Comments on: Can Squash or Pumpkin from Your Home Kitchen Garden

By: admin

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:29:40 +0000

You can use a pressure cooker for pressure canning, but the cooker must achieve 10 lbs of pressure at altitudes up to 2,000 feet to kill clostridium botulinum. For altitudes about 2,000 feet, the pressure cooker needs to achieve 15 lbs of pressure. I encourage you to contact the manufacturer of your pressure cooker to learn whether they can provide guidelines for canning with it. Oh, and find a canning rack that will keep jars off the bottom of the cooker during processing.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:03:12 +0000

Hi. I’ve recently discovered your website and am really liking it. When canning, can you use a regular pressure cooker,or does it have to be the kind specifically for canning. Thank you.

By: Store Butternut Squash from Your Small Kitchen Garden | Your Small Kitchen Garden

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:08:06 +0000

[...] I encourage you to keep your own winter squash into the winter. Here’s a simple strategy to employ: Estimate how many whole squash you’ll eat by March, and store that many along with a few extra (in case some spoil). If you have any more than you expect to eat by March, freeze them or can them and they’ll last until your next harvest. I explain how to freeze winter squash in Freeze Winter Squash from Your Small Kitchen Garden, and how to can it in Can Squash or Pumpkin from Your Home Kitchen Garden. [...]

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:17:13 +0000

Great tips. Pressure canner is really handy when you have a garden. And months later you still have a delicious food. For pumpkins especially – even if you have a pumpkin soup every day you can never eat it all fresh

By: Exploring Neck Pumpkin at Your Small Kitchen Garden | Your Small Kitchen Garden

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:53:32 +0000

[...] The photos in this blog post reveal the steps I took to prepare my neck pumpkin for consumption. Actually, I cooked only a half cup of the squash so I could taste it… the rest I canned in quart jars. The canning operation itself, I explain in my other blog, Your Home Kitchen Garden. [...]