It's 80 degrees, unseasonably warm for October and my tomatoes are coming back. I had one tomato plant that got so heavy with fruit, I had to pick 3 of the tomatoes to keep the rest from lying on the ground. I've wrapped them to ripen and set them aside. Sunshine, warmth and worm castings have really kept my garden going this fall. I just planted radishes again and I have several beds of new shoots: beets, beans, carrots and italian kale! I even picked 3 pickling cucumbers and have a volunteer pumpkin plant with 5 mini pumpkins growing.
So, yesterday I get a call from one of my Foodie Friends,Bruce. We get in a discussion about preserving all my goodies for the winter and asks me if I have a canning pressure cooker. Well I certainly remmber my Mom making the BEST pot roast and beef stew in her pressure cooker. I used to wash dishes and the thing was so heavy I could barely lift it, okay, I was young! Well if Bruce sells realestate as well as he sells pressure cookers, he must be very successful.
I decided on the 23 quart Presto Pressure Cooker. it has only one psi setting of 15, but being a canner and a carnivore, I won't worry about cooking delicate fish in mine, I'll stick to canning and Beef!!!! I can't wait to make my first pot roast on a cool evening and Steve won't have to wait until 9:00PM to eat dinner.
Thanks Bruce, I'll let you know how it goes!
how'd it go? was it a roastligious experience?
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