Home canning has changed greatly in the 180 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. Scientists have found ways to produce safer, higher quality products. The irst part of this publication explains the scientiic principles on which canning techniques are based, discusses canning equipment, and describes the proper use of jars and lids. It describes basic canning ingredients and procedures and how to use them to achieve safe, high-quality canned products. Finally, it helps you decide whether or not and how much to can. The second part of this publication is a series of canning guides for speciic foods. These guides ofer detailed directions for making sugar syrups; and for canning fruits and fruit products, tomatoes and tomato products, vegetables, red meats, poultry, seafoods, and pickles and relishes. Handy guidelines for choosing the right quantities and quality of raw foods accompany each set of directions for fruits, tomatoes, and vegetables.

"This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning is a richly illustrated and info-packed instruction manual and recipe book with ideas and processes for traditional food preservation, home canning, and pickling/fermentation. Revised in 2015, this book is sure to make the home food preserver happy. This book is a wonderful addition to the collections of both newcomer and veteran canners, homesteaders, or traditional skills enthusiasts, and sure to help you keep your pantry full of food year round! This book, officially released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, encourages you to safely preserve your harvests and have delicious, healthy foods on your shelves to keep your family well-fed. Topics include principles of canning and food safety, how to prepare foods for canning, special notes of preserving tomatoes and tomato products, recipes for preserving vegetables of all kinds, processes for canning meats and seafoods, pickling, fermenting, and canning fermented vegetables, canning fruits, and making preserves, jams, and jellies. This unabridged Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint is professionally restored and presented from the original sources with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this edition for generations and learn from its timeless knowledge for years to come." -- Back cover.

Home canning has changed greatly in the 180 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. Scientists have found ways to produce safer, higher quality products. The first part of this publication explains the scientific principles on which canning techniques are based, discusses canning equipment, and describes the proper use of jars and lids. It describes basic canning ingredients and procedures and how to use them to achieve safe, high-quality canned products. Finally, it helps you decide whether or not and how much to can.The second part of this publication is a series of canning guides for specific foods. These guides offer detailed directions for making sugar syrups; and for canning fruits and fruit products, tomatoes and tomato products, vegetables, red meats, poultry, seafood, and pickles and relishes. Handy guidelines for choosing the right quantities and quality of raw foods accompany each set of directions for fruits, tomatoes, and vegetables. Most recipes are designed to yield a full canner load of pints or quarts. Finally, processing adjustments for altitudes above sea level are given for each food.This publication contains many new research-based recommendations for canning safer and better quality food at home. It is an invaluable resource book for persons who are canning food for the first time. Experienced canners will find updated information to help them improve their canning practices.

This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of The USDA Complete Guide To Home Canning is a richly illustrated and info-packed instruction manual and recipe book with ideas and processes for traditional food preservation, home canning, and pickling/fermentation. Revised in 2015, this book is sure to make the home food preserver happy.

Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.

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This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of The USDA Complete Guide To Home Canning is a richly illustrated and info-packed instruction manual and recipe book with ideas and processes for traditional food preservation, home canning, and pickling/fermentation. Revised in 2015, this book is sure to make the home food preserver happy.