A New Canning Toy

While I was busy on another project Lisa got to play with a new canning toy, a pressure canner.  Our neighbor Cheryl had one so Lisa borrowed it to try her hand at canning stewed tomatoes.  There are several veggies that can be canned but needs to be done with a pressure canner.  It is like a pressure cooker but for canning. We use a canner in a boiling water bath for foods with high acid like pickles, jams, jellies, tomato sauce, etc.  For fruits and veggies that are low acid foods a  pressure canner needs to be used.  With a pressure canner you can use it to can carrots, beans, squash,, etc.  So Lisa wanted to can some stewed tomatoes and learned how to use the presser canner and ended up with 7 pints of stewed tomatoes!  Way to go Lisa!