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Blue Book Guide to Preserving Paperback – January 1, 2017

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The ultimate guide for creating your own signature foods. Over 500 recipes. Canning, freezing, and cooking recipes featuring step-by-step recipe format and color photography. Nutritious meal creation recipes using home canned foods. Icons to find: tips on customizing flavors, ingredients, and recipe yield to fit individual family needs; helpful instructions on Canning techniques; ingredient Preparation; meal options; and more.

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JARDEN HOME BRANDS
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January 1, 2017
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10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OEJZSNW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ JARDEN HOME BRANDS (January 1, 2017)
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches

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Lauren12345

I want to really like this but use at own risk

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2022

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I was excited to receive this book and the recipies seem exciting. For canning purposes use at own risk as it came to my attention after purchase that ball no longer shares their testing info with the USDA. I called my extension office and they said that this is correct and that recipies may be safe but that there are some questionable recipies in there that concerned them and until Ball shares testing info and methods with the USDA, they cannot recommend them because they cannot know for sure that they were tested for safety. I cannot speak to the other preservation areas in the book as I have not ventured that far yet. For now I will hold onto this book and use the USDA book until more information is released.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2022

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Informative and well illustrated.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2022

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I have done some canning in the past but have never done meats and other things helpful in this book. It has been useful to me as a newbie.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 18, 2022

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Great book but overpriced. I saw the same book 1 day after I got it from Amazon at Walmart for $ 10.97.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2022

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Has a wealth of information about canning as well as freezing and dehydrating!

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Christy VanZandt

Great for Beginner Canners!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2019

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We are new to the whole process of canning even though our grandmothers and moms always canned! We never paid attention to what they did because it seem boring and useless. However, now as adults we love gardening and have a surplus of produce so decided the best way to utilize it all was to start canning. We watched several videos to get an overview of how the process worked. We then looked for recipe books. I bought two but wished I would've only bought this one. It is amazing for beginners! In additional to water bath canning and pressure canning recipes, it has tons of additional information to help you understand what you are doing and why. We've tried several of the fresh pack pickle recipes and a couple jelly/preserve recipes thus far but want to try salsa next. Lots of yummy recipes to choose from. Book is easy to lay flat on the counter while following recipes. Directions have been clear and easy for us beginners. We've only done water bath canning but next year we plan to get a pressure canner and try some of those recipes. It also has a section on freezing, dehydrating, and meal creations using some of the canned goods made from the previous chapters. Great purchase! Our go to for a long time!

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JOYacademyBlog

A must have for all food preservers!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 17, 2015

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A must have for all food preservers! This gives you the basics for many great recipes. Topics include canning, freezing and dehydrating throughout the book. It gives hints as to how you can alter the recipes they give you, safely. The book goes into the basics of canning and safety (pressure canning and water bath canning), as well as some science behind processing, dehydrating and freezing various foods. It gives calculations for dehydrating many different vegetables so you can determine approximately how long your foods have to be dehydrated for to reach optimum moisture content for safely storing them.

I got this book about 2 months ago and it is already worn around the edges. It is my go-to before I even look things up on the internet. I have a very large garden and lots of foods to preserve. I use a water bath canner most frequently, but also use the All American Pressure Canner 21.5 for non-acidic recipes and meats. I also have a dehydrator which I use often now that the garden season is coming to an end. Therefore, I have read and used every section of this book without any problems.

One thing this book does not explain is how to convert powdered pectin into liquid pectin, or how to replace powdered pectin for liquid. I do not use preservatives/additives in my cooking, and the liquid pectin does have additives. Here is a link for replacing liquid pectin with powdered:
http://www.gettystewart.com/substitute-for-liquid-pectin/

And here is a site for making your own home made pectin (a rainy day project?!)
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/sites/default/files/images/sp50778.pdf

Happy Canning!

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tdi_trainer

Great Purchase!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 13, 2016

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This guide is exactly what I have been looking for!

I have been canning my entire life. I started out working with my grandmother and mother, and for the past 5 years or so I've canned on my own. Until now I've used the tried and true recipes handed down to me by them, but this year it really started to sink in that there was so much MORE out there to explore in canning and other preserving fields! After dabbling a bit in dehydration (strawberry fruit leather and homemade beef jerky is amazing!) I decided to do some research and find out more about preserving.

While researching preserving books, I learned that the Ball/Kell brands do more than just make great jars and lids. I found their preserving books, checked out the reviews, and decided to try this one first, since it looked like it had a little bit of everything. After looking through this book, I found out that I was very, very wrong. It has a lot about everything!!! I was surprised to find not only recipes, but tips and tricks about each method, what might go wrong and how to troubleshoot, and endless advice on how to get the best product!

I am VERY impressed with this book, and I can't wait to apply my newfound knowledge during our next canning season!

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Malcolm B.

Well packaged

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 6, 2020

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Order was a large format book that is thin compared to it height. The book arrived well packaged and undamaged. Well pleased. Package was 2 days late but was'nt in a hurry for it, so that did'nt matter.