JAM PAN AND CANNER

2nd Man bought me the coolest gifts for our anniversary (see yesterday's post).  He knows I want to get more into canning in preparation for our eventual retirement and putting up food for ourselves and said I needed better tools. 

Kilner Jam Pan

 Since we'll have plenty of fruit trees, and an acre or two of dewberries, there will be lots of jellies, jams and pie fillings in our future.  So he bought this for me!  It's the Kilner Stainless Steel Jam Pan, 8.5-Quart  (he doesn't mind that I link to Amazon, he knows I'll do that for interested people).  

Jam Pan from Kilner

It is indeed a thing of beauty.  A heavy bottom pan which is great for even heating, it's got a built in pouring lip around the edge , a handle for carrying, and markings inside that show the amount of product you have inside and how that translates to how many jars you might need.

Victorio Multi-Use Canner 

And then he found this. It's the VICTORIO Stainless Steel Multi-Use Canner.  It can be used for either water-bath canning or steam canning.  

It will hold 8 pints or 7 quarts (and of course half pints and the other odd shaped jars).  There is a temperature gauge (with different altitudes) on the lid which makes it nice to be able to know when it's reached the temperature to start timing.  It also has a super clear glass for looking inside to keep an eye on things and of course a rack that also hooks onto the sides for holding those jars of goodness before or after putting them in.

  Let the canning begin!  
(or has it already?  Stay tuned, ha!)