We only pressure can meat at 10lb.s pressure down here. Can quarts for 90 minutes and pints 60min.s. I read its ok for up to a year. That may have changed since we read up on it.
@John Brunner found this site that gives times you can store meat. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0da1...XQtbGFzdHMtdGhlLWxvbmdlc3QtYW5zd2VyZWQv&ntb=1
Thanks for that, Marie. For the curious, these are the storage times from the article: The author said he asked "experts." It is an interesting topic. @Yvonne Smith Since your sauerkraut thread "has been derailed", (note the accountability-dodging passive tense), maybe you want to move some of these comments over the Marie's canning thread.
I have what’s called a pressure canner ……..so its like a pressure cooker only bigger ……. Here is a link I looked up for the instruction manual for the exact Pressure canner I have it gives you a pretty good idea on the use of the cooker / canner https://www.gopresto.com/uploads/01755.pdf @Beth Gallagher @John Brunner
My sister used to do serious canning and she has literally hundreds of jars, as did my mother and grandma. Since the jars are washed and reused, they pay for themselves at some point. The sealing lid inserts get scarce during canning season, though.
I am familiar with those, Kate. My sister has an "All American" brand that looks like this one... She also has a big water bath canner that she seems to use most often, though. She said she has never gotten over being afraid of pressure cooking. I see that Amazon has a few "steam canners" that look similar to this...
Lehman's no longer carries the big steam canner, but the do offer this, which can be used as a water bath or a steam canner. I guess the new steam canners have a temp gauge on the top to ensure the thorough heating of food inside, but this is no larger than a standard canner.
I use to can beef many years ago. I still have my pressure cooker and hot water bath canister. I haven't used neither one in a long while. I also still have a squeeze-o strainer from 30 plus years ago, as well. I used it all the time. It is a great device for making all kinds of juice and jelly. It extracted the skins and seeds to give the most pulp/ juice, but It was a bitch to clean.