Martinhouse
Deceased
I have a small eight-pint Mirro pressure canner. It will can seven standard pints or four quarts at one time. Also seven of the little half-pints at one time.
I am ready to can store-bought canned fruit which I have drained and pureed so I can eat it. I have a huge amount (as much as six 5-gallon pails full!)and wonder if I can stack these half-pint jars so that I can can 14 at a time rather than just seven. I have my mom's identical canner so I would have another one of those metal plates with holes in them, that goes in the bottom of the canner under the jars. Or, for a thicker separation of layers, I might see if I have a small round cooling rack that would fit and provide more separation than a thin sheet of metal. If not, I can use the second plate and put a couple of burner stars under it.
Hope someone here can help.....I will be ready to start canning Wednesday morning.
Thanks
P.S. My stove would not handle a pot to heat the puree for filling jars and running the two canners on different burners, plus heating the saucepan of water for preparing the new lids.
I am ready to can store-bought canned fruit which I have drained and pureed so I can eat it. I have a huge amount (as much as six 5-gallon pails full!)and wonder if I can stack these half-pint jars so that I can can 14 at a time rather than just seven. I have my mom's identical canner so I would have another one of those metal plates with holes in them, that goes in the bottom of the canner under the jars. Or, for a thicker separation of layers, I might see if I have a small round cooling rack that would fit and provide more separation than a thin sheet of metal. If not, I can use the second plate and put a couple of burner stars under it.
Hope someone here can help.....I will be ready to start canning Wednesday morning.
Thanks
P.S. My stove would not handle a pot to heat the puree for filling jars and running the two canners on different burners, plus heating the saucepan of water for preparing the new lids.