Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
there will most likely be more.

Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel quarter
turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the flow. May
even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a pot on the
oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing good. I see
many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate units in chemical
plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock here.

George Shirley wrote:
> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
> of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
> there will most likely be more.
>
> Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
> walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
> do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
> the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel quarter
> turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the flow. May
> even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a pot on the
> oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing good. I see
> many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate units in chemical
> plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock here.

Ended up with eight cups of pear juice out of about three or four lbs of
pears. May make some more pear jelly tomorrow. Decided to compost the
pulp, got enough pear sauce as it is.

George Shirley wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>> of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>> there will most likely be more.
>>
>> Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
>> walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
>> do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
>> the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel
>> quarter turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the
>> flow. May even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a
>> pot on the oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing
>> good. I see many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate
>> units in chemical plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock
>> here.
>
> Ended up with eight cups of pear juice out of about three or four lbs of
> pears. May make some more pear jelly tomorrow. Decided to compost the
> pulp, got enough pear sauce as it is.


If it did its job right, the leftover pulp doesn't have any flavor
anyway. All it's good for is compost or adding fiber to bread or
meatloaf (etc.)

Sounds like you did OK. Have you tasted the pear juice?

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>>> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five
>>> cups of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part
>>> lately so there will most likely be more.
>>>
>>> Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
>>> walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it
>>> to do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the
>>> clamp on the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless
>>> steel quarter turn valve to that end and do a better job of
>>> controlling the flow. May even increase the length of the tubing so I
>>> can just set a pot on the oven door and let it run into that once it
>>> starts juicing good. I see many potentials here. Thank goodness I
>>> used to operate units in chemical plants, same theory as a basic
>>> boiler with a petcock here.
>>
>> Ended up with eight cups of pear juice out of about three or four lbs
>> of pears. May make some more pear jelly tomorrow. Decided to compost
>> the pulp, got enough pear sauce as it is.
>
>
> If it did its job right, the leftover pulp doesn't have any flavor
> anyway. All it's good for is compost or adding fiber to bread or
> meatloaf (etc.)
>
> Sounds like you did OK. Have you tasted the pear juice?
>
> Bob
Yup, tastes just like pear juice.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:16:01 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>there will most likely be more.
>
>Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
>walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
>do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
>the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel quarter
>turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the flow. May
>even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a pot on the
>oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing good. I see
>many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate units in chemical
>plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock here.

George,

You bin lookin' in our kitchen?
I got rid of that chintzy little hose clamp years ago.
But, there's one thing I may do differently than you, I let the fruit
steam for the whole time before I start to draw off any juice.
I fitted a SS 3/8 inch ball valve with a couple of 3/8 inch IPS to
barb adapters to the end of the hose from our steamer. Flattened about
a 4 inch section of a 9 inch long piece of 1 inch hardwood dowel. Used
two SS gear clamps to clamp the valve to the flattened portion, with
the output barbed adapter overhanging the end of the dowel. That way I
have a nice cool handle to hang onto while pouring the juice. It goes
into either the jelly pot or jars that sit on the open oven door. Made
a long hook that fastens near the side of the range hood where the
handle/valve hang while steaming. Rube Goldberg for sure but does the
job like a champ.
I convert the amount of juice needed for any given jelly recipe into
grams then I set a little 3 Kg scale on the oven door, put the jelly
pot on the scale and use the valve to meter in the exact amount of
juice required. No handling hot measuring cups, just straight from the
steamer into the jelly pot.
I probably love tinkering and inventing work savers almost as much as
I do cooking, preserving and eating ;-).

