terri9630
Almost Self-Reliant
Pressure cooker? Or canner? If you have the right weight on it and it jiggles or spins or does whatever that weight is supposed to do it is at pressure. A weak seal will "blow" and you will have steam coming out from around the lid.rhoda_bruce said:I just put some chili to process. I'm doing it @ 10LBs for a ridiculous amt of time according to Stocking Up for beef canning. But I have a problem that I completely forgot about. My older pressure cooker is much older than the one DH gave me a few years back....it belonged to my grandmother. Well, I don't think the seal is very dependable, so even though I'm using it for the pint's, I am not sure if I will really have the amt of pressure I need. Granted, its not just beef I'm processing. There is salt and other seasonings and then a good amt of tomatoe product, so I'm hoping that allows me some acid to keep things safe. But I think I won't let the pints get very old at all.
Now the quarts shouldn't be a problem. That seal is well intact.