Wanting to learn to can foods

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user warning: Incorrect key file for table './bedrupal/cache_filter.MYI'; try to repair it query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Hi friends,,I am wanting to learn to can foods,,but the thing is all the info I am finding is about using a pressure cooker.For some strange reason pressure cookers scare the heck out of me.I have never had a incident with them,never owned one or even have a clue how to use them,,just the thought of  all that pressure in one pot is freaky to me!LOL,,Weird I know!<br />\nI just have a few tomato plants out this year,next year plan on a  bigger garden though.We live on a corner lot and the back yard is small.But when I find veggies on sale Id love to  stock up and can  to save money in the future.Is there a way to can food with out using a pressure cooker?<br />\n <br />\n </p>\n', created = 1328772675, expire = 1328859075, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '1:43de840c418dc90011c192101334b099' in /var/www/billeater/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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user warning: Incorrect key file for table './bedrupal/cache_filter.MYI'; try to repair it query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Yikes, I know it. I\'m scared of them too, Donna! We can form our very own sisterhood of weirdness LOL.<br />\n <br />\nI have never canned anything. I did think about it before and read up on the subject. You can get water bath canners, which would have been my choice.<br />\n <br />\nPressure canners are different from pressure cookers. I fancied trying that too and was shocked at how much the pressure canners were. It was hundreds of dollars and I remember reading that you shouldn\'t use a pressure cooker instead as that was dangerous. Something to do with the thickness of the metal casing or something.<br />\n <br />\nThis is an informative page I had bookmarked from back then.<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.canningpantry.com/canning-tomatoes.html\" title=\"http://www.canningpantry.com/canning-tomatoes.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.canningpantry.com/canning-tomatoes.html</a></p>\n', created = 1328772675, expire = 1328859075, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '1:8958a31628f530944c1eec321f8e9383' in /var/www/billeater/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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user warning: Incorrect key file for table './bedrupal/cache_filter.MYI'; try to repair it query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>Donna, this video of home canning basics talks about both methods. The video maker seems quite happy to answer questions in the comments too.<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-iE6rTWvw&feature=related\" title=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-iE6rTWvw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-iE6rTWvw&feature=related</a><br />\n <br />\n </p>\n', created = 1328772675, expire = 1328859075, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '1:34acb2c39dd1050b55279b100ae9ca2c' in /var/www/billeater/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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user warning: Incorrect key file for table './bedrupal/cache_filter.MYI'; try to repair it query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>I keep a single tub filled with sliced onion rings and sliced cucumbers in the fridge all summer long. Pack in as much as you can with about an inch and a half of headroom left and cover it all with white vinegar to within an inch of the brim. Leave it to soak preferably overnight at the minimum for the first batch and you\'ll have some crunchy, sharp tasting veggies for on the side of a green salad.<br />\n <br />\nYou just add more onions and cucumber as you use them up. The vinegar keeps them crispy and preserved. It\'s a great way to use up garden cucumbers that grow so fast. A vinegar based Italian dressing works too but costs more.<br />\n </p>\n', created = 1328772675, expire = 1328859075, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '1:eba2b98c9576ca15ea7c1204ddf925bc' in /var/www/billeater/includes/cache.inc on line 109.

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Tue, 06/23/2009 - 18:35

Donna

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Hi friends,,I am wanting to learn to can foods,,but the thing is all the info I am finding is about using a pressure cooker.For some strange reason pressure cookers scare the heck out of me.I have never had a incident with them,never owned one or even have a clue how to use them,,just the thought of all that pressure in one pot is freaky to me!LOL,,Weird I know!
I just have a few tomato plants out this year,next year plan on a bigger garden though.We live on a corner lot and the back yard is small.But when I find veggies on sale Id love to stock up and can to save money in the future.Is there a way to can food with out using a pressure cooker?

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 19:01

bringmeroses

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

Yikes, I know it. I'm scared of them too, Donna! We can form our very own sisterhood of weirdness LOL.

I have never canned anything. I did think about it before and read up on the subject. You can get water bath canners, which would have been my choice.

Pressure canners are different from pressure cookers. I fancied trying that too and was shocked at how much the pressure canners were. It was hundreds of dollars and I remember reading that you shouldn't use a pressure cooker instead as that was dangerous. Something to do with the thickness of the metal casing or something.

This is an informative page I had bookmarked from back then.
http://www.canningpantry.com/canning-tomatoes.html

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 19:59

frazzledmom

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

Donna, this video of home canning basics talks about both methods. The video maker seems quite happy to answer questions in the comments too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-iE6rTWvw&feature=related

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. - Cree Indian Proverb

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 14:02

Donna

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

Thanks ladies!!The sisterhood of weirdness has begun!LOL.I will let ya know how things go when it comes time to start!

Fri, 06/26/2009 - 11:16

cookiefan

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

Donna wrote:

Thanks ladies!!The sisterhood of weirdness has begun!LOL.I will let ya know how things go when it comes time to start!

Do we have to make a secret sign? I can bring my invisible ink pen for the membership cards. :D Good luck Donna!

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
- Samuel Johnson

Sun, 06/28/2009 - 11:04

Kay

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

cookiefan wrote:

Donna wrote:

Thanks ladies!!The sisterhood of weirdness has begun!LOL.I will let ya know how things go when it comes time to start!

Do we have to make a secret sign? I can bring my invisible ink pen for the membership cards. :D Good luck Donna!

I ain't signing anything that I can't read. ;) But I know I qualify LOL.

Donna, what about pickling as well? I heard that was simpler.

The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. ~Author Unknown

Sun, 06/28/2009 - 19:22

greenmachine

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Re: Wanting to learn to can foods

I keep a single tub filled with sliced onion rings and sliced cucumbers in the fridge all summer long. Pack in as much as you can with about an inch and a half of headroom left and cover it all with white vinegar to within an inch of the brim. Leave it to soak preferably overnight at the minimum for the first batch and you'll have some crunchy, sharp tasting veggies for on the side of a green salad.

You just add more onions and cucumber as you use them up. The vinegar keeps them crispy and preserved. It's a great way to use up garden cucumbers that grow so fast. A vinegar based Italian dressing works too but costs more.

Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. - Alfred Austin

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