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>> > Cumberpach wrote:
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>> > > > Cumberpach wrote:
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>> > > > > Hi there, I'm oldbiely challenged and I hope this question
>> > > > > hasn't
>> been
>> > > asked
>> > > > > recently.
>> > > > > Over the w/end I pickled my first batch of 5 lbs of beetroot
>> > > > > and
> the
>> > > whole
>> > > > > lot took about 90 mins in the saucepan(s).
>> > > > > Q. Can I use a pressure cooker to speed up the process, or
>> > > > > will it
>> all
>> > > end
>> > > > > in tears. TIA.
>> > > <snip>
>> > > > Dear Pete, let us know your recipe and it will help. > pressure
> cooker
>> to
>> > > cook up beets is a good idea, but we don't want them *mush*
>> > > > now do we?
>> > > > Edrena, at 4000 feet.
>> > > >
>> > > The beets I am cropping now are called 'Cylindra' and I am
>> > > picking at
>> 2.5
>> > > inch diameter. I can get in 3 lbs per saucepan and I simmer for
>> > > 90
> mins,
>> the
>> > > flesh is then pierceable with a fork.
>> > > My next crop 'Boltardy' should be ready in about about 2 weeks.
>> > > I am at 400 feet near South coast of Cornwall.
>> > >
>> > > Pete
>> >
>> > Sounds like you get'em at just the right size. Can you get a
>> > bigger
> pot?
>> I
>> > don't simmer, I boil the dickens out of them and they're just fine.
>>
>> Yes, seeing Pickle's, Guppy's and your posts I realise 'big is best'
>> and
> the
>> pressure cooker base can be used as a 2 gallon saucepan. BTW I meant
>> to
> ask
>> Pickle, what 'canned for 30 mins' meant (serious question). My last
>> batch,
> I
>> used 1 and half lb jars and I was quite pleased when the cooling
>> malt vinegar, popped the vacuum lids closed.
>
> Hi!
>
> Per Ball's Blue Book (The canning bible). They recommend a boiling
> water bath (bwb) for 30 minutes for beet root.
>
> pickle

I won't dispute the BBB, but I have always hot-packed the beets followed
by a 15 minutes BWB. My spiced vingar solution is not diluted with water
or other liquids. Been doing them this way for more than 30 years with
never a single failure.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

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