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Lydia
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Seattle
WA
USA
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 Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 10:55:52 AM
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I know nothing about canning and am looking for a through book that can explain the basics but is also a good book to use as a reference from time to time. May I have your suggestions?
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 12:46:15 PM
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I like "putting food by" and also "stocking up". hard to beat the good old Ball Blue book though.
Jenny in Utah
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Julie
MaryJane's Farmgirl
60 Posts
Julie
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 1:14:49 PM
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The Saturday Evening Post "Small-Batch Canning & Freezing Cookbook" By Charlotte Turgeon
Has been my favorite for 25 years...Gives basic recipes and good basic instructions. Also, I love to read old cookbooks. You know the ones with the torn covers that just call you to keep turning pages and dream of getting that canning bug this time of year...I have it right now!
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 6:42:29 PM
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I second Jenny's suggestion of the Ball Blue Book. Their methods are correct and up to date and the recipes are good.
Once you have the basics down canning is very simple.
Robin
Thyme For Ewe Farm
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 7:31:27 PM
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I'll agree with the Ball Blue Book. Beware of OLD recipies (I have some books from the 40's and 50's) because methods and what is known to be safe have so drastically changed since then.
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 7:33:34 PM
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I agree with Aunt Jenny and Thyme for Ewe, all three books mentioned are good depending on what you are putting up. I also like my old Fannie Farmer cookbook for some of the old time recipes like picalilli relish , etc. Good luck, there's nothing like cracking open a jar of pickled peaches in the middle of winter! And nice to have you here joining in Lydia, hope to hear more from you!
And I only use the old recipes, not the old canning techniques!
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2005 : 9:01:50 PM
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The Ball Blue Book and one I've had since the 70's.....Better Homes and Gardens Canning Cookbook.
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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Julie
MaryJane's Farmgirl
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Julie
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 09:37:58 AM
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Bramble, I too love the old recipes. And yes, you are right about the techniques, most are not the correct hot water bath times. Just like my own bath.... longer in the water sure makes you feel better...
The strawberries are shining bright red in the garden, so put up 18 jars of strawberry/rhubarb jam yesterday. It is so invigorating to see the finished jars just cooling down from their bath on a towel.
Julie
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Favorite Canning book?
