Score! MORE canning jars, and another canner!

[freemotion]

I just received a bunch of boxes from someone who moved to another state and asked her aunt, my friend, if she wanted her canning stuff. Her aunt took a few jelly jars and suggested that I might want the stuff....


A Mirro 22 quart pressure canner/cooker
122 jars....66 pts, 39 qts, and 17 half pts
A Blue Ball canning book.....I flip through it in the store on occasion, but have never bought one because there seemed to be so few recipes that I would make. Most canning books focus on sugary things like jams, jellies, preserves and such, and vinegar pickles, none of which I am interested in making. However, now that the book is in my possession, I realize that I can get lots of fermenting ideas from the pickling recipes....woohoo! And there seem to be some good meat recipes and ideas, so I can't wait to go to bed tonight and do some relaxing recipe reading! Yes, I know I'm weird....

ETA: I just looked it up, and I can't use the Mirro on my flat-top stove. Oh, well, I have two Presto's! Looks like I have something I can trade for something I need! The jars were still a fantastic score, and I will love the book.

 

[modern_pioneer]

Good SCORE!!!

I need to replace one of my canners this year. I left one burner on afte I finished canning, thought I turn it off, cooked the enamel right off the bottom.

I think I will cut the botom of or drill holes in it and put it in one of my flwer beds...

 

[FarmerDenise]

great score on the jars!! and as you said, you can probably trade the canner for something you can use. I'd trade you for peaches, tomatoes and lavender Too bad we live so far away. I'm sure we could work something out otherwise

 

[gettinaclue]

what a sweet score!

Congrats!

 

[ksalvagno]

You can use a pressure canner on a flat cooktop? We have an electric flat cooktop and were told that we can't do any pressure canning on it as it might break it.

 

[freemotion]

I'd trade for peaches in a heartbeat!!!! I think I will put it on CL this summer and see what I can trade for.

You can use a Presto on a flat top, it is the shape of the bottom that is the issue. I have two going at once, and no problems. I am very careful of how I move it, though. I lift it, no sliding, and I load and unload it on the stove so I am not putting a heavy canner down on the stove.

If you are still nervous, you can get a smaller Presto than my 23-qt canners. I think it is 18 quart, and does 7 quarts at a time.

 

[tamlynn]

Sweet! I am happy for you!

 

[kcsunshine]

I'm seriously thinking about doing my canning outside this summer, if I can figure out how to use the propane stand for the turkey fryer. I used the eye on our grill one time and it worked pretty well. I have a fear or exploding hot stuff in my kitchen.

BTW - great score on your supplies - and I love the Ball Book!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

great work Free! whoot!

 

[The Vail Benton's]

My IL's have a glass top stove also. They can ALOT as they have a fabulous garden so they use a 3 burner propane camp stove set up in the garage. It works really well for them, is easy enough to move around if they need to and ity frees up space in the kitchen for other things when they're "putting up the harvest".