So me and my dad were talking about pressure canning and how it’s very uncommon. I’ve never talked to anyone irl that pressure cans, maybe some water bath canning but that’s it. I wonder why it’s so uncommon? You can get a pressure canner for less than 150$ and it’s incredibly useful.
I mainly use it for stock/broth but you can use it for so many things, tomatoes, soups, chili, baked beans, stew, spaghetti sauce, etc… Honestly, anyone who cooks whole chickens somewhat regularly should invest in a pressure canner. I cook two whole chickens at a time and use the carcass to make about 14 litres of stock. I also make beef, turkey, pork and smoked variations of these.
It’s so much better than buying your stock at the store. I will admit that it is a lot of work, from start to finish it takes me about 3 days because I wet brine my chickens. But you could just buy the bones from your butcher which I have done. Just wondering if anyone else does this or reasons why you don’t do it?
Pressure cookers are quite awesome things, but I don’t think your ninja gets to the 15psi that Grandma’s cooker gets to. (Most of the electric ones don’t, last I looked into it).
i know it doesn’t. that is an important thing to remember. the 15 psi is needed for very-long-term storage.
100%, I’ve eaten pressure canned chili that was sitting in my pantry for 4 years and it was still amazing.
I bet it was better than when it was first canned.
In the same way that roasted beef is better a day or two later, canned goods develop in ways you can’t get any other way.