How's the new canner working for you?
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
on "A Prairie Home Companion," <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
programs/2008/08/30/>

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:55:07 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>How's the new canner working for you?

I haven't actually used it yet. They have changed to a weighted
pressure gauge like a Mirro. The only thing I have needed to pressure
can was chili and I had more jars than the new one would hold.

However I bought the parts and converted my two larger ones to the
weighted gauge. Took Pete about 15 minutes to do the job. Probably
10 minutes of that was finding the correct size wrench and getting the
second lid from the basement. I used the newly converted 914 for the
job and I love the way it works. I did not have to spend as much time
listening to the jiggles. The pressure gauge is still on so I could
make sure that it was correct. I love it. I will have to find more
things to pressure can, but it is getting to the end of the season and
my garden is about shot.

I think that drying some apples is all I have left to do for the fair.
Then I can goof off for a while, get my MP3 player loaded.