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Amelia Jeanroy (Author), Karen Ward (Author)
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September 8, 2009

Everything you need to know to can and preserve your own food

With the cost of living continuing to rise, more and more people are saving money and eating healthier by canning and preserving food at home. This easy-to-follow guide is perfect for you if you want to learn how to can and preserve your own food, as well as if you're an experienced canner and preserver looking to expand your repertoire with the great new and updated recipes contained in this book.

Inside you'll find clear, hands-on instruction in the basic techniques for everything from freezing and pickling to drying and juicing. There's plenty of information on the latest equipment for creating and storing your own healthy foods. Plus, you'll see how you can cut your food costs while controlling the quality of the food your family eats.

  • Everything you need to know about freezing, canning, preserving, pickling, drying, juicing, and root cellaring
  • Explains the many great benefits of canning and preserving, including eating healthier and developing self-reliance
  • Features new recipes that include preparation, cooking, and processing times
  • Amy Jeanroy is the Herb Garden Guide for About.com and Karen Ward is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals

If you want to save money on your grocery bill, get back to basics, and eat healthier, Canning & Preserving For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your ideal resource!


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From the Back Cover

Canning & Preserving for Dummies

Making Everything Easier!

second edition

Learn to:

  • Eat healthier by canning and preserving food at home

  • Cut your food costs

  • Control the quality of the food your family eats

  • Expand your repertoire with great new recipes

  • <

Amelia Jeanroy

Herb Gardens Guide, About.com

Karen Ward

Canning instructor

Now updated — your guide to preserving the best, freshest fruits and veggies

Want to can and preserve your own food? This practical guide gives you all the clear, hands-on instruction you need in the basic techniques — everything from freezing and pickling to drying, canning, root cellaring, and more. You'll see how to create and store your own foods with the latest equipment — while you save money on your grocery bill and eat healthier!

  • Prepare to preserve — understand the various methods for canning and preserving and the equipment and tools for each

  • Yes you can can! — go step by step through water-bath and pressure canning to store perfect produce and meats

  • Baby it's cold inside! — discover how to properly package and freeze your foods, prevent thawing damage, and preserve quality and flavor

  • Taking time to dry — get drying know-how and see how to store and use your dried foods

Open the book and find:

  • New and updated recipes that include preparation, cooking, and processing times

  • The latest canning supplies and equipment

  • Techniques for preserving the best flavor

  • Ways to can combined foods

  • Detailed information on food safety

  • Tips on troubleshooting problems

  • The best places to prepare and store your foods

  • A metric equivalent chart for converting measurements

About the Author

Amelia Jeanroy is a syndicated columnist and the Herb Gardens Guide at About.com. An organic sustainable farmer, she has been canning and preserving foods for 20 years. Karen Ward is a life-long home canner, home economist, recipe developer, and cookbook author. She has been a featured guest on many television shows including QVC and HGTV's Smart Solutions.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (September 8, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470504552
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470504550
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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92 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Makes Canning and Preserving a breeze! Tasty recipes, too!, April 9, 2004
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I've read this cookbook cover to cover, sampled some recipes, and I'm impressed! Karen Ward took all the guess work and concerns I had out of both canning and preserving. The balance of taste in her recipes is extraordinary. Her Pear Chutney's the best I've ever had (and I've had plenty). My husband adores her bread and Butter Pickles! A great cookbook to have on hand to make holiday food gifts, too.
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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone can learn how to can., September 29, 2005
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I have NEVER canned anything before in my entire life, and I decided to try it. I was extremely apprehensive but bought all the ingredients/equipment necessary. I read this book one time, and followed the directions. VIOLA!!! I had perfectly canned jam. I must add though, if you order any kind of water bath canner set, you will probably get a free Ball Canning Book which states the same information.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Youth Is Wasted On The Young".....Great Book, September 6, 2009
When I was a kid I spent summers at my grandmothers house where she put me, as well as all my other cousins under her care, to work in her big garden. We spent about half the summer cultivating the likes of corn, tomatos, broccoli, and cauliflower, as well as fruits like blueberries, grapes, and strawberries to name just a few. Everything had to be cut, cleaned, spiced, and preserved in a large room in the basement. The work involved didn't mean much to me back then but a lot of time taken away from more important things like going to the movies and playing baseball. That is until the cold winter months came along when we ate supper at my grandmothers and were treated to the most delicious meals from the freshest produce I was to ever enjoy. We even got to enjoy our salad with genuine home made vinegar with garlic that my grandmother made herself as well. Home spun meals of that delicious caliber were to never really come around again in my life. Unfortunately when I got older and was no longer required to be under my grandmothers care I drifted away from her and never had the opportunity to either learn, or remember much of anything from those wonderful days of my youth. Now all grown up and working from home finds me wishing I had paid more attention to all the knowledge and lore my grandmother was so free with that was all but ignored or forgotten over the years. The "dummy" series of books are a collection of which I own quite a few of. Everything from weather to bird feeding. I have always found them to be plainly written, very well researched, and even humorous in many cases. They all seem to have the same home spun quality to them regardless of what the subject matter happens to be. "Canning and Preserving" is certainly not one to be an exception. Anyone that is planning to grow and preserve their own veggies and fruit should read this book. It is wonderfully written, very thorough, and above all is presented in such a way that it begins with the assumption that you barely know what canning and preserving is. It offers a wealth of tips, procedure, growing and spicing suggestions, the hardware you will both need and can manage without, and even recipes that one would tend to never encounter anywhere else. It is quite simply the most comprehensive book I have encountered as to canning and preserving. If you're like me and not only want to make the best preserves possible, or are just interested in not making a mistake and poisoning yourself, by all means buy this book. It is a wealth of instruction, tips, lore, and wit and wisdom for those of us that spent more of our time chasing butterflies in the summers of our youth, than paying attention to what would later become invaluable in life...
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