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| vegetarian farmer |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 10:01:31 AM
I was at the bookstore and most of the modern day canning recipe books all have the same recipes, Jams, pickles,and jellies.Even ball's recipe book is mostly condiments. I am looking for a little more complex recipes, more main courses or better use of the produce other than relish. I have a very old book of my Grandmother's that is half fallen apart and it seems they had more recipes for soups, stews, more complex vegetable recipes. Anyone know of a recipe book still in print that is any good?
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| Ms.Lilly |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 07:04:14 AM
I went to Ball's website yesterday and sent them a little note about how nice it would be to have a book written with just pressure canning recipes. Not just the standard how to can meat, chicken soup, and broth recipes, but real life use everyday recipes. Maybe if enough people write them they will publish something. Their website is www.freshpreserving.com.
Lillian |
| MerryHeartSister |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 05:02:10 AM
I love So Easy to Preserve from the University of Georgia Extension office.
http://www.uga.edu/setp/ |
| Ms.Lilly |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 06:31:50 AM
Silly Me I posted this on the other canning post!
Jackie Clay's book can be purchased at www.backwoodshome.com and Stocking up can be purchased at Borders.
Lillian |
| vegetarian farmer |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 05:34:56 AM
Thanks for the suggestions Ladies. I ordered Putting Food by and from what you could see in the preview on Amazon, it looks great(plus a good price). So I am waiting by the mailbox and can't wait to try some new recipes out. I am still going to be on the hunt for Stocking up and Jackie Clays book. At least I will have something to get started. I didn't try the library because they do not seem to like when you bring the book back covered in food. I am not neat in the kitchen:)
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jul 18 2010 : 10:42:50 PM
It did not occur to me to check the library for canning books. I will be looking for both of those because I too am always looking for something more than the basic recipes. |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Jul 18 2010 : 2:24:21 PM
When you start to can more meal items like soups and stews you will have to invest in a pressure canner. Meats and low acid foods need to canned by this method to effectively stop the enzymes that cause botulism and other nasties. it is definitely worth checking out putting foood by and Stocking Up. And I would suppose there are plenty of recipes that come with the pressure canner.
A pressure canner is different that a pressure cooker
hope this is helpful
Michele
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| SusanScarlet |
Posted - Jul 17 2010 : 3:01:44 PM
I have Putting Food By, Farm Journal's Freezing & Canning Cookbook (1973) and The Green Thump Preserving Guide (1976). I'm putting Stocking Up and Jackie Clay's book on my "look for" list. |
| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 17 2010 : 07:37:25 AM
Getting them from library sales is a great idea! Wish I'd thought about that. Our library used to have several copies of both books and has recently been doin the sales to get rid of duplicates. I got a hard backed collectors edition of stocking up when I bought 3 boxes of books at a yard sale that were supposed to be all homeschooling books. It is so beautiful I keep it up out of the baby's reach to keep it nice. My copy of putting food by cost me $8 on amazon after shipping, not bad for a new book, but the library copy would have been just fine with me. I'm gonna start haunting the library sales each month and search for some of the older canning books. If I find some I'll email you Jane and see if we can work out a swap. I keep a canning binder, so I'll only need a few of the recipes from the books. The only ones I keep around is stocking up, putting food by, a very old copy of the ball bluebook, and a newer ball bluebook.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 11:29:04 PM
Yep. They are the two women (that are alive NOW) that I would most love to meet in person.
Jenny in Utah
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| nubidane |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 8:10:26 PM
Have my Jackie Clay book out tonight... I love that lady! She knows everything! kinda like Mary Jane! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 3:01:41 PM
Yes...two separate books. There are many editions of them too..they have been around awhile.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| jill skane |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 2:57:27 PM
Is putting Food by a book and stocking up another book, just went thru some of books from library sale and has puting food by I picked up for .25.
Jill
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 2:40:43 PM
Jackie Clay is awesome! I will have to get that book.
Age only matters if you are wine or cheese.
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| Nigella |
Posted - Jul 16 2010 : 1:52:56 PM
Yes to Stocking up!!
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 1:38:16 PM
I have Putting Food By and Stocking Up as well and they have some good ones in them. I haven't seen a whole lot out there for canning much more than the condiments. I will be lookin into the Growing and Canning Food.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 10:42:24 AM
I love both Putting food by and Stocking up..but by far my new favorite canning book is "Growing and Canning food" by Jackie Clay. It is available on the Backwoods Home magazine website and is AWESOME!!! It just came out last August and I have used the heck out of it already and wouldn't part with mine...lots of great stuff!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Jeanna |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 10:21:56 AM
I have a book called Putting Food By. I have the older version but they have how to can different meats, vegetable stew, vegetables, fruits, and also jellies and such. They have a newer version on Amazon. Also The Encyclopedia of Country Living has some recipes.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
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