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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Everything you wrote is correct susan; it has 5, 10, 15 on the wheel; and 
certainly looks plenty big and tall enough for 4 quart size jars.  No manual 
that I see, but has cardboard on undersize of lid that says "8 or 16 quart" 
and gives instructions for each.  Mine says "16" so must be 16 quart.  I also 
has a thin piece of round metal with holes in it for the wire basket to sit 
rather than dirwectly touching the bottom of the cooker.

Thanks susan
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--- On Sun, 12/14/08, sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net> wrote:

> From: sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] deer hunting
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 3:33 PM
> bob ford wrote:
> > I just went & looked at my pressure cooker that
> lynda was ridiculing the other day.  I don't know if it
> is a canner ; it says "mirro matic" &
> "16"
> > the cardboard thing on the top just says pressure
> cooker, not pressure canner, but the d*mn thing is so big,
> it almost certainly coukld be used for either, I think?  I
> don't think it was ever used.  It still has the other
> paper and cardboard stuff on the inside; the rubber gasket
> feels like new; and it still has the wire tray thing you
> would life jars or meats or something out with.  I think it
> is a 16 quart??  That is probably what the "16"
> means.  
> Probably so.
> > Is that big enough for pressure canning?.  I think I
> paid $10 for it , 8 or none years ago an old dead
> person's (actually the dead probably all consider
> themselves the same age, being dead) estate sale.  .........
> >   
> Needs to be large enough to hold 4 quart jars, lidded, and
> still clamp 
> closed, and to have either an adjustable or movable weight
> or a gauge.
> 
> Probably you have a round, wheel-shaped weight that says
> 5/10/15 with 
> that one (depends on its age, but that seems likely)?  If
> so, and if it 
> will hold the 4 quart jars, you can use it as a pressure
> canner, as well 
> as a pressure cooker, and it will fall within the USDA
> recommendations.  
> The reason for the size limitation is that any size less
> than that cools 
> off too rapidly to hold food at the proper temp for the
> proper period of 
> time.
> 
> Does it have a manual with it?  If not, there are several
> around on the 
> net for the downloading.  Then you'll know where you
> stand, and 
> actually, some of the recipes in the Mirro manuals are
> pretty decent....
> 
> SJ
> 
> 
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