I was so impressed with your learning to can that I made strawberry jam: in the bread maker.
There was a recipe in the breadmaker book, so I tried it.
Though I did not use pectin, the jam is delicious. I never had to stir it once, and the mess was contained in the bread machine, which was easy to clean up.
It took one hour, start to finish. All I had to do was put the strawberries and sugar in the bread machine.
After watching a friend make a huge pot of jam for canning, making the mess free strawberry jam myself and then, reading your canning saga Janet, I am going to get some jars and give canning things a shot.
I have a pressure cooker, too. It has been sitting out in the garage for years and years, because I have been afraid to use it. I will cook something in it soon and report back. They say pressure cooking makes meat super tender, and cuts cooking time by half.
Fun thread!
Cedar