J.t...... I was thinking about the pressure canner after I sent off the email...... and how did all those women can in the olden days without a pressure canner!!! Well,,,,, you surely did answer my question. I should have remembered my own gramma that had a wood stove too......she canned plenty and kept everything in the "root cellar" (scarey place!!). I have an electric stove (ack) which I just can't get used to using even after 10 years. As long as I can get the water to boil and stay boiling for the length of time everything should be ok. After MaKettle blew up the ketchup she was canning in a pressure canner, I've had my doubts about using one. paulette in sw fla usa....... need to keep my hands busy.... and my brain too (well, what's left of it)..... xoxoxoxoxo -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: askgranny@juno.com > My Ma canned small Iris potatoes in the lean to kitchen of her big log > house, and she never had a pressure cooker in her life! Just a wood > burning stove...She canned meat, green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, small > Irish potatoes ...etc...Mama canned thousands of quarts of food with a > water pack canner most of her life but finally did get a canner...She'd > can a hundred quarts of green beans, etc. I wish I could find that list > she made one time ...it's mind boggling.....AND we had no electricity > till it came through in 1947 or so...She canned on a wood cook stove > with no cooling other than open windows and doors....No modern woman > could do that....in my estimation...Some areas that have large migrant > families might have a community kitchen with canners.......Some 'snow > bird' MIGHT have a canner to sell.... > > Canning strawberries sure changes the flavor....DO you make preserves ? > No pressure cooker needed...Son has decided he wants the big canner lost > in my attic...I will hang onto the small canner that cans pints for > now....Have given up on canning stuff and put bits and pieces in the new > freezer....If the power goes off for good we'll can stuff on our gas > stove or over a fire out back, I guess. I don't think it will get that > dire....Have BooKoos's of canning jars of all sizes...Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:54:27 +0000 smoochieangelpie@comcast.net (Smoochie > Newton) writes: > > > > Which to choose? And does anyone know what is a decent price for > > the pressure canner? A regular canning pot is about $20.00 at > > wallyworld; don't know about the other. There will be some fresh > > fruits here and some veggies that I would like to put up..... > > strawberries will be plentiful (I hope) in a few months....and > > maybe taters. I've looked at the thrifty stores for both canners > > but nothing to be had. > > > > paulette in sw fla usa........ preparing for the worst; praying for > > not the worst > > xoxoxoxoxo > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Win the battle of the bulge with great liposuction solutions. Click now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nELSr1IyVJdltSXkN82VyHHZSrA4c > B8ilKlNsdezd0SdKVG/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message