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I have been trying for ages to see if it is possible to buy one of these large American machines But I can't find one here in the UK at a reasonable price. If I order one from over there in theUSA it costs virtually the purchase price again to transport it to the UK. Has anyone got any ideas, advice etc....HELP.....
Hattie
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Hi brightspark,
Thank you but what I am after is a special machine which will preserve meat products, soups, casseroles & pates etc. They need higher temperatures than we can get with our pressure cookers.. They are commonly used in the USA & I wondered if anyone knew of an importer over here.
Many thanks,
Hattie
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JOSIE COOEE! Are you able to help Hattie with this please, being in America and all?
I'll try that again!
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Well, I have several pressure canners (which is a good term to Google for them) but I have no idea who would sell them on your side the pond. From what I can tell, the most of what you can (or bottle) is friuts and such that can be water bath canned. Hattie, I could get you books with techniques and recipes, but an actual pressure canner is going to cost to ship. They are heavy! You could check
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/ for info on how to can, and some recipes. The top of the line is All American, but Presto makes a good one too. Maybe if you Google the names, something will come up?
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3 Ravens
Many thanks for the info. I have tried Googling all that stuff before but the shipping costs equal the purchase price. I guess I was hoping that some ex-pat American who lived here might have a second-hand one for sale in the UK...........I check out all the relevant sites here all the time (sometimes I see spare parts for them offered for sale here but that is all).
I guess I will just have to start another piggy bank to help me save for the shipping costs & bite the bullet. The All American is what I am aiming for as everyone says it is the best. I belong to a couple of forums in the US (The Easy Garden, Backyard Chickens & both are full of keen canners) so I will not lack for recipes, etc.
What is so annoying is that I used to work over there a lot & it would have been fairly easy to buy one & ship it back.........................Ah well I didn't have the time to can in those days....life was too busy & exciting.....I used to design in the theatre & was lucky to travel world-wide doing it ( illness stopped that). Still another fascinating world has opened up with my vegetable garden & my beloved chickens. They are well into their New Year egg-producing mode after their Autumn moult & lay-off period.
Thanks again for your help....
Hattie
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Hattie, do you have any contact with American military families? The goverment ships their household goods for them, so someone might have a brought a canner. A lot of the bases have Freecycle groups too. That might be a place to check.
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3ravens said:
Hattie, do you have any contact with American military families? The goverment ships their household goods for them, so someone might have a brought a canner. A lot of the bases have Freecycle groups too. That might be a place to check.
Brilliant idea 3ravens, I can't think of anybody straight off but I MIGHT BE ABLE TO RUSTLE SOMEONE UP through friends of friends.......Hmmmmmm.......... PUTS THINKING CAP ON..........
Thanks once again....!!
Hattie
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Hattie, whereabouts in the country are you?
Anywhere near any of the American bases?
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brightspark said:
Hattie, whereabouts in the country are you?
Anywhere near any of the American bases?
Hi brightspark,
I,m on the border of Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire, not all that far from Thame.
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.......sounds like my life.......!!!!!! 
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Isn't Upper Heyford near you?
Worth a try perhaps ....
2:36 pm
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Upper Heyford is just beyond Bicester - about half an hour from you, I would think.
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Find a friend in the US and get them to ship it, they can often get the postage an awful lot cheaper , i have a friend who does this for me and i return the favour when she wants stuff from the UK , its very useful when they wont post abroad on ebay because the US internal post is cheap ,it still works out a good deal . Katrina is a good friend and finds stuff i want offline as well
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kayerunrig said:
Find a friend in the US and get them to ship it, they can often get the postage an awful lot cheaper , i have a friend who does this for me and i return the favour when she wants stuff from the UK , its very useful when they wont post abroad on ebay because the US internal post is cheap ,it still works out a good deal . Katrina is a good friend and finds stuff i want offline as well
kayerunrig, Many thanks, great idea!
I will try that out on my friends over there & see how cheaply we can ship it over here!
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