I just buy Progresso soups. Much better than Campbells and no MSG!
I just buy Progresso soups. Much better than Campbells and no MSG!
In reply to Don49:
Always an option and they have some fair soup, but they seriously don't hold a candle to homemade.
wae wrote: There are a bunch of sites that say to not use rice, pasta, or barley when you can soup, but I was able to find a University extension site that gave a "why" for that: According to http://extension.psu.edu/food/preservation/news/2012/making-soup-safely that stuff interferes with the absorption of the heat which could create pockets of basically unpreserved food where botulism could bloom.
When I can soup I take it right off the stove (still simmering), put it in the jars and right into the pressure canner. I use the pressure canning settings for low acid foods (higher pressure and longer time).
Great... now you guys make me want to buy an autoclave... 
Is there any reason I can't use a regular pressure cooker? I'm assuming a canning cooker is just taller for Qt jars. Mine's a standard cooker, but I should be able to do some pint jars with no problem.
Toyman01 wrote: Is there any reason I can't use a regular pressure cooker? I'm assuming a canning cooker is just taller for Qt jars. Mine's a standard cooker, but I should be able to do some pint jars with no problem.
No reason. We have a canning cooker because we bought it to can veggies from the garden. That's all it ever gets used for.
why the emphasis on canning … freezing is quicker, easier and without the danger of the canning "not taking" and the food going bad …
granted if you have shelf space and don't have freezer space …...
In reply to wbjones:
Freezer space is a concern, but part of it is ease and speed of use. I can zap a can of soup in 3 minutes. No defrosting, just zap it and eat.
The other part is I like doing different things. I've never canned a soup, before long, I won't be able to say that again.
gotcha 
So, I made a ham bone soup. We had it for lunch. It was very tasty.
The rest of it, is in here. Santa forgot to give me a pressure canner for Christmas so I gave myself one for being a good boy.
Two 12oz jars and a 8oz. We'll see how it turns out. 
A little over an hour later...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs96I2EK1rU
It's been off the heat for 20 minutes but the big jars are still boiling. You can hear the top on the small jar lid pop as it seals. Very cool.
I'll try some for dinner Wednesday while the wife is at choir practice. Hopefully it doesn't kill me. 
DO WANT !
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