How much money do you have into your 'canning supplies' and equipment?

Interested in overall cost to get a high-quality setup going.

-Todd

Under $100. It's like any other thing - you can spend a lot of money on stuff, but you don't really need to put out a lot to get going.
What do you mean by high quality? My cans last as long as any.

I`m not sure the equipment I need I just know there are different levels of quality for all equipment. Not so much the consumables but the equipment that makes it all work

Edumuhcate me.

My mom "canned" all kinds of stuff, using nothing more than Mason jars lids and rings, and her oven...

Pressure canner fom Walmart: $70
12 Jars/lids: $10
Canning tool kit (tongs, magnetic lid grabber, etc...):$10
Pickling salt and spices: $7
Enamel saucepan for making pickling brine (it'll destroy steel and aluminum pans):$10
Canning book:$10

Total: $117

-Blast

Doing it yourself with friends: $PRICELESS$

Well, most of the stuff that we can just needs a water bath.
But if you feel like canning everything here are some expensive ones...

Everything that isn't high-acid (red tomatoes) or high (added) sugar content needs to be pressure-canned. Hot-water-bath canning is absolutely NOT for other vegetables of low acidity or fruits that have no sugar added.

The biggest source of botulism poisoning in home canning comes from improperly canned vegetables, Number One being green beans.

For those of you who are new to canning, there are NO shortcuts. NONE. Either follow all the steps, using all the correct processes, or buy your food from the store.

Here is basic info on canning from the USDA:
http://foodsafety.cas.psu.edu/canningguide.html

A great disaster plan: services down, and someone is feeding their family botulism-tainted home-canned food. ZOWIE! (Hey, would that qualify for a Multiple Darwin Award, by removing not only the canner from the gene pool, but also all the existing offspring?)

Sue

+1 on the canning advice from Susan.

If you can find items from yard sales/Goodwill, it may be cheaper but look at the items carefully before purchase, especially pressure canners.

The National Center for Home Food Preservation
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/

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