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A: They aren’t the same, and understanding the difference is important to preserving foods safely. A pressure cooker is a saucepot with a rubber seal that locks and traps steam to cook foods more ...

If you’ve decided to give pressure canning at home a try, a little scientific background information is in order. The ability to preserve low-acid foods — and here, acidity refers to pH and not to ...

If you’re considering picking up some of those electric pressure cookers at early summer garage sales thinking they’d be a handy, easy way to put up small batches of fresh produce for use next winter, ...

Have you ever had the opportunity to can with little helpers? I have. We've had so much fun and so many messes. This spring I decided I would get 25 pounds of each of our three favorite types of dried ...