One thing that I don't really like it for is cooking in, I've tried saag and beef curry, not been happy with either. I think it's the fact of the constant abrasion as you stir in an open pan taht does it for the saag and the curry doesn't have that caramalisation from the sticky bits on the pan
The plan in our new house is to populate the larder with lots of ambient temp stored jars, if we had curry in a jar we'd use it rather than going down the chippy when we can't be bothered to cook.
lottie
Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 5059 Location: ceredigion
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 08 1:49 pm Post subject:
tahir wrote:
The plan in our new house is to populate the larder with lots of ambient temp stored jars, if we had curry in a jar we'd use it rather than going down the chippy when we can't be bothered to cook.
That's exactly what we do ----by the time we got a takeaway home it'd be cold anyway---freezers are fine but for a quick readymeal the pressure canned stuff is great.
take no chances with c botulinus it has well tough spores and a liking for poor bottling .the symptoms and ld50 can be looked up as im queasy before tea trust me it is nasty
imho the veg will be very over cooked before you have a gnt of no bugs
industrial ones are always overcooked ,salty ,acidified and useless
freeze em or dry em or roast wasabi peas or pickled in vinegar
I've been doing a bit of surfing tonight looking at pressure canners and found apart from Lehman's, Ace Hardware will ship to the UK, most others don't.
Bebo - has yours arrived yet?
Bebo
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 12590 Location: East Sussex
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 08 7:24 am Post subject:
Still waiting. Unfortunately, the tomatoes aren't so I think I'll be making a mega batch of pasta sauce and freezing it rather than bottling.
Isn't it ridiculous that the shipping costs are more than the actual item itself. Presto seems to be the most popular/available brand of pressure canners online that I've come across. Have you used one before?
I've contacted Ace Hardware to find out how much shipping would be to the UK - I'll post here what they say. They're located in NY. I'm at that point where one would be very useful indeed, as I'm constantly fighting with my freezers for room.
I quite like the fact that you can choose which carrier Ace uses to ship the product(s), but because of that their shipping costs are higher. So... from Ace Hardware, shipping to Fife via UPS, DHL, Fed-Ex comes in at $166.89 = £86 according to Reuters online currency converter.
Taking into account the cost of shipping + product, it works out to £35 more expensive to purchase the same canner from Ace Hardware but that would be using a courier service rather than postal services.
I don't know of anyone going to the USA in the near future and it's not on my holiday itinerary this year or next, sadly.
Bebo
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 12590 Location: East Sussex
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 08 10:14 pm Post subject:
It's here! Presto 23 quart pressure canner arrived this morning. I'm all excited now, but I'm working the next couple of days so I won't get the opportunity to play with it until the weekend.
OK I've done it. 23quart Presto Pressure Canner on its way from California for the grand sum of $170 dollars including delivery.
Hi, we are in the market for something similar, can you give me the URL of the outfit you got it from as lots of US outlets are Con US (i.e US mainland only), thanks in advance spirals [deep in the bogs of ireland!] () !
Bebo
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 12590 Location: East Sussex
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 08 9:14 pm Post subject:
Bebo wrote:
Still waiting. Unfortunately, the tomatoes aren't so I think I'll be making a mega batch of pasta sauce and freezing it rather than bottling.
Ohd ear, off to Lehman's again 
----by the time we got a takeaway home it'd be cold anyway---freezers are fine but for a quick readymeal the pressure canned stuff is great.
I'm at that point where one would be very useful indeed, as I'm constantly fighting with my freezers for room.
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