Canning for your Kitchen: July 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Victorio VKP250 Model 250 Food Strainer and Sauce Maker (Kitchen)

Victorio VKP250 Model 250 Food Strainer and Sauce Maker (Kitchen)
By Victorio Kitchen Products

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Why buy a copycat when you can get the REAL Victorio food strainer? We've improved the original design to make our new strainer better than ever! It still makes all the great sauces, purees, juices and jams you love without painstaking peeling or coring. Quickly separates fruit and vegetable puree from unwanted skins, stems and seeds. Don't forget to add the 4-piece accessory kit (VKP250-5, sold separately) to make your Victorio food strainer even more versatile! New screen design allows for easier installation and removal. Stainless steel screen won't rust and resists wear. Sturdy one-piece heat resistant hopper. Improved handle design for easier cranking. Extended waste funnel. Steel drive shaft is sealed to prevent leaks. Spiral has durable steel reinforced drive. Mounting clamp is rubber insulated to protect countertops. Can mount to countertops from 3/4-inch to 1.875-inch thick. INCLUDES: Stainless steel apple/tomato screen, standard spiral & plastic pusher. Instruction and recipe booklet. 1-year warranty. Optional electric drive motor for the Victorio model 250 food strainer will be available summer of 2011 (VKP250-M) and will work with all Victorio model 250 food strainers. IMPORTANT: Hand washing of food strainer is recommended. Read more

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Monday, July 18, 2011

The Complete Guide to Food Preservation: Step-by-step Instructions on How to Freeze, Dry, Can, and Preserve Food (Back-To-Basics) (Back to Basics Cooking) (Kindle Edition)

The Complete Guide to Food Preservation: Step-by-step Instructions on How to Freeze, Dry, Can, and Preserve Food (Back-To-Basics) (Back to Basics Cooking) (Kindle Edition)
By Angela Williams Duea

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Storing food can be a major challenge for any family or individual who wants to increase the amount of food available without spending additional money. With rising food costs, the advent of at home gardening and the potential represented in storing your own food, it is no wonder that freezing, drying, and canning are becoming much more popular. Freezing alone, which the National Freezing and Refrigerated Foods Association has stated can add as much as 600% to the lifespan of many common refrigerated foods, is an easy, available action to anyone, but only if it is done properly.

This book will show anyone interested in storing food for future use how to do so to optimize the amount of money saved and minimize the risk of damaging food or spreading food borne illnesses. You will learn how to grow for harvest and how to subsequently handle that harvest with this book s crop by crop guide of everything that you might possibly want to store away. You will learn how freezing works and how to go about organizing your freezing. You will learn the various methods of freezing and why failure occurs. In addition to freezing, you will learn about canning and preserving and how each technically works and what problems you may encounter. All of the equipment you may need is laid out in easy to read charts and you will be shown the various final products you can expect.

Experts in food preservation and storage have been interviewed and their commentary has been included here to help you understand what all you will be able to expect from your preserved foods. Learn how to create jellies and jams, pickle vegetables and fruits, dry foods, juice them after storing, and even how to create a simple root cellar for long term storage. No matter your situation, this guide will help you learn how to store multiple forms of vegetables and fruits and to understand how they perform, why failure occurs, and what you need to be successful.Storing food can be a major challenge for any family or individual who wants to increase the amount of food available without spending additional money. With rising food costs, the advent of at home gardening and the potential represented in storing your own food, it is no wonder that freezing, drying, and canning are becoming much more popular. Freezing alone, which the National Freezing and Refrigerated Foods Association has stated can add as much as 600% to the lifespan of many common refrigerated foods, is an easy, available action to anyone, but only if it is done properly.

This book will show anyone interested in storing food for future use how to do so to optimize the amount of money saved and minimize the risk of damaging food or spreading food borne illnesses. You will learn how to grow for harvest and how to subsequently handle that harvest with this book s crop by crop guide of everything that you might possibly want to store away. You will learn how freezing works and how to go about organizing your freezing. You will learn the various methods of freezing and why failure occurs. In addition to freezing, you will learn about canning and preserving and how each technically works and what problems you may encounter. All of the equipment you may need is laid out in easy to read charts and you will be shown the various final products you can expect.

