Home Canning: Water Bath verses Pressure Canner
Home canning can reduce our exposure to pesticides and preservatives. It can help save money, and it can be rewarding to grow your own food. It allows people to preserve tastes that you just can’t find in a grocery store (surely your own chili tastes better than a can off the grocery store shelf). Home canned items also make great gifts.
The water bath processing method is fairly simple and inexpensive. The filled canning jars are placed in the canner, which has enough hot water in it to cover the jars. The water is brought to boiling and held at that temperature for the time specified in the canning recipe. However, this method is only safe for certain foods. (more…)