Recommended Books on Home Canning and Freezing - Part 2
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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'll find anywhere.
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Home Food Fermenting, Cheese-making and More Books
Wild Fermentation: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Cultural Manipulation
by Sandor Ellix Katz
A very literal guide, "A DIY Guide to Cultural
Manipulation" is a great resource for learning to use the microbes around
you. Wanna learn how to make your own sourdough? Miso? Beer? Yogurt?
Injera (Ethiopian sourdough) bread?!!! It's in this handy dandy and super
resourceful guide for fermenting in the comfort of your own home. Yummy
home made sour cream! Buttermilk! Cheese and tempeh!!! Double and triple
wow your friends and family with the helpful directions on how to ferment
your own kimchi and other tasty, briny treats.
This is the original
zine written by Sandor Ellix Katz before he went on to become an
international fermenting superstar. It's still his most accessible, basic,
and pocket-sized guide!
Everyday Cheesemaking: How to Succeed Making Dairy and Nut Cheese at Home
by K. Ruby Blume
Everyday Cheesemaking is an introduction to DIY home cheese making made simple and accessible. K. Ruby Blume introduces you to the concepts, equipment, and ingredients necessary to making cheese at home successfully the very first time you try. The book offers clear instructions, humorous stories, and dozens of recipes and troubleshooting tips. You'll learn about running a small home goat dairy and how to make non-dairy cheese recipes using nut milks. With its light and practical approach, this book is perfect for anyone who is itching to get started and impress their friends and family with delicious homemade cheese.
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes Paperback - May 31, 2016
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 below for more information and / or to buy (no obligation to buy)
Click here for more information from Amazon.com about the
Ball Blue Book of Preserving
Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, And Store Food, No Matter Where You Live
by Jennifer Biggs and Robyn Jasko
Robyn Jasko and Jennifer
Biggs' Homesweet Homegrown is a simple DIY guide to growing, storing, and
making your own food, no matter where you live. An ideal companion to
Raleigh Briggs' DIY guide Make Your Place, Jasko and Biggs' debut book
will turn you into a healthy, happy farmer even if you live in a big city
skyrise. Built around eight comprehensive sections (Know, Start, Grow,
Plant, Plan, Make, Eat, and Store), this wonderful 128-page guide walks
you through all the steps of successfully nurturing a crop of delicious,
healthy vegetables. Everyone from the base beginner to the seasoned
farmhand will find something for them in these pages. (The recipe section
alone is enough to keep you comin' back to this gem for years!) Narrated
in a friendly, helpful tone by Jasko and buoyed by Biggs's great
illustrations, this book is the definition of awesomely useful. Super,
super, SUPER inspiring. Grow your own everything!
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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preservingby United States Dept. of Agriculture Practical, easy-to-follow guide contains virtually everything consumers need to know about home canning: how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods and pickled vegetables; how to prepare foods for special diets, and much more. Also includes scores of simply written recipes that even beginners can handle (smoked fish, turkey-tamale pie, chicken croquettes, more. It's the second book to get, after the Ball Guide. Click on the link below for more information and / or to buy (no obligation to buy)
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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! Click on the link at left to see more information and how to order it through Amazon.com for the best price! |
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Canning Jars Canning jars delivered to your doorstep and guaranteed! Any size you need. Click on the links below
Canning jars: quart (32 oz) jars
Canning jars: pint (16 oz) jars
Quilted Canning jars: 4 oz glass jars
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Lids, Rings and Jars
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Making Jam? Need Pectin, but the local store is out?Is your jam too runny? Pectin enables you to turn out perfectly set jam every time. Made from natural apples, there are also low-sugar pectins that allow you to reduce the sugar you add by almost half!
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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'll never need anything else except more jars and
lids! Average Customer Review:
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If you have a glass or ceramic stove top, then flat bottomed canners are generally recommended. Here's a good value on at 21 Quart (total volume) one! | ||
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Picking Tips
[General picking tips and a guide to each fruit and vegetable] [How
much do I need to pick?
(Yields - how much raw makes how much cooked or frozen)] [Selecting
the right varieties to pick] [All
about apple varieties - which to pick and why!] [Picking tips for Vegetables]
[ Strawberry picking tips]
[ Blueberries picking tips]
Illustrated Canning, Freezing, Jam Instructions and Recipes
[ All About Home Canning, Freezing and Making Jams, Pickles, Sauces, etc. ] [FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems] [Recommended books about home canning, jam making, drying and preserving!] [Free canning publications to download and print]
