I posted a message a while ago about buying a new pressure canner, and
received some good advice (thanks!). I finally got the pressure canner
and tried it out this weekend for the first time. I made stewed
vegetables from the Ball Blue Book. The instructions say to cook them
at 10 lbs. pressure for 40 minutes. The weight on the canner jiggled
when the gauge was at about 11.5 pounds. For about 10 minutes during
the cooking time, the weight didn't jiggle but the gauge was still at
about 11.5 pounds. I have no experience with pressure canning, so I
don't know what to think about that. Are my vegetables potentially
bad?

I have to say, the veggies don't look terribly appetizing after all
that cooking...especially the peas. But I was planning to try them
tonight and see.

Thanks for your help -

Jeneen