Ok, I have zero experience in canning, and I plan on doing some soon. Just got married and a canning set was a gift, but I am a biologist. I understand the acidity and temperature requirements for safely canning food and all that. Anyways, could you in theory replicated pressure canning via bath canning is something with a higher boiling point than water. For example, oil bath can or something like that edit:So oil would destroy the seals, but what about salt, or some other working fluid that won't destroy the seals but still allow the higher termperature? Just pure curiosity and ignorance, not suggesting it as a safe alternative to pressure canning.