Experts in food preservation and storage have been interviewed and their commentary has been included here to help you understand what all you will be able to expect from your preserved foods. Learn how to create jellies and jams, pickle vegetables and fruits, dry foods, juice them after storing, and even how to create a simple root cellar for long term storage. No matter your situation, this guide will help you learn how to store multiple forms of vegetables and fruits and to understand how they perform, why failure occurs, and what you need to be successful. Read more

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Household discoveries;: An encyclopaedia of practical recipes and processes, (Hardcover)

Household discoveries;: An encyclopaedia of practical recipes and processes, (Hardcover)
By Sidney Morse

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A book from the early 1900's featuring hundreds of home remedies, discoveries, shortcuts, ideas and recipes. A very bare bones look at the life of a victorian housewife. Absolutely facinating! Read more

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The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking: Decorating, Dining, and the Gratifying Pleasures of Self-Sufficiency--on a Budget! (Paperback)

The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking: Decorating, Dining, and the Gratifying Pleasures of Self-Sufficiency--on a Budget! (Paperback)
By Kate Payne

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With The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking, it's possible and even convenient to create an inviting space for living and entertaining on a budget. From unique decor ideas to growing strawberries on your fire escape, Kate Payne shares fun, low-cost (and often free!) creative solutions that will make anyone feel more accomplished in minutes.

Inside this savvy motivational guide filled to the brim with small-scale creative home projects, Kate's tongue-in-cheek tone will keep you tuned in to her much-needed advice. In three easy sections, you'll learn how to create a comfortable space while being time- and budget-conscious. Section One, Home-ify Your Pad, features quick, convenient ways to make your place cozier with low-cost, special touches to help you tap into and show off your inner artist. Section Two, Impressive Acts of Domesticity, teaches how to impress others (and yourself) with the gratifying pleasures of self-sufficiency—a first-time guide to cleaning, sewing, repairing, and other previously out-of-the-question tasks. Section Three, Life After Restaurants, frees you to release the take-out menu, avoid pricey bar tabs, and entertain others in the space you've so thoughtfully and gorgeously created.

User-friendly "how-to" sidebars, illustrations, and tips and tricks throughout the book offer easy-to-follow recipes and do-it-yourself craft suggestions for making your home hip, comfortable, and inviting. Keep in mind that this is not your grandmother's handbook and it's not the kind of wisdom your mom knows how to impart. Modern women need a modern approach to domestic pleasures—a guide to doing household things on our own terms, because most of this stuff isn't as hard as we've been led to believe. Don't worry, she's not asking you to host Tupperware parties or iron your underwear. But as all beginning home keepers know, a sure fire way to feel bad about ourselves is to consult Martha Stewart. So ditch that 2-inch thick handbook, dust off your pots and pans, and join Kate on this journey to incorporating creativity and self-sufficiency on the home front.

Allen's Golden Hominy, 15.5000-Ounce (Pack of 12) (Grocery)

Allen's Golden Hominy, 15.5000-Ounce (Pack of 12) (Grocery)
By Allens

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For quality vegetables, there’s only one name to remember—Allens. We’ve been producing traditional classics and Southern-style favorites since 1926. Read more

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Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape (Paperback)

Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape (Paperback)
By Nan K. Chase

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Eat Your Yard

Eat Your Yard! has information on 35 edible plants that offer the best of both landscape and culinary uses. Edible plants provide spring blossoms, colorful fruit and flowers, lush greenery, fall foliage, and beautiful structure, but they also offer fruits, nuts, and seeds that you can eat, cook, and preserve.

Author Nan K. Chase shares her first-hand experience with gardening, which lends the reader landscaping ideas as well as special culinary uses for fruit trees, including the crabapple and quince, nut trees, such as the chestnut and almond, and covering herbs and vines like the bay, grape, lavender, mint, and thyme. She instructs how to harvest pawpaw, persimmon, and other wildflowers for your meal as well as figs, kumquats, olives and other favorites.

Mixing the ordinary with the exotic, most of the plants, trees, and shrubs featured in Eat Your Yard! can grow almost anywhere. With recipes ranging from savory cherry sauce and pickled grape leaves to pomegranate molasses and roasted duck with dried-fruit chutney, Eat Your Yard! is much more than just a landscaping guide.

