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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Cooking under pressure enables you to prepare food both quickly and
deliciously. If used properly, your pressure canner is one of the safest
appliances in your kitchen.
CAUTION!
To ensure safe operation, make sure you always observe the
following simple rules whenever you use the pressure canner. Failure to do so
could result in bodily injury or property damage.
1.
Never overfill the pressure canner.
The regulator is designed to
maintain the cooking pressure at a safe level. It relieves excess pressure
through the vent pipe as it gently rocks back and forth.
Many foods tend to expand when cooked. If the canner is overfilled, this
expansion may cause the vent pipe to become blocked. A blocked vent
pipe cannot relieve excess pressure.
There are a few foods such as rice, grains, dry beans and peas, and soups
which expand so much or foam and froth while cooking that the canner
should never be filled above the ½ fill line. For other foods, never fill the
canner above the ⅔ fill line.
For your convenience, both the fill lines are
marked by indentations on the inside of the
canner body (Fig. T). The top marking is the
⅔ fill line and the middle marking is the ½
fill line. The lowest marking is the 3-quart fill
line for water used when pressure canning.
In addition, in each section of the recipes you
will find instructions on the maximum fill
level for each type of food.
2.
Always add cooking liquid.
If an empty pressure canner is left on a
hot burner or if the canner boils dry and is left on a heated burner, it will
overheat excessively and cause possible discolouration or warping of the
canner and also potential damage to the range or stove-top.
3.
Always look through the vent pipe before using the canner to make
sure it is clear.
If the vent pipe is blocked, it cannot function as it should
and cannot relieve excess pressure. Pressure may build to unsafe levels.
To clean it, draw a pipe cleaner or small brush through the opening. Also
clean the vent pipe nut as shown (Fig. N and Fig. O, page 15).
Fig. T
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