Because beans overcook easily in a pressure canner, I add them later, when I’m heating up my home-canned chili for a meal.

In home food preservation, two popular methods stand out for ensuring the longevity and safety of your culinary creations: Water Bath Canning and Pressure Canning. These techniques, while sharing the ...

My household consumes gallons of them between November and March, mostly as chili, soup, pasta sauce and American goulash. I preserve tomatoes by pressure-canning them in mason jars. I use Presto ...