Wayne Boatwright wrote:
"Rick & Cyndi" wrote in news:O3Oeb.477488
$Oz4.315571@rwcrnsc54:


"zxcvbob" & Mark
:
: Are you afraid you will overcook the soup? An extra 10 or
15 minutes
: in the pressure canner adds very little to the energy used
or the
: total time it takes to do a batch.
:
: Bob
:
:
: Wow, this seems to be a very elusive answer, heehee. No I
am not
: affraid at all of overcooking the soup. It could cook all day
and be
: fine. I am wondering for a multitude of reasons.
: First, we live off grid and are very energy concious so
wether it
: takes a little or a lot more fuel to can for longer the
bottom line is
: its more. What is the point of burning even a modest amount
more if it
: is not neccesary? If it is neccesary I have no problem with
it but its
: foolish if its not.
:
SNIP

: Mark
:
:
: I think you will have to write to Dr. Nummer if you want an
authoritative
: answer.
:
: I don't can things like soup until I am heating my house
anyway. Heat from
: the kitchen stove heats the house more efficiently than the
furnace, so no
: energy gets wasted. That may not entirely be true in your
case.
:
: While the canner is cooking, you can be doing other things (you
just can't
: go anywhere) so the time is not totally wasted either. But if
you are
: doing back-to-back canner loads, the extra processing time will
slow you down.
:
: Bob
: ==========

Hmmm, you've definitely found yourself in a pickle Mark. While I
would tend to think along your ideas (why can, time-wise, for
items that aren't in there...) I am NOT an expert nor do I play
one on TV. My first thought, if you did can the soups that long,
I would be concerned that the vegetables would be mushy (very
technical term). I freeze mine rather than can just because of
that "mushy" concern.

I dunno. Please keep us posted as to what you do and how they
turn out.

Cyndi





It's the freezer for my soups, too, and for the same reason and another
reason, too. My perception of canned soups containing meat is that they
smell like dog food.

Wayne

Well, I understand these are your soups but the thread was regarding
vegetable soup so the dog food factor really doesnt apply.
You would have to read my reply to cyndi about the freezer.

Thanks,
Mark