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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Well, Bob, if nothing else, you're always good for a giggle <g>

I didn't ridicule you.  I cautioned you and asked a question.

And, yes, what you have is a canner.  A very small canner but a canner none 
the less.

You probably won't find a manual for it.  Presto has their's online but 
Mirror doesn't.  They also are only making 12 qt and 22 qt. models now.

I'd suggest you print out this link 
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/uga/using_press_canners.html

Gives you all the basics.  You could also find a Presto manual.  They all 
basically work the same.  Well, the AA is different and they do make a BIG 
canner!  http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/americancans.htm

Just a little tip, lightly vaseline the gasket before you go to use it the 
first time.  And run a load of water filled jars to get the feel of how your 
canner and your stove work together.  No two stoves/canners work the same.

And with some practice, you can be as prepared as Lynda <g>

Oh, and just a little precaution.  Canning can be highly addictive!  So 
proceed with caution.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> 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.  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.  ..........