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Better Homes and Gardens You Can Can: A Guide to Canning, Preserving, and Pickling (Better Homes & Gardens) [Paperback]

Better Homes and Gardens
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June 1, 2010 Better Homes & Gardens
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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From the Back Cover

The fun and simple guide that proves you really can can!

Canning and preserving your own fruits and vegetables is a fun, affordable, and sustainable way to fill your pantry with the season's bounty all year long. This inspirational-yet-practical guide offers hands-on advice and helpful tips to start canning and preserving your farmer's market favorites or the fresh produce from your own garden. With 100 delicious recipes to fire your imagination, including pickles, jams, jellies, chutneys, salsas, sauces, and even homemade cordials, you'll find everything you need to make your own preserves and canned fruits and vegetables at home!

  • Learn all the basics-from water baths to freezing techniques-plus food safety tips and clever gift ideas

  • Beautiful photos guide you through every step from garden-fresh to pantry-ready

  • Includes equipment and ingredients, handy charts and lists, and tips on produce seasonality

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.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Better Homes & Gardens; 1 edition (June 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470607564
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470607565
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.6 x 9.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

This was a good basic canning book and had some good recipe's to try for canning. Lereader  |  14 reviewers made a similar statement
It is very colorful and easy to follow the directions. Jan  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good August 29, 2010
Format:Paperback
My husband and I just moved into a house with a fantastic yard for gardening and 5 peach and nectarine trees. We got this book to help up preserve all the precious fruit this fall.

Ive looked through it and it has great charts and explanations for the process. However in the back there is one small typo that incorrectly stated what the boiling point of water does at altitude. Which made the altitude section a little confusing. the boiling point of water goes DOWN the higher the altitude is. So at sea level, 212 degrees F, at 5000 ft 202.

Otherwise this book is fantastic for the canning process giving me ideas and providing plenty of pictures. I was actually surprised at how useful the book was, when I purchased it for 17 dollars I was expecting to only use the pickle and peach recipes, but the entire book has provided useful so far.
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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars you really can can July 3, 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have many home canning books. This is one of the best. I have canned for 7 years so I know the process. But if I just started I would highly recommend this book. Once again Better Homes and Gardens did a great job.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A good beginners book. August 17, 2011
Format:Paperback
This book is very well organized and is full of useful information for beginners. I have used several of the recipes. Some have turned out beautiful and some had to be trashed despite having followed the recipes exactly. I've also noticed that some of the beautiful pictures are not accurate reflections of the recipes which I find very dissappointing. For example, the recipe will say to dice the peppers but in the picture the peppers were used whole. It does discuss sodium reduction despite what another reviewer claims. I would buy this book again, it's certainly worth the money for all the information. Just be careful with the recipes or you will be out several pounds of figs.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Makes a really great gift
I used this book as a birthday gift for a friend. She mentioned how she had always wanted to know how to can, and this book takes you from the basic food to a really nice canned... Read more
Published 4 days ago by jk
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for begininning canners
This book goes in to detail of the do and don'ts of canning. Great for a beginning canner. Would recommend to anyone who has not canned before.
Published 9 days ago by K. McGough
5.0 out of 5 stars Good producto for prepare us before emergency food
This book is good one can learn to prepare before emergency is good information on how to do canning and preserving food. I totally recommend this product.
Published 11 days ago by YBBBM
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FOR BEGINNER'S
I just recently started canning and preserving and this book is supper for someone just learning. It"s very easy to follow. So glad I got it!
Published 20 days ago by Jeanne Miles
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource
"You Can Can" not only has a catchy title, but it also is a great read for anyone interested in canning. Read more
Published 1 month ago by JoeCan
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes and lovely pictures
This is a really great book. Its very informative and simplistic. The recipes are great as well. It contains basic recipes as well as a few recipes that foodies would love. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Gwendolyn Muttilib
5.0 out of 5 stars gift
This was a gift for my daughter. She says she has used it a lot! Her small garden consists of all items that cac be canned for later use.
Published 2 months ago by Linda Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Canning Book!!!!
This book has excellent pictures and simple instructions how to can.
Anybody who loves to garden and has bountiful vegetables or just to
try a new recipe, this would be... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Julie Zachariason
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!
A great book for those learning to can or those needing a refresher course. I love that it has recipes after each chapter on each type of canning. I bought one for my friend too.
Published 2 months ago by Rachael
3.0 out of 5 stars Ideas
I bought this book as I thought it would be a great help with my canning adventure. I think this book has some helpful ideas and recipes, but actually I got better help online! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jill
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