Greetings! The other night in the Homestead Honey Hour chat room, one of my regular subscribers as well as a regular chat room guest, shaunalovestocook, was chatting about how she wanted to start canning, but did not have a canning rack and unless there was some “redneck” way to solve that…
A towel in the bottom of the pot will? work also
This may not pertain to this video? but I’m betting I’d trust your answer! What is the difference between table salt, kosher salt and canning salt for the canning process? I don’t buy iodized salt but do have kosher and sea salt. Which is best for canning?
Cool- love? your”redneck” fix
I want some of the glass jars behind you, are they canning jars? What size are they and where can you get them?? Thank you for all the great videos.
excellent? video thank you so much.
Thank you for the video, I picked up a All American Canner for free.. but it didn’t have a rack.. you saved me some bacon!! I love the pictures on your wall!?
You found her a? “redneck” way to fix it!! Great thinking! Improvise, Adapt, Overcome!!
Wonderful Idea!!!
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Noreen, huh that’s really cool, I had ordered a lg stock pot, and when it arrived MAN!!!! It was really BIG!!!!, now I am gonna make those ring thingy and BINGO!!! I should be able? to load lots of stuff for my canning. You’ve taught an old dog new tricks ;~)}
I bought a round steamer rack for a wok for $.99 at good will and it fits perfectly in the bottom of? my 16 qt stock pot. I also found a great 21 qt stainless steel stock pot at Target that fits my canning rack perfectly so I’m returning the enamel one I bought. I love you tips and listened to the Homestead Honey hour, it’s great. I love this community of homesteaders.
you can even? use a towel in the bottom.
now i can work two pots at a time. this is awesome. now to save for that? pressure cooker.
Noreen! This is brilliant! I am always using the rack that came in my pressure canner in my water bath canner because I hate those wire basket things. This will solve that sharing situation perfectly. And you? always seem to have an abundance of rings, so great way to use them. I am just so tickled with this idea!!!
Is there a difference between a Pressure Cooker? and a Pressure Canner?
Uggh pre entering…shan,shannan, but I just decided to? use shanluvstocook because Shannon was too long. But thanks again Noreen.
Lol I’ve been called everything lol? shana
Hi Noreen. I also lost the rack to my canner. It’s called grandchildren!..lol Anyway, what I did was pull out a trusty round cake cooling rack. It fits perfectly in the bottom of the pan and no tying lids together. Just pop it into the bottom and away we go. Just? wanted to share, since most of us have a cake rack under the counter somewhere. Hope this helps someone.
I? saw a video where they used a dish towel even.
Not sure how good that is but “ya gotta do what ya gotta do” sometimes.
Great Great tip, Will do when wanting to do more than one job at a time, also I have used marbles at the? bottom of my pot…. again kudo’s great idea!
Aww Ty Noreen I asked this question? in chat during HHH.
I told my hubby if I keep canning meats for him, he’s got to get me an? all american one day. I’m learning with the presto…eventually I will graduate to the all american, its nice to have more than one anyways.
my canning rack died in my enamel pot, the pot is still good, I just put the one that came with my pressure canner in the bottom, until I could afford? a couple of extras. That is still a great idea if caught in a pinch!!!
I was wondering what i was gonna do. thanks for solving my problem too. GOD BLESS YOU. a canner in? not in my future but extra rings I can handle. thanks a million.
great fix and a great way to use all those extra? rings!
Perfect timing!? I’m canning some salsa today!