question about canning stew

[bluegrassmom]

If I'm canning a meat stew that has a tomato base, I'm supposed to use the pressure canner, right? Also, how do I know how long to process it for?

[quiltys41]

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If I'm canning a meat stew that has a tomato base, I'm supposed to use the pressure canner, right? Also, how do I know how long to process it for?

Ys you need to use the pressure canner and you will use the times for the ingrediant that takes the longest to process. I would think that will be the meat. And nope, it wont make your veggies mushie. I canned some two years ago and even the chunks of potatoes stayed firm.

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[Darlene]

Meat must always be pressure canned...90 minutes for quarts, 75 minutes for pints, at the pressure level appropriate for your elevation. And like quiltys said, find the ingredient that requires the longest processing time, and process the entire jar for that amount of time.