William J. Mason wrote:
>> Everyone,
>> The advice about the pressure cooker was well received. Now the other
> question:
>> What, if any, literature has been published on this?
>> What brand names that you have had specific experience with work the best?
>> Where can they be ordered (companies) or were they purchased at a kitchen
> supply store, Wal-Mart, etc..?
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Jeff Mason
> University of Arkansas, Biological Sciences/Microbiology
>wmason at comp.uark.edu>http://comp.uark.edu/~wmason
We keep a Presto Pressure Canner Cooker that is 12" in diameter and 7"
deep in the lab as a back-up for small jobs during the periodic steam
outages we have. I got it many years ago at a K-Mart/Wal-Mart type
store. I suspect that if you are in the middle of a city where they
might not sell the bigger sizes (nobody growing stuff to can), you could
get it from a catalog from a Sears or Montgomery Ward. Alternatively,
you could probably call Presto which is in Eau Claire WI for the name of
a local dealer.
I don't about literature but I have checked mine by various methods
(tape, melt beads and spore vials) and get quite satisfactory results.
Peter Herman
NMSU Biology
rpeter at nmsu.edu
