[Black Agnes]

Ya, we’ve got an instant pot we use for cooking. Love it.

We’ve also got one of the big all american canners we got for Christmas one year but have been afraid to use.

[amorphous]

We have two larger ones for canning. IIRC, the largest holds about 22 quart jars. We have 3 smaller pots for cooking on top of the stove.

[amorphous]

We use ours for tenderizing beef before adding to stews, beef tips, lentils, stuffed peppers, vegetables, etc. We used to can a lot, not too much nowadays, since I haven't gardened much in the last couple of years.

I buy freeze dried vegetables, but have everything we need if our freezers go out or we lose electricity for an extended period of time and need to can everything.

Our last power outage lasted for 5 days due to a F3 tornado that missed us by less than 400 yards. I ran my generator for a solid five days without stopping - fueled it hot.