Brent S
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I agree, it's really satisfying to be able to produce and preserve your own food. I've got 14 more minutes right now for 18 pints of white potatoes to be done. I'm using the new pressure cap for the first time today. It was set for ten lbs, so I wrapped a little bit of copper wire around it to get it at 11psi. Working great now! The potatoes I tried to nuke the othe night had to be gotten rid of. Luckily the dogs and rooster seemed to like 'smokey' flavored potatoes. Sucks to trash something that so much effort went in. I'm sure they were safe to eat, but I'd have to be pretty darned hungry to resort to those. I finished picking all the potatoes today. I had enough to can some, will have enough to plant a second crop near the end of summer, and should have enough to last three months or so. I'm definately planting potatoes every season from now on. They produced a lot of food.well.i now have 7 pints of chili.this evening,i'll go ahead cook n can spaghetti,with the sauce.on account the sauce expired Nov 05 2015...View attachment 5934 canning is such fun..