Includes tips and ideas on:

Canning
Pickling
Freezing
Juicing
Fermenting

Eat Your Yard

Nan K. Chase writes about architecture and landscape design. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Fine Gardening, Architectural Record, and Southern Living. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she is a contributing editor of WNC Magazine.

Crabapple Jelly

Use this jelly in yogurt with nuts for breakfast or as a glaze for roasted game or poultry.

Pick a sweet-tart variety of crabapple as it approaches peak ripeness, but include some underripe crabapples for more pectin.
Yield depends on the amount of crabapples picked. Two extra-large mixing bowls of fruit, about 15 to 18 pounds, yields 12 to 16 half-pints.
Rinse the crabapples in batches, leaving plenty of stems. Halve the fruit, place in a heavy enameled pot, and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until fruit is soft and the liquid is lightly colored, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a clean bowl. Do not squeeze or press the pulp, as this clouds the jelly. Let the final batches sit overnight so all the juice can drip through.
The next day, wash and scald canning jars, new lids, bands, and utensils, including a wide-mouth funnel. Measure the juice, up to 8 cups per batch. Bring juice to a rapid boil in a large enameled pot for 5 minutes, removing any froth that forms; at the same time prepare a water bath in a separate kettle for sealing the jars.
Add 3/4 to 1 cup of sugar for each cup of juice. Dissolve sugar in the boiling juice, and continue to boil until the mixture reaches the jelling point. Test for this by pouring a small quantity of the mixture off the side of a wide cooking spoon; when it slows and forms a sheet rather than individual drops, the jelly is ready, usually about 15 minutes.
Pour carefully into jars, leaving 1/4 to 1/2 inch headroom, gently cover with lids and bands, and seal in a boiling hot water bath for 20 minutes.

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Bernardin Pectin - Liquid

Bernardin Pectin - Liquid
By Bernardin

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Liquid pectin is the preferred convenience ingredient for home canned jams and jellies. Liquid pectin products have the shortest possible cooking time -- one minute. It simplifies preparation and makes superb, delicious jam and translucent jellies.
Box of two 85 millilitre pouches
Ingredients: Water, pectin, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium citrate, and sodium benzoate Read more

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Ball Fruit Jell Pectin (Kitchen)

Ball Fruit Jell Pectin (Kitchen)
By Ball

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Ball Fruit Jell Liquid Pectin is used for making homemade jams and jellies. Get just the right set, preferred by expert canners, by using the only pectin?s offered by the leading name in home canning. Read more

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Promise Kept (Kindle Edition)

Promise Kept (Kindle Edition)
By Brandy Hunt

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Currently on Bestseller lists for General Fantasy and General Science Fiction.

In a world full of the relics of the past and the toys of the future, Lila Howell is a psychic who struggles to remain ethical in the face of her government's demands. Finding her too valuable to force into the role the Security Ministry wants her to take, the government allows her to take the job she was trained for, archival historian. In this role, she is still controllable and they can still use her gifts.

Currently, her government is demanding that she use her job, interviewing people for the Passing Project, in order to retrieve information from Susanne Newton. Susanne Newton is in her nineties and is something of a hero in the formation of the current regime, the New Dawn. This regime insists that Susanne Newton is keeping information from them and has been for years.

Lila must make a decision between keeping her life or reaching for something more. She is being pressured on all sides to made a decision between the ethics that go along with her gift and the life that Susanne describes. Will she make the right decision?

"Hunt's well-developed characters are endowed with strengths as well as
flaws ... it appears as though humanity remains much the same in this
futuristic world."
--Leslie Wright at Blogcritics

"... the dystopian world described in this book reminded me a bit of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. ... a new society without aggression, where everyone has a proper place ....
--Grace at Motherlode

"... as Lila tries to reconcile Susanne's stories with her upbringing
.... The internal conflict and eventual transformation remain my
favorite aspect of this book."
--Alice at Stimulated Outlet Book ReviewsCurrently on Bestseller lists for General Fantasy and General Science Fiction.

