Re: [CH] pressure canners/cookers
Judy Howle (howle@ebicom.net)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:04:49 -0500
At 06:00 AM 9/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
Rich wrote:
>I've thought about using our pressure cooker for canning, but it
>doesn't have a pressure gauge. Seems risky, so I've stuck with
>boiling water bath pickling in brine. Have any chile-heads out
>there ever used a non-gauge pressure cooker for canning with
>satisfactory results?
>
Yes, I have done it several times before I bought my big one. But even the
big one doesn't have a dial type gage, it still has a weight. Works fine.
Have canned a ton of stuff in it. Just make sure the weight has the correct
pressure setting for canning.
Judy "MsChile" Howle
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