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A kitchen utensil used to cook, sterilize, and preserve low acid foods that are to be canned for future use.

A controlled method used for preserving foods with a pressure canner, also referred to as a pressure cooker, that is used for the heating and cooking process.

A canner used to cook, sterilize and preserve high acid foods that are to be canned for future use. The steam canner consists of a water pan, a jar rack and a dome steam cover.

A fine-grained salt that does not contain iodine or other additives, that is used in the process to pickle meats and can foods.

A canned ham consists of pieces of ham that have been brine cured, pressed or molded, vacuum-sealed in a can, and then fully cooked.

A cooking utensil that creates pressurized steam to cook foods. A traditional pressure cooker consists of a steel pot with an aluminum base, a locking lid containing an airtight seal, and a removable safety valve (on older models) that attaches to the lid or a built-in value with easy to read pressure markings (newer models).

A method of canning where the food is heat processed directly in a covered kettle and then, while hot, poured into sterile jars and sealed.

Bands and lids used to seal foods in canning jars. The set includes a lid that has a rubber seal around the outer edge and a screw on band that is placed over the lid and screwed down to hold the lid in place.

A utensil used for the canning of foods when working with glass jars. As the jars for canning are sterilized in a hot water bath or as they are pressure cooked with water converted to steam, the sealed jars become very hot and require a device to remove them from the cooker.

A large pot with a lid and a special rack used for holding jars. The pot is filled with water and heated in order to heat-treat pints and quarts of food for home canning.

In plant families, the tomato is classified as a fruit (berry), but when eaten it resembles a vegetable, which it is most often considered to be.

A smooth, shiny-skinned fruit first grown in Asia centuries ago that are now grown in all regions of the world.

A nut harvested from the branches of the Chestnut tree, a member of the beech family of plants. A prickly outer casing is removed to expose a dark brown, glossy shell that covers a sweet, but mealy fleshed nut.