Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

A comprehensive beginner's guide to home canning and preserving, complete with tasty recipes!

Preserving your own fruits and vegetables is an affordable and sustainable way to sweeten your pantry with delicious seasonal bounty to last all year. With Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can!, you'll learn everything you ever needed to know about canning and preserving your farmer's market finds and the fresh produce from your garden. Whether you're canning for the first time or just want to refresh your skills, this is the perfect guide.

All the basics are covered, from hot water baths and freezing techniques to food safety information and clever ideas for making gifts from your preserves. With a wide variety of recipes and step-by-step instruction, this book is clear and straightforward enough for any inspired do-it-yourselfer.

  • Includes 100 recipes for classic flavors as well as bold new delights
  • Features more than 50 beautiful color photos, including step-by-step photos to guide the novice canner through the most critical procedures
  • Covers all the basics of equipment and ingredients and provides handy charts and go-to lists, as well as tips on produce seasonality

With recipes for jams, jellies, preserves, and chutneys, as well as pickles, relishes, and veggies, this book proves that you really can can!

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Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

A comprehensive beginner's guide to home canning and preserving, complete with tasty recipes!

Preserving your own fruits and vegetables is an affordable and sustainable way to sweeten your pantry with delicious seasonal bounty to last all year. With Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can!, you'll learn everything you ever needed to know about canning and preserving your farmer's market finds and the fresh produce from your garden. Whether you're canning for the first time or just want to refresh your skills, this is the perfect guide.

All the basics are covered, from hot water baths and freezing techniques to food safety information and clever ideas for making gifts from your preserves. With a wide variety of recipes and step-by-step instruction, this book is clear and straightforward enough for any inspired do-it-yourselfer.

  • Includes 100 recipes for classic flavors as well as bold new delights
  • Features more than 50 beautiful color photos, including step-by-step photos to guide the novice canner through the most critical procedures
  • Covers all the basics of equipment and ingredients and provides handy charts and go-to lists, as well as tips on produce seasonality

With recipes for jams, jellies, preserves, and chutneys, as well as pickles, relishes, and veggies, this book proves that you really can can!

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Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

by Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling

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A comprehensive beginner's guide to home canning and preserving, complete with tasty recipes!

Preserving your own fruits and vegetables is an affordable and sustainable way to sweeten your pantry with delicious seasonal bounty to last all year. With Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can!, you'll learn everything you ever needed to know about canning and preserving your farmer's market finds and the fresh produce from your garden. Whether you're canning for the first time or just want to refresh your skills, this is the perfect guide.

All the basics are covered, from hot water baths and freezing techniques to food safety information and clever ideas for making gifts from your preserves. With a wide variety of recipes and step-by-step instruction, this book is clear and straightforward enough for any inspired do-it-yourselfer.

  • Includes 100 recipes for classic flavors as well as bold new delights
  • Features more than 50 beautiful color photos, including step-by-step photos to guide the novice canner through the most critical procedures
  • Covers all the basics of equipment and ingredients and provides handy charts and go-to lists, as well as tips on produce seasonality

With recipes for jams, jellies, preserves, and chutneys, as well as pickles, relishes, and veggies, this book proves that you really can can!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470607565
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 06/01/2010
Series: Better Homes and Gardens Cooking Series
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 445,714
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


The iconic BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS brand is one of America's most trusted sources for information on cooking, gardening, home improvement, home design, decorating, and crafting. Today, the brand encompasses books, magazines, and digital media.

Table of Contents


CHAPTER ONE: CANNING BASICS.

Learn the fundamentals of canning, from choosing the produce and processing in the canner to cooling and storing.

CHAPTER TWO: FRUITS & VEGETABLES.

Gather the best vegetables and fruits of summer and then can them using simple methods to enjoy all year long.

CHAPTER THREE: PICKLES.

Tickle your tongue with a tangy assortment of pickled cucumbers and other tasty vegetables and fruits.

CHAPTER FOUR: RELISHES, SALSAS, SAUCES & CHUTNEYS.

Add layers of flavor to your meals. Whether it's an old-fashioned favorite or a trendy new flavor, try these tasty toppers.

CHAPTER FIVE: JAMS, JELLIES & PRESERVES.

Concentrate the essence of your favorite fruits and produce to slather on toast or give as a gift with a personal touch.

CHAPTER SIX: PRESERVING USING OTHER METHODS.

Expand your food-preserving repertoire with pressure canning, freezing, preserving in brine, preserving in alcohol, and drying.

INDEX.

ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS.

METRIC INFORMATION.

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