Tarheel Tink
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As God is my witness, I thought it was stainless steel!
For years my mother used a large metal pot for making her pickles with no problems. I know you are not supposed to used aluminum for this and just assumed it was stainless steel (OK, old pot). I just finished making 14 pints of bread and butter pickles and while washing up noticed the pot seemed very light so flipped it over and to my shock saw the word aluminum!
My bad; does anyone know what the problem is with using aluminum for this? Apparently my family has eating this pickles for decades from this same pot to no known ill effects, but what is the problem? All the canning books just say not to use it.
For years my mother used a large metal pot for making her pickles with no problems. I know you are not supposed to used aluminum for this and just assumed it was stainless steel (OK, old pot). I just finished making 14 pints of bread and butter pickles and while washing up noticed the pot seemed very light so flipped it over and to my shock saw the word aluminum!
My bad; does anyone know what the problem is with using aluminum for this? Apparently my family has eating this pickles for decades from this same pot to no known ill effects, but what is the problem? All the canning books just say not to use it.
