The following excerpt is from Angi Schneider’s new book Pressure Canning for Beginners and Beyond (Page Street Publishing, October 2021) and is reprinted with permission from the publisher. To Soak or ...

Which pressure canner is best? Canning as a hobby or as a way of preserving foods at home like vegetables and fruits have far from disappeared despite the heavy prevalence of mass-marketed canned ...

Pressure canning is the process of preserving foods in a kettle pressurized with steam. It’s the only safe method for low-acid foods. If it’s not done properly, home canning can have a high risk of ...

Some pressure canners display this information via an analog pressure dial, others use weighted gauges that wiggle, wobble, and emit steam once they’ve reached the desired pressure, and some have both ...

Electric pressure canners safely seal canning jars to prevent bacteria from entering and spoiling the food inside. They are a great answer to the question of what to do with extra produce at the end ...