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Farm Kitchen:  Waterbath canner's ??  |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
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Lizabeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Washington
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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birdi
hartford
me
USA
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 Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 4:09:22 PM
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in the beginning of my waterbath canning days...my grandmother told me about "old way"--it works great... Its just a great big pot with a dishtowel in the bottom..deep enough to hold your jars and water over it. I still use this method from time to time if i cant get to my canner. Have fun!
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile-
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 7:29:58 PM
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I bet that was me...I do it all the time. I use all my big pots when I am doing alot of canning..especially for 1/2 pint jars..I do alot of salsa and jams and stuff in those. Easy to find a pot tall enough to have water an inch over those...and the dish towel works great!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 9:02:46 PM
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yep...just make sure the jars arn't right ON the metal at the bottom and you are good.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2007 : 11:43:41 PM
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I make jams and pickles and little stuff like that. but I never used a towel on the bottem, Ive never had any break.But memories are coming back ,and I think I remember my grandma using a towel, but I never ask her why. lol Is that why so they dont bubble and hit each other and break?
shirley Ya learn something every day on here |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2007 : 04:04:34 AM
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I found mine at the hardware store. In the deep, dark recesses of the basement. Living in the city - it's harder to find them. But they're out there!  |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2007 : 04:55:59 AM
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Mikki,
You might check out walmart. The ones around here have all that stuff out already.
I have a large on and a smaller one. One of the elderly ladies in our church gave me the large for 2.00 when she heard I liked to can. Sometimes it pays to ask around. You never know what someone may have they are not using.
Denise
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2007 : 06:19:48 AM
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I was looking for something out of season at the hardware store Sunday. They let me go to the storage garage to look. It doesn't hurt to ask at the counter - maybe they have it in storage.
Robin
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SarahJ
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Shreveport
Louisiana
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Posted - Apr 03 2007 : 06:47:01 AM
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| I have also seen them out at Walmart, along with the jars and such. Just make sure the rack is inside when you are buying it, because otherwise, you will just have another big pot. |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 07:45:49 AM
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| If you have a local Agway or farming/gardening center, they will have them. Also, I just used my lobster pot and my spaghetti pot for the most part anyway. As long as the water covers them, you are good to go. |
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EmmJay
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Jane
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Canada
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Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 08:33:06 AM
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Sheryl-lyn...great minds think alike...LOL
I use my turkey fryer. Hubby bought it for my, but truth be told, I wanted it for canning. I do beets every year, and this also allows me to boil outside, where I do not have to worry about getting anything red.
It is amazing what you can change and modify to suit your own needs.
MJ
"Thank GOD I'm a country girl"
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 09:47:53 AM
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Our walmart still don't have them out. Well the neighboring towns w-mart. We don't have anything but a hucks/gas station, a bigfoot, and a truckstop. lol Not a very big place here. Plus I live 10 miles out of town. Out in the boonies right where I like it. I even went to an Orcheln and they didn't have it. There's an Ace hardware a few miles away, I may call there. I'm going to do the dishtowel thing in a stockpot and when I find a canner I'll get one. Still havent' tried, been busy with other projects. Thanks for all the great info friends!!! ~~Blessings, Mikki
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 11:40:12 PM
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Been wanting to ask???
What does dandelion jelly taste like?
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mikki
Austin
Indiana
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