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.
Everything All can be shipped by a variety of methods, including overnight, if you have a canning emergency!
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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 Preservingby 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
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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 online 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
| 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! | ||
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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! | ||
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!
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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! | |||
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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]
