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My grandmother and aunt did not use a pressure cooker to can...they did every thing in a hot water bath..and I mean every thing..and of course we never got sick. I think I've shared this before but my grand mother would can green beans in the over...she'd pack the jars then place them in the oven, turn it on to a certain temp then after so many minutes she' increace the temp..at some point she'd turn the oven off and put a chair in front of the oven door so no one would open it...from what she said if the "cold" air hit the hot jars they'd brust. When I got older and learned about bacteria and the runnings of a kitchen, I always thought it was a wonder we didn't all die from food poisioning..to this day I've never heard any one canning in the oven. However, she nor my aunt canned meat..it was smoked. In the mid 50's they got electrict and of course a upright freezer...but the current was subject to go on and off and she was always afraid they'd lose all their food. I remember shelling purple hull peas until my finger tips were raw..they'd be so stained up afterwards my grand mother would put purex in a small dish and we'd soak the purple off; also I'd eat so many tomatos my gums and toung would be blistered..not to mention my gut would be tore up for days on end. Don't know about you all, but I remember looking back on those days fondly..but I got to tell ya...it's really nice to go to the Kroger and pick up a bag of frozen peas and done with it...LOL!!
 
Some of the old farm houses had "Summer Kitchens" which was an out building away from the house where the canning was done. Our old farm house in Illinois had one, however, being over 100 years old it was far too unsafe to use as the cellar below was caving in. My step-dad stored some of his farm items in the summer kitchen, but other than that it wasn't used while we lived there.
 
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Mom always took her's to Ace Hardware. You may check with them to see if they can order for you if you can't find the part you are needing.
Like I said Mom hasn't canned since about 1984, but I did recently get a fuse for the 4qt model that we cook with.

P.S. don't let sister put lid in dishwasher.

 
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I have an old Sears Maid of Honor pressure cooker. It is obviously a rebadged Presto. In fact I have a few Sears Maid of Honor things. Does anyone else like Maid of Honor besides me?
 
Snapping beans.....

I was reading Mark's post where he talked about his fingers being raw and stained from work and I had laugh. It brought back memories of when my aunt's garden would come in. She would be 101 if she was still living. I would be at her house and this started when I was about nine or ten through about age 18 when I left for college, but I would be sitting there and she would say: "You look bored!" And WOMP she would plop a big metal mixing bowl in my lap and say: "Snap some beans for me!" We would all be sitting around her breakfast room with bowls in our laps snapping away. Then she would give me money and call in an order of take out from a restaurant we used to have in Anderson and that started in Anderson called Po Folks. Then I would get there and have to wait in line to get our order. She would ask me what took so long. I would tell her honesly that there were several tour buses in the parking lot and that they were slammed with business. I don't think she ever believed that.
 

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