Ahh!!! I'm so excited!! I just began my canning journey, and I s

@Butterfrei :
Good luck on your new venture. I never got into canning. It's so labor intensive! Also, pressure cookers kinda scare me. 🙃

@Bloom :
Honestly, I was super scared at first as well, but after doing it, it's not scary at all!!! Noisy as all get out, but not scary!!

@Butterfrei :
I scared myself when I had a small pressure cooker for regular cooking when I was a young mom. Taking care of 2 toddlers and trying to have a homecooked meal on the table when DH got home from working refinery construction, I hastily put a chicken in WITHOUT water. I thought I was blowing up the house! I never tried using a pressure cooker again. I remember my mom canning all kinds of stuff, but so much work! And yes, it's noisey!

Oh my goodness!!! I'm so sorry you experienced that!!!! I have an instant pot, so I am relatively experienced, and I watched my GMA can, and my mom uses a pressure cooker when making my favorite meal, beef stroganoff. So while a little wary about pressure canning, I felt confident enough to try it!

@Butterfrei , I never heard of making stroganoff in a pressure cooker. I make it often during cold-weather months, but in a stove-top pan. Stroganoff became very popular back in the '50s-'60s, but few people still make it today.

@otto :
She cooks the meat in it!

@Butterfrei : Good for you! Now, what is next in your canning journey?

@Cbear :
I'm going to do potatoes and butternut squash this weekend! 🎉

Maybe it's just me but those look like jars, not cans.
When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar!!
@Butterfrei :

@Butterfrei :
Have fun with it and hope it goes well. You're canning things that this East Texas gal never heard of anyone canning. Did you raise the potatoes and squash?

@Butterfrei :
That's awesome!! Did you make it by boiling the bones and skin? I do that every Thanksgiving with the turkey carcass and make a nice rich stock. I then make a good turkey soup with it.

@otto :
We usually make beef stroganoff every year for Valentine's Day. Serve it with a side of peas and instead of over noodles those crispy shoestring potato sticks, which is the traditional way it is served in Russia.

@Weathergirl5 : I don't go the noodles route, either. I normally ladle it over fork-mashed boiled potatoes.

@Butterfrei : Great! Don't forget to post pics!!!

@otto :
oh that would be good! They do serve it over mashed potatoes in Russia too.