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
Very useful for learning how to make your own sourdough,  Miso, Beer, Yogurt,  sour cream, cheese, Injera (Ethiopian sourdough) bread and other fermenting at home. Yummy home made sour cream! Buttermilk! C! 

Everyday Cheesemaking: How to Succeed Making Dairy and Nut Cheese at Home

by K. Ruby Blume

An intro to home cheese making, great for beginners


The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: 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 below for more information and / or to buy (no obligation to buy)

Click here for more information 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

Another home guide to growing, storing, and making your own food for beginners to the seasoned farmhers.

 

 

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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving

by United States Dept. of Agriculture

This is guide fromthe USDA is a nicely bound and published versrion of the recipes dveeloped over the past 100 years, updated and lab tested. The Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving

The Kerr Home Canning book

The 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 online for the best price!

 

Canning Supplies

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

Canning jars: 8 oz jars

Quilted Canning jars: 4 oz glass jars

 

 

 

 

8 oz canning jars shown below:

Quilted 4 oz jars below:

  

       

Lids, Rings and Jars

Need lids, rings and replacement jars? 

Get them all here, delivered direct to your home,  at the best prices on the internet!

 

Pectin

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!

Get canning jars, rings, lids and pectin deliverd:


Home Canning Kits

This 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!
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If you want only the canner, without the Ball Blue Book, tongs, lid lifter, jar funnel and other supplies, click at left for more information!

 		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!

5-Piece Canning Accessories Kit

   

 

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Picking Tips

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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]

Home Canning Kits

This is the same 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 and lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You'll never need anything else except jars & lids (and the jars are reusable)! There is also a simple kit with just the canner and rack, and a pressure canner, if you want to do vegetables (other than tomatoes). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!
Don't forget the Ball Blue Book!