Must Have Prepper Item To Conserve Fuel When Cooking

[savgal1211]

PS If you find a used CANNER, your County extension service can test the seals and make sur eit is reaching correct Pressures.. I bought a new one ( Pricey, but worth it).If you buy used, get it tested.. Food safety is a must! And get the Ball Blue Book, the BIBLE for canning..

[savgal1211]

I Have a Model 921 All American Brand Pressure CANNER,, With a canner, botulism is killes ( temps above 210 degrees), so meats of all kinds ( Low acid foods) can be cooked and stored. A COOKER won't reach this hi temperatures.. Is this what you meant to say? A Canner can be used as a pressure cooker, at the lower temps, for high acid foods. Low acid food must be CANNED..People might be confused. Cooker= hi acid foods, jellies, etc, CANNER= Meats and all low acid foods to kill Botulism.. : )

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@savgal1211 I tried commenting on this but it hasn't posted. I'll try again. I didn't know you could get your seals tested. I don't think there is a difference between PRESSURE canner and a PRESSURE cooker. As long as there is the appropriate pressure with appropriate temperature, the outcome should be the same.

It's important to know that what is harmful is not botulism but botulism toxin. The toxin the bacteria produces isn't destroyed by cooking. It is a poison that botulism produces.

[vention4wh]

Check out a thermo cooker. I can cook beans with 6 minutes of propane. Just bring them to a boil and take the pot off the stove. Then place the pot into the insulated outer container and go do something else for a few hours. Them pop it open and your beans are ready. I cook stews and soups with it too.

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[28bull]

A pressure CANNER works for cooking. Buy a couple of spare gaskets too. Buy some extra canning/cooking thermometers and leave them in the original packaging. They are cheap and a great food safety item.

When you pressure can, make several meals in a jar. Just time the process for the longest item in the jar. The extra processing time does not affect flavor in my opinion.

When the time comes to eat, a complete meal is there w/o need to open multiple jars.

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@28bull That is great advice. I agree. I haven't canned before, but desire to, so I can't comment on the flavor retention. However, meals ready to eat are a wonderful prep.

[vtpaladin]

Great video, and don't forget another benifit of the pressure cooker, sanitation. In a long term situation medical equipment like: scapels, suture needles, clamps, etc.. will need to be sterilized.  Since most of us cannot afford ato buy an autoclave a pressure cooker is a good alternative. 30 minutes and 15psi should be sufficient to sterilize stainless medical equipment.

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@vtpaladin That is a great point. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching.

[GUERRILLAGEEK]

Beans looks good. Pressure cooker is on my wish list as well. I've been looking into thermal cookers, basically you bring your food up to temperature, enclose it into this big thermos and it slow cooks throughout the day, sort of like a crock pot. they are kind of pricy for what they are. good vid.

[jegtitan1962]

you very correct,i am cuban,we eat lots bean,i all ways use a pressure cooker,they cook in 20 minutes,good vid

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@jegtitan1962 Beans and rice are a staple of much of the world. Over the past few years, I've come to my senses about these nutritional powerhouses. I am eager to get a pressure cooker as soon as I can find one locally that is stainless steel. Thanks for watching!

[bee13zz]

Your pressure concept is quite right. We use an All American 921 Pressure Canner for our canning needs & occasionally use it to cook roasts. The higher internal pressure does indeed accomplish the roast cooking task in shorter time. It's been a while but I think the roast cooked in something like two-thirds the time it would have taken to cook in a conventional oven. And the flavor! It's absolutely divine.

One caution: Don't buy a cheap pressure cooker. It's not worth the risk.

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@bee13zz Thanks for the comment. I've been holding out for a quality stainless steel pressure cooker. The only ones I have seen out in the marketplace have been aluminum, and I am not interested in aluminum for various reasons.

[PrepperAZ]

Cool video and the pot of beans look great.

[kentuckyprepper1792]

@PrepperAZ Thanks for watching! Those beans tasted great too.