In a world full of the relics of the past and the toys of the future, Lila Howell is a psychic who struggles to remain ethical in the face of her government's demands. Finding her too valuable to force into the role the Security Ministry wants her to take, the government allows her to take the job she was trained for, archival historian. In this role, she is still controllable and they can still use her gifts.

Currently, her government is demanding that she use her job, interviewing people for the Passing Project, in order to retrieve information from Susanne Newton. Susanne Newton is in her nineties and is something of a hero in the formation of the current regime, the New Dawn. This regime insists that Susanne Newton is keeping information from them and has been for years.

Lila must make a decision between keeping her life or reaching for something more. She is being pressured on all sides to made a decision between the ethics that go along with her gift and the life that Susanne describes. Will she make the right decision?

"Hunt's well-developed characters are endowed with strengths as well as
flaws ... it appears as though humanity remains much the same in this
futuristic world."
--Leslie Wright at Blogcritics

"... the dystopian world described in this book reminded me a bit of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. ... a new society without aggression, where everyone has a proper place ....
--Grace at Motherlode

"... as Lila tries to reconcile Susanne's stories with her upbringing
.... The internal conflict and eventual transformation remain my
favorite aspect of this book."
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Country Classics:Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation Translated Digital Edition w/ Linked Navigation (Kindle Edition)

Country Classics:Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation Translated Digital Edition w/ Linked Navigation (Kindle Edition)
By Maria Parloa

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Everything you need to know to can, preserve, prepare and store food. In this classic must have book you will learn how preserve food the classic country way. No high tech machines or methods. Just simple, time tested, tried and true methods using simple utensils and tools for just about every fruit, preserve, and jelly you can imagine.Everything you need to know to can, preserve, prepare and store food. In this classic must have book you will learn how preserve food the classic country way. No high tech machines or methods. Just simple, time tested, tried and true methods using simple utensils and tools for just about every fruit, preserve, and jelly you can imagine. Read more

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Sweet Farm of Mine (Sweet Series) (Kindle Edition)

Sweet Farm of Mine (Sweet Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Candace Hennekens

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What happens when a smart, beautiful woman who knows nothing about farming decides to buy a farm with her father who know only a little more than she does? "Sweet Farm of Mine" tells the story of Ruthie and Arlan who set out to own a little piece of heaven. And while it’s not always heaven, not when heaven opens up and sends rain for weeks just when planting needs to happen, the beauty and goodness of living in rhythm with the land and the seasons, is just what Ruthie needs. Old Charlie, the bachelor farmer who sold his farm to the daughter-father duo, captures Ruthie’s heart just as she captures his. Ruthie has a lot to learn about cattle, crops, and country ways. This is her journey. Read more

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The Complete Guide to Food Preservation: Step-by-step Instructions on How to Freeze, Dry, Can, and Preserve Food (Back-To-Basics) (Kindle Edition)

The Complete Guide to Food Preservation: Step-by-step Instructions on How to Freeze, Dry, Can, and Preserve Food (Back-To-Basics) (Kindle Edition)
By Angela Williams Duea

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Mini Cookbook Collection--Best of Jams: Jellies and Relishes (Miniature Cookbook Collection) (Paperback)

Mini Cookbook Collection--Best of Jams: Jellies and Relishes (Miniature Cookbook Collection) (Paperback)
By Phillis Pellman Good

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One in a 12-volume set of miniature cookbooks! Recipes from the top selling cookbook From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens fill these inexpensive treasures.
The recipes reflect wonderful food, the heritage of loving the soil and respecting honest labor, and tables laden with bounty.
These small impulse items make delightful gifts! A gift envelope available with each miniature cookbook.
An overabundant garden or fruit tree need not be a problem. Instead, either may be an excuse to get out the jars to make jelly. Or a reason to dust off the stockpot to do up some ketchup or sweet pickles. And what better farewell to the garden is there than chow chow!

