Mason Jars: Types, Sizes and What They Are For
A mason jar is one of the few objects in an American kitchen that has not changed much in a …
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Can You Can in an Instant Pot? The Short Answer
It is a reasonable question. The machine on your counter builds pressure, holds it, and beeps when it is done, …
Electric Pressure Canner: What It Can Safely Do
Electric pressure canners promise the thing a lot of would be canners want most: pressure canning without a stove that …
Canning Tools: The Short List That Earns Its Space
Canning has a reputation for requiring a drawer full of single purpose gadgets, and the store display does nothing to …
Canning Supplies: What You Need Before Batch One
Walk into the canning aisle in July and it looks like you need forty dollars of gadgets before you can …
Canning Salt vs Pickling Salt: The Same Box, Different Label
It is August, the cucumbers are on the counter, and the recipe says pickling salt. The store has a box …
Canning Mistakes That Can Actually Make You Sick
Most canning mistakes are cosmetic. Cloudy brine, a jar that siphoned, jam that set like syrup. Annoying, not dangerous. A …
Canning Jars Not Sealing? Work Through This Order
Nine pops in the night and a tenth jar that never made a sound. In the morning the lid on …
Canning Jars: Which Type and Size to Buy
The moment that sends most people to buy jars is not a shopping list. It is a counter covered in …
Botulism and Home Canning: What Actually Prevents It
Fear of botulism is the reason a lot of people never start canning, and it is also the reason a …
All American Pressure Canner: Which Model Number Fits
Everybody who has canned for a while knows somebody with an All American. It is usually inherited, it is heavier …