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7:44 pm
July 31, 2009
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chickypez said:
Ok I will do that. The instructions say to let it go for 10 minutes without the thingy on the steam valve to let air out or something. How high does the heat need to be when it's doing that?
You just need to have a steady stream of steam flowing from the hole you will cover with the thingy. It doesn't have to be all that high, just enough to give you a steady strong steam flow.
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8:13 pm
July 31, 2009
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chickypez
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Ok, good stuff. I'm excited about this. It will be nice to have something good to eat for dinner when I have evening rehearsals and don't feel like cooking before I leave. I can just pull out a jar of sauce and cook the pasta!
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8:58 pm
July 31, 2009
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Have fun with it, Chickypez! We who are new to this pressure canning process are all learning together.
On my electric stove, I started out on high just until the pressure started increasing, then cut the temp down some and kept cutting it back to maintain the proper psi. Mine is not a very good stove, and it is old, so not very effificent. You with better stoves may well not need to use high at all.
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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9:23 pm
July 31, 2009
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chickypez
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My stove is pretty vintage. It's original from when the house was built in 1979. Sometimes it's a little funky. It seems like it cooks hotter than other electric stoves that I've used, so I think to be safe I will start with the heat lower and raise it if I need to.
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7:31 pm
August 1, 2009
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chickypez
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Ok, I nevergot around to doing my sauce last night because we had some supposedly severe thunderstorms headed our way. I figured that if I got it up to pressure, the storm would be sure to knock out the power and mess it all up. So I have it in the canner right now. The weight dealy just started to rock and it is so funny! Haha It sounds like a train! Please tell me it is doing what it's supposed to be doing.
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8:44 pm
August 1, 2009
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It's probably too late to reassure you, but you're doing just fine. In fact, by the time you read this you will probably already have your first canner load out and cooling. Good job!
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9:34 pm
August 1, 2009
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chickypez
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The jars are out! We just got them out about to minutes ago, and the sauce was still bubbling inside the jars. Now we're waiting for them to start popping. I think that's our favorite part!
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10:38 pm
August 1, 2009
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chickypez said:
The jars are out! We just got them out about to minutes ago, and the sauce was still bubbling inside the jars. Now we're waiting for them to start popping. I think that's our favorite part!
The pings are the best 
I like counting them from another room LOL.
Congrats on your canning
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ The Lorax by Dr. Seuss ~
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10:46 pm
August 1, 2009
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chickypez said:
The jars are out! We just got them out about to minutes ago, and the sauce was still bubbling inside the jars. Now we're waiting for them to start popping. I think that's our favorite part!
Great job!! Isn't this so much fun??
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“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.” ― Alfred Sheinwold
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11:26 pm
August 1, 2009
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Pete
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Congratulations, Chickypez! 
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11:49 pm
August 1, 2009
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So much fun! I'm ready to do chili and chicken soup now! Haha But I need to do the peach jam first. The peaches were cheap at the store the other day, so I got a bunch of them. Then I'll do more salsa and corn relish. Hahaha When Christmas comes around, I'm just going to be pulling stuff out of the pantry and putting it in baskets!
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7:44 am
August 2, 2009
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chickypez said:
When Christmas comes around, I'm just going to be pulling stuff out of the pantry and putting it in baskets!
Won't it be so much fun shopping from our own "stores"?
I am so glad I found this site………..I know for a fact, I would not own a canner or be excited about learning this canning craft! I just wanted a recipe for homemade bread!
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“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.” ― Alfred Sheinwold
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9:09 am
August 2, 2009
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Oh blast it all…you've all given me the bug now…I'm going to have to put up some stuff when I get back from the trip…and I may be bringing (or may get shot for trying) some canning jars back from WV with me this fall…in the meantime, I think I'll pick up some half pints.
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9:32 am
August 2, 2009
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I'm canning green beans today!
I've got a big bag of hot peppers from my cousin that I have to figure out what to do with next.
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9:53 am
August 2, 2009
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I know what I'm gonna do with the hot peppers! I'm gonna break in my new dehydrator that my cousin gave me for Christmas. Then I'm thinking I'll crush the dried peppers to use for seasoning. I've got some tomatoes I want to dry after that.
I think we talked about this before but I can't remember the answer.  How do you best store dried stuff???
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10:24 am
August 2, 2009
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Pete
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Have had good luck with both glass jars and plastic bags, depending on the size and shape of what is dried. For the ground peppers, that what all those old spice jars are for!
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10:34 am
August 2, 2009
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wvhomecanner
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Suzanne said:
I know what I'm gonna do with the hot peppers! I'm gonna break in my new dehydrator that my cousin gave me for Christmas. Then I'm thinking I'll crush the dried peppers to use for seasoning. I've got some tomatoes I want to dry after that.
I think we talked about this before but I can't remember the answer.  How do you best store dried stuff???
I store mine in jars, both glass and plastic (mayo, etc.) and that works great. Started out using small jars but had to move up when I had enough to almost fill a quart jar with some things.
I have napa cabbage ready to be pulled out of the Excalibur this morning. My favorites so far are sliced green onions, cabbage, and spinach. I have lots of diced peppers dried also and they are great to have on hand.
What about a batch of hot pepper butter??? SO good!
Dede
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ The Lorax by Dr. Seuss ~
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11:50 am
August 2, 2009
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oh yeah! I have a recipe for hot pepper butter I've been wanting to try.
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3:30 pm
August 2, 2009
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wvhomecanner
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Suzanne said:
oh yeah! I have a recipe for hot pepper butter I've been wanting to try.
It makes a good gift with a bundle of pretzel rods too…..
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ The Lorax by Dr. Seuss ~
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6:18 pm
August 2, 2009
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Suzanne McMinn
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Oooh, that's a good idea.
I'm hoping to get some more peppers soon. I used this whole batch in the dehydrator.
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