Path: wn5!worldnet.att.net!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: Cyndi Peters Newsgroups: rec.food.preserving Subject: Re: Q: Canning homemade veggie-beef soup? Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 07:58:29 -0400 Organization: Copytronics, INC Lines: 30 Message-ID: <338C1DE5.193D@ix.netcom.com> References: <3389BD4A.4FC8@ix.netcom.com> <5mfnb0$fn7$1@news.xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jac-fl1-09.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Wed May 28 6:38:55 AM CDT 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; U) D.F.S. wrote: > > Cyndi L. Peters wrote: > > Can I can homemade veggie-beef soup using a water bath canner? > NO. > Some people do it, but every official piece of info I have seen > says you MUST pressure cook anything with meat in it. > > The second question is... > Do you WANT to make it if it must be pressured. > I have not had good luck canning this type of thing. It tends to > overcook and some of the flavors go off after a little while. > > Try it small, and I would make a raw soup and let it cook in > the canner. > > I would make 3-4 recipes of 1-2 bottles and keep track of exactly > what you do so you can duplicate any good ones. > > > I don't > > have a pressure canner. If not where can you find a reasonable pressure > > canner? > Yard sale, thrift store, food service suppliers, grandma... > > See if your local extension service will test them. > > Marc Thanks for all the advice! I've been canning for years but never canned meat products before. I'm glad I asked first! ;-) Cyndi