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

HIC 18/8 Stainless Steel Canning Funnel (Kitchen)

HIC 18/8 Stainless Steel Canning Funnel (Kitchen)
By HIC Porcelain

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When it comes to canning, your tools are very important. This canning funnel is very useful and quite reliable. Made of beautiful and durable 18/8 stainless steel. Funnel has a flanged end that fits neatly into the mouth of most canning jars. It has a convenient, side mounted handle and is 5.5-inches in diameter - perfect for nearly everything that can be canned, from grapes to tomatoes. Read more

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Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonal Kitchen (Kindle Edition)

Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonal Kitchen (Kindle Edition)
By Amy Pennington

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Urban Pantry is a smart, concise guide to creating a full and delicious larder in your own home. It covers kitchen essentials, like what basics to keep on hand for quick, tasty meals without a trip to the store, and features recipes that adapt old-fashioned pantry cooking for a modern audience. Avid chef and gardener Amy Pennington demystifies canning and pickling for the urban kitchen and provides tips for growing a practical food garden in even the smallest of spaces. Her more than sixty creative recipes blend both gourmet and classic flavors while keeping economy in mind.

Urban Pantry holds sustainability at its center: Take advantage of local ingredients, eliminate wasteful kitchen practices, and make the most out of the food you buy or grow. Read more

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Fruits of the Midwest - A Cookbook and Guide from Harvest to Table (Paperback)

Fruits of the Midwest - A Cookbook and Guide from Harvest to Table (Paperback)
By Debbie Wilsdorf

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Many consumers are rediscovering the superior flavor, nutritional quality, and wholesome goodness of fresh locally grown fruit from their own garden, a Farmer's Market, or picked fresh from a local U-pick farm. "Fruits of the Midwest - A Cookbook and Guide from Harvest to Table" has been written to answer the questions many people have about how to harvest, handle, store, and preserve fresh fruits commonly grown in the Midwest. Written in an easy to use format, with individual sections devoted to apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries (sour), peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, and more, it provides help, information, and over 250 kitchen-tested fruit recipes. Additional sections address canning and freezing basics, jam and jelly making, and information on ingredient substitutions/equivalents and pan size/volume comparisons. The author operates a U-pick berry farm in Missouri where her customers frequently ask for the types of information and recipes provided in this book. Read more

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Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces (Paperback)

Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces (Paperback)
By Gayla Trail

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Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food garden waiting to happen. In Grow Great Grub, Gayla Trail, the founder of the leading online gardening community (YouGrowGirl.com), shows you how to grow your own delicious, affordable, organic edibles virtually anywhere.

Grow Great Grub packs in tips and essential information about:

- Choosing a location and making the most of your soil (even if it’s less than perfect)
- Building a raised bed, compost bin, and self-watering container using recycled materials
- Keeping pests and diseases away from your plants—the toxin-free way
- Growing bountiful crops in pots and selecting the best heirloom varieties
- Cultivating hundreds of plants, from blueberries to Thai basil, to the best tomatoes you’ll ever taste
- Canning, and preserving to make the most of your garden’s generosity
- Green-friendly, cost-saving, growing, and building projects that are smart and stylish
- And much more!

Whether you’re looking to eat on a budget or simply experience the pleasure of picking tonight’s meal from right outside your door, this is the must-have book for small-space gardeners—no backyard required.

GAYLA TRAIL is the creator of the acclaimed top gardening website yougrowgirl.com. Her work as a writer and photographer has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Newsweek, Budget Living, and ReadyMade. A resident of Toronto who has grown a garden on her rooftop for more than 10 years, she is the author of You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening. Recipe from Grow Great Grub: Root Vegetable Fries

Ingredients:
1 large carrot
1 large potato
1 large sweet potato
1 large beet
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
Salt and pepper

Roasted potatoes are good and all, but a roasted root vegetable medley is just as easy to make and a little bit fancy, too. Substitute any root vegetable, including starchy potatoes, turnip, parsnip, celery root, or rutabaga. While the veggies are roasting, toss a garlic bulb or two into the pan at about the 30-minute mark--the result: easy, creamy garlic! Yum.

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cut the vegetables into 1/2"-wide spears and toss in a roasting pan with olive oil and herbs to coat. Keep the peels on; that’s where the vitamins are.

2. Roast for approximately 40 minutes, turning regularly until all sides have turned a golden brown and the fries are cooked straight through.

