Recent content by lilcee

Thank you everyone for all the info. I'm glad I found this forum. I can see I'll be checking in here a lot.

Thanks for all your help. That's probably what I'll do Happy Easter! :smile:

I'm really not sure what I want now. My husband says pressure canner and I say water bath one. I've never used a pressure canner. I'm mostly going to can fruits (peaches, pears, apples, cherries). If that's all I'm canning then a water bath would do the work wouldn't it? I'm nervous about...

That's funny lol. That presto - pressure/canner looks good. Do you know if you can use it on a glass cook top? I'm kinda afraid of scratching it or cracking it. Maybe I should get a separate burner

Thanks for your info.

I'm kinda scared of pressure cookers too so not sure what I want. I heard you can't use the water canners on a glass top. What kind of burner did you get? I've been doing a lot of research before I start canning. I've never heard of a steam canner. Thanks for the info.

oops, sorry. I had that backwards I guess. You do tomatoes in the water bath and low acid in the pressure canner. Right?? Also, I heard that there is a difference between a pressure canner and pressure cooker. I thought they were the same thing. I sure have a lot to learn again after all the...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I used to can years ago using one of those big water canners. I'd like to start canning again but I have a smooth top/ceramic cook top. I'm thinking of getting a pressure canner so I can do some other things besides peaches and pears. I always did everything in a...