person. Madonna

Got it but haha schoolhouse_gw now I was checking the credits because I thought I had missed something there.