Canning and Preserving for Beginners: The Essential Canning Recipes and Canning Supplies Guide

Muy bueno libró para canning recetas

This is an excellent book on canning. I recommend it highly. I have canned peaches 🍑 using the instructions and will can pickles in the next week. Easy to follow.

The book itself is exactly what I was looking for. It was a gift for a novice canner. However, it arrived a bit damaged. The cover was bent and was unable to be righted. It looked like a used book. I was going to send it back but what a waste as it will be likely thrown away. I had to press it for a week a do a bit of a tape job.Please Amazon package your items better!It's just a little problem but little things count when one is gifting.

"Can Do" for Beginner Canners and Preservers After reading Canning & Preserving for Beginners The Essential Canning Recipes & Canning Supplies Guide from cover to cover, I can say I was happily conditioned into knowing the essentials about this process. Having not known a thing about "canning" before beginning to read, I thought I was going to be putting food into cans. But what's in a name? It was clear from the start that the food was going to be processed in jars. My interest was piqued at the outset, and I found the book to be extremely informative, and it also gave a good background as to how and why this practice had developed. Not only is it economical monetarily, it is also saves time in the long run. It is a good common sense approach to this method of preserving food. It introduces the two different techniques of preservation: the water bath method, and the pressure canning method. So the book is divided into two sections, each devoted to one of these processes. Everything described in this practical guide is clear and thorough; nothing is left to chance. I was greatly impressed with how adequately the issue of safety was addressed here. I liked the recipe choices throughout, finding them very appealing. The pickling chapter also included a refrigerator Kosher Dill Pickle recipe, and a Sweet Refrigerator Pickled Onion Ring recipe, so neither canning process was required for those. Making a gift of Watermelon Rind Pickles was suggested, and that seemed a good idea indeed! I found it intriguing that with watermelon cantaloupe and honeydew, all seasonal foods, nothing has to go to waste when the rinds get used for pickling. It must be pointed out that the directions are crystal, and since each recipe repeats the same basic procedure no step is ever left out. I noted in the pressure canning section, the largest number of recipes was included in the Prepared Food & Meal Starters chapter. It presented an appetizing array of recipes from sauces, gravies, and soups to scrumptious fruit fillings. Supply lists and altitude charts, which factor big time into the canning process, were justly included. Some exquisite pictures of food items were a lovely addition, and the only drawback was that there weren't enough of them. For anyone interested in canning and preserving, or even for someone who is curious about the whole endeavor, this is a must read.Teresa Grazia-DeiAugust 15, 2013

This is a gift for a friend who has started serious grow your own and wanted recipes for her excess produce. I’ve a book (not this one!) which I’ve used religiously for about fifteen years and i swear by it but it’s hard to come by - very expensive now - but this is a great alternative.