Serves 2–4

How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback)

How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback)
By Piers Warren

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How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency has been completely revised and is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section provides applicable storage and preservation techniques for the majority of plant produce grown commonly in home gardens. Why is storing your garden produce the key to self-sufficiency? Because with less than an acre of garden you can grow enough produce to feed a family of four for a year. But without proper storage, most of it will go to waste since much of the produce ripens simultaneously in the summer. Learn simple and enjoyable techniques for storing your produce and embrace the wonderful world of self-sufficiency. In the A-Z list of produce, each entry includes recommended varieties, suggested methods of storage, and a number of recipes. Everything from how to make your own cider and pickled gherkins to how to string onions and dry your own apple rings. You will know where your food has come from, you will save money, there will be no packaging, and you'll be eating tasty local food while feeling very good about it! Read more

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Harold Import 43605 Canning Magnetic Lid Wand

Harold Import 43605 Canning Magnetic Lid Wand
By Harold Import

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You can easily remove canning lids from boiling water. Also for removing metal objects from hard to get at places. Plastic handle with durable magnet. Read more

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Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook (Hardcover)

Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook (Hardcover)
By Mary T. Bell

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Far from being a fad, food dyhydrating is one of the most ancient, effective, and nutritous ways of preserving food. Now, at last, there is a book that teaches absolutely everything there is to know about using an electric food dyhydrator to dry foods at home -- and gives more than 100 foolproof recipes for scrumptious snacks and meals made from dried foods.

With this extraordinary book, you can learn how to cross junk food and expensive store-bought snacks off your family's shopping list -- and add to your cupboard homemade, preservative-free fruit leathers, candied apricots, beef (and fish) jerkies, "sun" dried tomotoes, corn chips, banana chips, and so much more!

Mary Bell gives specific techniques and instructions for preparing every kind of fruit (from apples to watermelon) and vegetable (from asparagus to zucchini). She also provides important shopping tips for buying an electric food dehydrator. The recipes for cooked meals (including mushroom soup, sloppy joes, pesto, and moist banana bread) will make this book a kitchen classic. And recipes for lightweight, filling trail snacks mean that the book will travel, too.

Additional chapters explain to how make herb seasonings, granolas, celery powder, cosmetics, dried fruit sugars, potpourri -- and even pet treats!

Food drying is an excellent way for gardeners to preserve their produce. It is a great way to make healthful snacks for the kids. It's perfect for the new wave of thrifty consumers who can't bear to spend dollars at health food stores for treats they cold make for pennies themselves. And food drying doesn't use chemicals or preservatives—so it's great for you and for the planet, too!

Kerr 00088 wide mouth mason jar lids

Kerr 00088 wide mouth mason jar lids
By Kerr

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Customer tags: canning jars, canning, canning jar, food storage

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Kerr 00088 wide mouth mason canning jar Dome lids, BOX OF 12. Read more

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Kuchenprofi 18/10 Stainless Steel Jam Funnel (Kitchen)

Kuchenprofi 18/10 Stainless Steel Jam Funnel (Kitchen)
By Kuchenprofi

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Customer tags: funnel(3), canning(2), funnels(2), canning equipment(2), jam making supplies, jam funnel, kitchen utensils, kuchenprofi, peppercorn funnel

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Founded in Solingen Germany by Artur Schmitz in 1923, the story of Kuchenprofi is one of dilligence, innovation and refinement. Early on, Kuchenprofi realized the need for affordable functional tools that make the kitchen more efficient and more enjoyable. The name of Kuchenprofi reflects strength, quality and functionality demanded by chefs around the world. Kuchenprofi made for professionals, now available to anyone passionate about cooking. Here's the neatest, easiest way to transfer large batches of jams, jellies and marmalades into canning jars. The spout fits into narrow necks while the wide basin holds plenty of preserves, measuring 5-1/2-inch in diameter. Also great for filling jars with bulk-buy spices, herbs, cereal, trail mix and the like. Crafted of gleaming 18/10 stainless steel. Dishwasher safe. Read more

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CANNING BUTTER-Can you Believe it? (Kindle Edition)

CANNING BUTTER-Can you Believe it? (Kindle Edition)
By Natan Snider

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Customer tags: canning, preserving, storage, butter

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1.Use any butter that is on sale. Lesser quality butter requires more shaking (see #5 below), but the results are the same as with the expensive brands.
2.Heat pint jars in a 250 degree oven for 20 minutes, without rings or seals. One pound of butter slightly more than fills one pint jar, so if you melt 11 pounds of butter, heat 12 pint jars. A roasting pan works well for holding the pint jars while in the oven.
3.While the jars are heating, melt butter slowly until it comes to a slow boil. Using a large spatula, stir the bottom of the pot often to keep the butter from scorching. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes at least: a good simmer time will lessen the amount of shaking required (see #5 below). Place the lids in a small pot and bring to a boil, leaving the lids in simmering water until needed.

