[or-roots] Grandma's pressure cooker

[Mary Marling]

What memories!!  I remember my mother using the oval shaped copper
bottomed boiler on the wood range to can a wide variety of veggies,
fruit and meats.--also  used that boiler on washday to boil the
laundry-- home made soap--- scrubbed on a washboard.--  She graduated to
a pressure cooker, then to reusable tin cans for vegs and meats.  I took
great pride in my own shelves of home canning.  Having moved from
central Oregon to Willamette Valley--the land of plenty--,  as a  young
mother I thought it was my duty to preserve EVERYTHING that grew from
our trees, vines and garden.
I still used a 50+ yr old qt. Presto pressure cooker on occasion in our
travel trailer.
Mary





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Connie Guardino" <census at wi.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Grandma's pressure cooker


> Although I am of the "younger" set, I certainly did enjoy my years of
canning
> in the country when I lived on the Elk City-Harlan Road in Lincoln
County. Part
> of that time, I was a reporter for the Lincoln County News, and did a
picture
> page on canning!
>
> Diane wrote:
>
> > Love my canning jars full of food.  I wore out a big---22 quart
canner last
> > fall.  Still have a small one and will 'get' to buy a new big canner
very
> > soon.  We know the food is not very salty, is fresh and pure.  A big
job,
> > but so well worth looking at the beans, stew, soups, fruits, tomato
sauces,
> > pie filling, tomato soup, meat, and fruit breads.  Yes, I even can
bread.  I
> > dry some foods and freeze others.  We love our garden and orchard
and all
> > that is produced therein.  Diane
> >
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