I love canning tomatoes! There are so many things you can do with them, they are easy and can be done in large or small batches. Fresh From the Garden We grow our own tomatoes and I have many different kinds, including Better Boy, Rutgers, Cherry, Plum, Heirloom Yellow, and …
I loved canning even before I could can. Beautiful jars of homemade jellies and pickles have always warmed my heart. Mason jars full of food are so comforting, no doubt from all the love that went into making them into little packages of goodness to open when needed. Today canning brings …
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Canning season is almost here, and every year I get a ton of questions about what kind of canner to use, and the differences between them. I also get a ton of questions about how to can certain foods, and then when I give an answer and specify using a …
Your garden is bursting at the seams, and your freezer is full. What are your other options to store this bountiful produce? You can dehydrate or you can preserve produce by home canning. Canning can be an enjoyable way to save your food for storage, if you follow just a …
Pickles are not only a favorite addition to many lunch and supper menus (as well as barbecues, picnics and buffet tables), they are probably the easiest way to preserve your cucumber bounty. There are basically two different approaches to making and preserving pickles. There is the age-old tradition of making …
What Is Canning? Canning is a food preservation method that uses temperature to kill microorganisms while sealing food in an airtight container. My Top Five Favorite Benefits of Canning Save Money–When you can your own food, especially food that you’ve grown yourself, you save money. You can save even …
Pineapple jam is not the most popular of jam varieties with the food storage crowd. This is completely understandable; after all, pineapple is a tropical fruit and in the heyday of canning people canned what they could grow and put away for the winter. Since winter never comes to the places …
Canned beans are so convenient and so much cheaper than the commercially canned beans you can buy in the store. Beans actually store better dry rather than canned so I don’t can a super large batch when I can them. I can just enough for a month or two. We …
Today I’m tackling the hotly debated topic of pectin. Depending on how long you’ve been canning, you may have questions ranging from “what is pectin” to “do I need to even use it”. Let me answer those questions and maybe a few more. I learned to can on my own. …
Pectin: What Is It, Is It Good For You, And What Are Your Choices? Read More