Looking for Home Canning Books, Guides and How-to's Home Canning in 2024? Scroll down this page and follow the links. And if you bring home some fruit or vegetables and want to can, freeze, make jam, salsa or pickles, see this page for simple, reliable, illustrated canning, freezing or preserving directions. There are plenty of other related resources, click on the resources dropdown above. If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.
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Home Canning Books, Guides and How-to's Home Canning
Recommended Books about Canning, Jam making, Food Drying and Preserving
Whether you are canning for your first time or in your 50th year of canning; all the books and recipes you need are here, and at the best prices you will find anywhere.
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Canning & Preserving for Dummiesby Karen Ward. A good basic book that convers most canning topics. Get Canning and Preserving For Dummies |
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Pressure Cookers for DummiesHere's another good book, if you have a pressure cooker or pressure canner. Like most of the "Dummies" books, it breaks things down very simply. |
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Putting Food ByGood explanation sof the underlying principles, methods and ingredients, in addition to recipes. |
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| The Prepper's Canning & Preserving Bible: Survive the Apocalypse by Learning from a Veteran to Master the Art of Canning, Pickling, Fermentation, Dehydration, and More The Ultimate Guide; April 7, 2023 edition |
The Prepper’s Canning & Preserving BibleThis is a complete Guide to Water & Pressure Canning, Dehydrating, Fermenting and Pickling Food. Easy Recipes to Survive After the Society Collapse Paperback, Edition: September 6, 2022. Gets great reviews. |
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"Preserving Summer's Bounty"
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Written more like a novel to read than a reference, it does make an interesting read anddoes have recipes. The Prepper’s Canning & Preserving Bible: [7 in 1] The Complete Guide to Water & Pressure Canning, Dehydrating, Fermenting and Pickling Food. Easy Recipes to Survive After the Society Collapse Paperback - September 6, 2022 |
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Stocking UpThird edition, again from the Rodale Press, is a revised edition. I got my first copy of this book in 1981 and it is still a reference on my bookshelf. |
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The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving:The Ball Blue Book of Home Canning, Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed Pickled, and Preserved Recipes Paperback This is THE book on canning AND freezing! My grandmother used this book when I was a child. It tells you in simple instructions how to can almost anything; complete with recipes for jam, jellies, pickles, sauces, canning vegetables, meats, etc. If it can be canned, this book likely tells you how! Click on the link at left for more information and / or to buy (no obligation to buy) |
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All About Canning & Preservin by the Joy of Cooking
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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preservingby United States Dept. of Agriculture This book is a compendium of the USDA's research and tested recipes. It explains the scientific principles behind home canning , canning equipment, and the proper use of jars and lids. It is written by government folks, so it is pretty dry, but it is accurate. It includes recipes for fruit; tomatoes; vegetables; poultry, red meat, and seafood; fermented foods and vegetables; and jams and jellies and contains updates based on research in the last 20 years for canning safer and better quality food at home. |
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The Kerr Home Canning bookThe Kerr book is another long time favorite! Most people grew up with either the Ball Blue Book or the Kerr Home Canning Book on their mother's cookbook shelf! There are two versions of the book - check out both to see which is currently available. Click on the link at left to see more information and how to order it for the best price! Keep in mind, the Kerr book hasn't been updated since 1982, so the Ball Blue book is a better choice |
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Blue Ribbon Preserves: Secrets to Award-Winning Jams, Jellies, Marmalades and More (Paperback)by Linda J. AmendtThe book is very popular!
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250 Home Preserving Favoritesby Yvonne Tremblay |
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Pickles, Kraut and PicklingBooks about making pickles and sauerkraut at home
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The Jamlady CookbookSee at left for more information or to buy the book! |
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Canning JarsCanning jars delivered to your doorstep and guaranteed! Any size you need. Click on the links below Canning jars: quart (32 oz) jars |
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Home Canning KitsThis is the same 33 qt (total volume) type of standard canner that my grandmother used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce. This complete kit includes everything you need: the canner, jar rack, Jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. You will never need anything else except more jars and lids!
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