16 August 2022 Processing Beans Carrots Beets

[Durgan]

16 August 2022 Processing Beans Carrots Beets​

Posted on 08/16/2022 by Durgan
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Obtained Beans Carrots Beets for 7 liter jars of pressure canned product for Winter storage. Process was wash, cook and make a slurry,strain, fill liter jars and pressure can at 15 PSI for 15 minutes for long term storage. The end prodct is essentially a drinkable juice. I never had a jar spoil using this processing method, over 3000 jars ofplant product has been processed over several years.

 

[headfullofbees]

Now if you had said celery/carrots/beets, I'd have gone for that.

 

[Durgan]

No celery this year. I think rabbits ate when small.

 

[Meadowlark]

I'm climate cursed...celery is a veggie we absolutely love...but cannot grow.

I've failed many times but keep trying with technique variations.

I may try it in my special Hügelkultur container that I can easily move inside to avoid freezes and high temps and move back outside when the conditions are right. 105 to 130 days to harvest and 75 °F (24 °C) during the day and between 50 and 60° Fahrenheit (10-16° C) at night.

Rabbits won't go that high. Might just work.

 

[Durgan]

I usually grow four celery plants. They are abundant with no care. I always have more than can be used.

25 July 2019 Celery​

Posted on 07/25/2019 by Durgan
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Six garden celery plants were made into ten liters of juice.A half a pound of celery for each liter of juice. The larger stalks were removed and the plants will produce all season. Pictures depict the process.

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[Susan BBPM]

Where can you get the big, deep pots for canning in the UK? The biggest I could find isn't big enough to submerge the jars.

 

[Durgan]

Where can you get the big, deep pots for canning in the UK? The biggest I could find isn't big enough to submerge the jars.

Order from Internet.

 

[Susan BBPM]

Order from Internet.

I haven't been able to find anything deep enough. Or at least, not for sale in the UK.
I've got 1L jars. The pans on sale here only seem to be big enough four 500ml jars.

 

[Durgan]

Where can you get the big, deep pots for canning in the UK? The biggest I could find isn't big enough to submerge the jars.

https://www.amazon.com/Presto-01781-23-Quart-Pressure-Canner/dp/B0000BYCFU/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=1343604279585196&hvadid=83975413585099&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=116280&hvlocphy=163388&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83975971892798:loc-32&hydadcr=27887_11214618&keywords=pressurized+canning+pot&qid=1660747160&sr=8i2
Use this Presto.Had it for years. Oil where gasket sits each time and the gasket lasts a long time.

 

[Susan BBPM]

https://www.amazon.com/Presto-01781-23-Quart-Pressure-Canner/dp/B0000BYCFU/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=1343604279585196&hvadid=83975413585099&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=116280&hvlocphy=163388&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83975971892798:loc-32&hydadcr=27887_11214618&keywords=pressurized+canning+pot&qid=1660747160&sr=8-2

Thanks, but that's Amazon dot Com - American. Even if they did ship to UK there would be a huge postage charge and quite possibly customs too!!
It's very hard to get them deep enough for 1L jars in the UK - impossible thus far! But I guess the answer is to switch to 500ml jars.

 

[Durgan]

Our guide to the Presto 23 Quart Pressure Canner 01781/4

Read our anatomy of the Presto 01781/4 Pressure Canner to discover what goes into making up this pressure canner.

pressurecanning.co.uk

 

[Susan BBPM]

Our guide to the Presto 23 Quart Pressure Canner 01781/4

Read our anatomy of the Presto 01781/4 Pressure Canner to discover what goes into making up this pressure canner.

pressurecanning.co.uk

Thanks - that is what I asked for and it looks great!

But over £300!!! What I really want is a big, deep saucepan that will take the 1L jars. Aside from the cost, I'm scared stiff of pressure cookers!!!LOL

Canning isn't a big thing in the UK, and I think even when you can get equipment here it's shipped from the US and comes with a huge surcharge.

This is the type of thing I'd like:

https://www.amazon.com/RSVP-Endurance-Stainless-Steel-Canner/dp/B003DLFK8A/ref=sr_1_6?crid=14LHQ57PQIRG2&keywords=CANNING+POT&qid=1660753139&sprefix=canning+pot%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-6

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Aside from the cost, I'm scared stiff of pressure cookers!!!LOL

You really don't need to be. I was worried, but then I picked up a second hand one in a charity shop and realised that besides the regular valve on top that lets out the steam at the correct pressure there is a safety valve in case that fails. It blows out a rod in a rubber seating, so very simple that I don't think anything could go wrong with it, except maybe the rubber perishes and it blows too easily.

 

[Durgan]

Presure canning is easy and safe, imo. The internet babble has destroyed a method for no good reason. I now never do water bath method. Hand blender and hand strainer has made presure canning practical and easy. The tools are not too expensive in NA.
Presto canner, butterfly strainer, Swiss hand blender, one large cooking pot, one liter jars, and you are inbusiness. And don't believe most manufacturers babble.

 

[headfullofbees]

Where can you get the big, deep pots for canning in the UK? The biggest I could find isn't big enough to submerge the jars.

I got a FAGOR which will take 4x1/2 litre jars at a time.
It is small for a canning vessel, but will take US quart jars too, & wasn't ridiculously expensive.