..........1.Use any butter that is on sale. Lesser quality butter requires more shaking (see #5 below), but the results are the same as with the expensive brands.
2.Heat pint jars in a 250 degree oven for 20 minutes, without rings or seals. One pound of butter slightly more than fills one pint jar, so if you melt 11 pounds of butter, heat 12 pint jars. A roasting pan works well for holding the pint jars while in the oven.
3.While the jars are heating, melt butter slowly until it comes to a slow boil. Using a large spatula, stir the bottom of the pot often to keep the butter from scorching. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes at least: a good simmer time will lessen the amount of shaking required (see #5 below). Place the lids in a small pot and bring to a boil, leaving the lids in simmering water until needed.

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Jams & Jellies in Less Than 30 Minutes (Hardcover)

Jams & Jellies in Less Than 30 Minutes (Hardcover)
By Pamela Bennett

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Customer tags: jellies(3), jams(3), preserves, fruits, canning, preserving, cookbook, homemade, cooking

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These jams and jellies are not only yummy on toast and biscuits, but they also turn fish to delish, go neat with meat, and dress up cheese in a breeze!

For the creative cook who has no time to spare, Jams and Jellies in 30 Minutes or Less is the answer. Simple cooking directions and ingredients are the keys to quick and successful refrigerator jams that can be eaten the same day they're prepared, or savored for up to three weeks. No canning required!

Pineapple Pleasure

Onion Jam

Tomato Ginger Jam

Southern Ambrosia

Sour Orange Marmalade

Freezer Black Cherry Jam

Cranberry Pear Relish

Jalapeno Jelly

Garlic Galore

Champagne Jelly

Cantaloupe Jam

Guava Jam

Mimosa Jam

Flowers & Strawberry Jam

Grapefruit Marmalade

Orange Sauterne Jelly

Papaya Tropics Jam

Mango Madness Spread

Pineapple/Carrot Jam

Lime Jelly

Herb Jelly

Violet Jam

Beet Jelly

Fig Jam

Green Tomato Jelly/Mock Raspberry

Framboise Raspberry Jam

Pumpkin Jam

Pear and Cranberry Jam

Pamela Bennett grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from Crofts College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She owned and operated Black Sheep Baskets in Dallas, Texas, which featured her jams. She now lives in Provo, Utah.

Homemade jams without the stress and mess.

Home Canning & Food Preservation Secrets (DVD)

Home Canning & Food Preservation Secrets (DVD)
By Jake Phillips

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Customer tags: canning recipies(2), jams(2), canning, cookbook, canning success, canning recipes, food, food preservation, abc of canning, ball, canning book, food preservation reference

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If you looking to learn from the true "masters" of home canning and food preservation, then this DVD is for you!

Our team of researchers has uncovered dozens of vintage manuscripts, books, and training materials, that will show you a step-by-step and easy-to-follow process on topics like:

- How to can & preserve food for your family...
- Where to find delicious recipes for balanced meals...
- How to dry & dehydrate foods - quickly and easily...
- How to pickle foods with a step-by-step pickling process...
- How to live more self-sustainably...
- and much, much more...

Just think about all the money you can save for your family when you learn the "insider" tips & tricks for: canning vegetables, canning tomatoes, canning salsa, canning soups, canning beets, and most-importantly, learning to can safely at home!

In this uncertain & difficult time in our economy, learning to can at home is one of the most valuable and most financially-smart skills that you can possibly learn.

Take that next step... Invest in your home canning education, so that you can be 100% certain, that when the time comes, your family will be one of the very few who are prepared, ready, and equipped for anything that could happen to our country's food supply...

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NOTE: This is a DATA dvd (i.e. not video) and contains PDFs / other resources that need to be viewed on a computer. It will NOT play on a TV. Read more

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