What You Cannot Water Bath Can, and What to Do Instead
Somebody in every family has a recipe card for water bath green beans. It is in a grandmother’s handwriting, the …
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Water Bath vs Pressure Canning: Which One Your Food Needs
Every canning season starts with the same question at the stove. There is a big pot of boiling water on …
Water Bath Canning: The Process Step by Step
Water bath canning looks intimidating from the outside and turns out to be one of the simplest kitchen processes there …
Water Bath Canner: Which Pot Fits Your Kitchen
The tomatoes came in all at once, the peaches are going soft on the counter, and the pot you own …
How to Sterilize Canning Jars, and When to Skip It
Almost every canning recipe written before about 1990 opens the same way: sterilize your jars. So people boil a stockpot …
Steam Canner: When It Beats a Full Pot of Water
Anyone who has lifted a loaded water bath canner off a glass cooktop has thought the same thing: there has …
Reusable Canning Lids: How They Work and Where They Fail
Every August the same thing happens: the store shelf where the flat metal lids live is empty, and the season …
Presto or All American: Which Pressure Canner Suits You
Ask a canning group which pressure canner to buy and the thread splits in half within ten minutes. One camp …
Presto Pressure Canner: Which Size Fits Your Batch
Presto is the canner most American kitchens end up with, and usually the first one anybody buys. It is aluminum, …
Pressure Canning: From Vent to Cool Down
The first time a pressure canner comes up to pressure, the kitchen empties. The hiss is loud, the rocking weight …
Pressure Canner vs Pressure Cooker: Not the Same Tool
The two pots look related. Both are heavy, both lock shut, both hiss, and both work by trapping steam. Retailers …
Pressure Canner Troubleshooting: No Pressure, Leaks, Stuck Lid
The canner is loaded, the jars are hot, the burner has been on for twenty minutes and nothing is happening. …