Comments on: Canning Pickled Okra: My First Attempt at Canning! http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html Restaurant Coupons, Extreme Couponing, Retail Coupons, Top Deals, & More Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sharon http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2764 Sharon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:59:38 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2764 I canned for the first time this year. I canned salsa, tomato juice and dill and sweet pickles. I don't have a pressure canner yet either. I canned for the first time this year. I canned salsa, tomato juice and dill and sweet pickles. I don't have a pressure canner yet either.

]]> By: Susan M http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2741 Susan M Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:10:10 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2741 You're right. Highly acidic foods such as oranges, grapefruit, tomatoes & those which require a good deal of vinegar for picking can be canned in a hot water bath. But... for safety sake it's best to use a pressure cooker for everything else. While the processing time in the cooker is a generally a bit longer (1 hour or more), I've not found it to be any more difficult to use. Most of them have instructions, time & weight charts included in their manual. You're right. Highly acidic foods such as oranges, grapefruit, tomatoes & those which require a good deal of vinegar for picking can be canned in a hot water bath. But… for safety sake it's best to use a pressure cooker for everything else. While the processing time in the cooker is a generally a bit longer (1 hour or more), I've not found it to be any more difficult to use. Most of them have instructions, time & weight charts included in their manual.

]]> By: Rachel @ Surviving The Stores http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2740 Rachel @ Surviving The Stores Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:11:57 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2740 Hi Tosha!<br /><br />From the little bit that I have gathered about canning, there are foods that you need a pressure cooker for, but then there are foods (like anything pickled and tomatoes) that you can just use a water bath canning method... which is super easy!<br /><br />I think the rule is: for acidic foods you can just use a water bath canner, but for non-acidic foods you have to use a pressure canner. Hi Tosha!

From the little bit that I have gathered about canning, there are foods that you need a pressure cooker for, but then there are foods (like anything pickled and tomatoes) that you can just use a water bath canning method… which is super easy!

I think the rule is: for acidic foods you can just use a water bath canner, but for non-acidic foods you have to use a pressure canner.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2739 Anonymous Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:05:47 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2739 Do you have to use a pressure cooker. I would love to learn how to can but I don't have a pressure cooker. Thanks Tosha Do you have to use a pressure cooker. I would love to learn how to can but I don't have a pressure cooker. Thanks Tosha

]]> By: Marie http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2738 Marie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:02:26 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2738 I am also going to be doing some canning this weekend! Hope ironic! I'm canning apple sauce since we have two large trees. You can use it as filling for apple cobbler as well (you just can it rather chunky). I am also going to be doing some canning this weekend! Hope ironic! I'm canning apple sauce since we have two large trees. You can use it as filling for apple cobbler as well (you just can it rather chunky).

]]> By: Susan M http://www.survivingthestores.com/canning-pickled-okra-my-first-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-2736 Susan M Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:32:52 +0000 http://www.survivingthestores.com/?p=1108#comment-2736 Rachel, If you have a pressure cooker you can even can your leftovers. If we fix a big pot of stew, soup, etc. I can whatever is left and it's so convenient to just open a jar, add a little water (most condense a bit when canned) and I have a quick and fast lunch for the kids when I'm in a hurry. Rachel, If you have a pressure cooker you can even can your leftovers. If we fix a big pot of stew, soup, etc. I can whatever is left and it's so convenient to just open a jar, add a little water (most condense a bit when canned) and I have a quick and fast lunch for the kids when I'm in a hurry.

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