Ross.

wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:16:01 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>> of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>> there will most likely be more.
>>
>> Once I got the thing up to boiling I set the timer for one hour and
>> walked away to do other things. Worked fine, did the job I hired it to
>> do, and I'm happy with the machinery. Not real happy with the clamp on
>> the end of the tubing but believe I can attach a stainless steel quarter
>> turn valve to that end and do a better job of controlling the flow. May
>> even increase the length of the tubing so I can just set a pot on the
>> oven door and let it run into that once it starts juicing good. I see
>> many potentials here. Thank goodness I used to operate units in chemical
>> plants, same theory as a basic boiler with a petcock here.
>
> George,
>
> You bin lookin' in our kitchen?
> I got rid of that chintzy little hose clamp years ago.
> But, there's one thing I may do differently than you, I let the fruit
> steam for the whole time before I start to draw off any juice.
> I fitted a SS 3/8 inch ball valve with a couple of 3/8 inch IPS to
> barb adapters to the end of the hose from our steamer. Flattened about
> a 4 inch section of a 9 inch long piece of 1 inch hardwood dowel. Used
> two SS gear clamps to clamp the valve to the flattened portion, with
> the output barbed adapter overhanging the end of the dowel. That way I
> have a nice cool handle to hang onto while pouring the juice. It goes
> into either the jelly pot or jars that sit on the open oven door. Made
> a long hook that fastens near the side of the range hood where the
> handle/valve hang while steaming. Rube Goldberg for sure but does the
> job like a champ.

This unit comes with a neat clamp for the hose with a hook to hang on
one of the pot handles. I may keep that as it works fairly well as a
hook, just too much clamp for my weakened right hand. I'm thinking
quarter turn valve as I happen to have one left over from another
project that concerned distillation. Not alcohol per se but when I was
making some herbal remedies.


> I convert the amount of juice needed for any given jelly recipe into
> grams then I set a little 3 Kg scale on the oven door, put the jelly
> pot on the scale and use the valve to meter in the exact amount of
> juice required. No handling hot measuring cups, just straight from the
> steamer into the jelly pot.
> I probably love tinkering and inventing work savers almost as much as
> I do cooking, preserving and eating ;-).
>
> Ross.

I'm not sure pear juice would have enough pectin to make the juice jell,
maybe apple would though. Unfortunately we don't grow apples around here.

I was a gunsmith part-time for more than twenty years and ended up
making most of the specialty tools I needed as I just didn't have the
money to buy them from the gun manufacturers. If there is a picture of
it somewhere I can generally make it. I'm just a tinker myself. I've got
a big stainless steel bowl that came to me with a pin hole in it. It's
amazing what you can do with a propane torch and a 20-ounce ball peen
hammer and a two-foot long section of railroad track.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:16:01 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>there will most likely be more.
>

George,

Did you D/L a PDF copy of the Mehu-Liisa recipe book?
It's available at:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/steam...sa-Recipes.pdf

Ross.

wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:16:01 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>> of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>> there will most likely be more.
>>
>
> George,
>
> Did you D/L a PDF copy of the Mehu-Liisa recipe book?
> It's available at:
> http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/steam...sa-Recipes.pdf
>
> Ross.
Yup, Susan pointed me to it at Podunk.com. Thanks.

This was the Cook N Home 9.5 quart juicer that was asked about in an earlier thread, correct? My husband and I are thinking about getting that one, and given how much less expensive it is than the other stainless steels (currently $80 at Amazon), were looking for reassurance that it works all right!

Podling wrote:
> George Shirley;1357597 Wrote:
>> wrote:-
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:16:01 -0500, George Shirley
>> wrote:
>> -
>> Took almost precisely two hours and fifteen minutes to get the boiler
>>
>> level down to where I decided to shut it off. So far we have five cups
>>
>> of pear juice and I haven't emptied the juice container part lately so
>>
>> there will most likely be more.
>> -
>>
>> George,
>>
>> Did you D/L a PDF copy of the Mehu-Liisa recipe book?
>> It's available at:
>> http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/steam...sa-Recipes.pdf
>>
>> Ross.-
>> Yup, Susan pointed me to it at Podunk.com. Thanks.
>
> This was the Cook N Home 9.5 quart juicer that was asked about in an
> earlier thread, correct? My husband and I are thinking about getting
> that one, and given how much less expensive it is than the other
> stainless steels (currently $80 at Amazon), were looking for
> reassurance that it works all right!
>
>
>
>
Works just fine, was made in China but seems to be of quality
construction. I used to work for a metal fabrication outfit and the
juicer seems better made than much of the Chinese stuff I've see. I will
install a longer tygon tube on the outlet so I can let it drain to a pot
on the floor, and will install a 3/8 inch stainless quarter turn ball
valve at the end of the line. I'm happy with the purchase.