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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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 Posted - Apr 25 2013 : 1:09:26 PM
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What does it say about you, when you get super excited because you discover your pressure canner holds 16 wide-mouth pints?
Yeah, that's me. I'm getting more and more into canning our meat, and when I realized I had a whole lotta ground beef in the deep freeze, I started searching for how to can it. Seems pretty easy. No harder than chicken. Ratio of 1 pound/pint. "Find out how many pints your pressure canner holds" - book says 16 wide-mouth pints. SIXTEEN!!!
That's 16 pounds of ground beef I won't have to cook for about a year.
Oh how I love my pressure canner!
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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teacups
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
terri
bryans road
maryland
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2013 : 1:32:55 PM
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2013 : 3:42:49 PM
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discoverys like this make me smile, such a simple thing, and probally only girls like us would appreciate it like we do...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2970 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Apr 25 2013 : 4:12:10 PM
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Great feeling! Popping open that pressure canner listening to the pop of the jars...
Ann, I know how you feel.. Hubby bought me a huge All American for Christmas. It looks like something that needs to be registered with the FBI. Orange warning tags all over it, but I LOVE IT!.. It will hold 14 quarts in 2 layers. Also got from my mom (canning was a theme this year) the gigantic stainless steel rectangular Amish water bath canner (it takes up 2 burners on the stove) for all the fruits.
Terri, meat MUST be pressure canned & the time varies depending on your locale, but as a general rule of thumb, you process quarts for 90 minutes, pints for 70, at 10 lbs pressure. Make sure rims are wiped clean of any grease etc. Good luck!
I love to can! If it's stopped moving, it is likely to go in a canning jar around here.
"We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” – R.R. |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2013 : 11:37:02 AM
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I've been looking at that Amish canner saaweeet! I want one! I want a pressure canner now too! ARG I have to add to my collection! lol
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2013 : 11:49:04 AM
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Heather, when I do my chicken, I roast in my crock pot first. I know the directions all say to either pack it raw, or only cook it half way. I'm a coward. Besides, I can cook it and debone it all upfront, or I can cook it in the pressure canner and debone it later. I'm a "get it out of the way" kinda gal, so that's the other reason I do my chickens this way. Cooked, deboned chicken is then reheated with either water or chicken stock(on the stove in a big pot, then kept hot in crock pot), then I put it into hot jars. After my chicken is in my jars to the appropriate height for head room, I add boiling chicken stock just til it reaches the top of the chicken. Hot lids, hot rings, then into preheated pressure canner (per manufacturer directions)70 minutes at 11 lbs. for pints and 90 minutes at 11 lbs. for quarts. When it comes out of the jars to be used, it tastes like it just came off a freshly roasted bird. Simply delicious.
I've recently seen video on youtube about canning butter, and was reading about and watching videos yesterday about canning lard and tallow. Can't wait to do some ground beef next week!
Wife of terrific hubby and mom to 2 teenagers, 2 bunnies, 2 geriatric goldfish, and the best dog in the world!
Check out my blog: http://www.suburbanprairiehomemaker.com
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