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In a Jam?
Ever find yourself in a jam for a homemade gift idea? Instead of waiting until the last minute and being forced to buy everyone on your list a gift card, why not start now by making some jams and jellies.
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The Secret to Good Pickles
A wise homemaker clued me in to the success of pickles — your water source. The minerals in water can interfere with the pickling action of the vinegar.
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Homemade Pickled Beets
Beets are probably the most neglected, unappreciated and underused vegetable in the American diet. It’s a shame really.
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Canned Apple Pie Filling
A grocery bag of nice apples will do about 7 quarts. I still hand peel and slice; I don’t like the size of slices you get with an apple peeler.
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Reader Tip: A Fast Way to Preserve Whole Tomatoes
Add to Favorites Dear Countryside, I remember my mother and grandmother canning “stewed tomatoes.” To do so they boiled water on the stove and ran cold water in the sink. …
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Congrats on the Harvest! You Did It!
Add to Favorites A successful gardening season means you’re probably drowning in produce right now. And you don’t want it to go right into the compost pile. So how do you …
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Culture Your Own Probiotics for Your Backyard Chickens
Probiotics are a very natural and very gentle health boost for your chickens. They supply an amazing array of system-supportive beneficial bacteria.
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Beyond Kraut & Kimchi
Preserving vegetables by adding salt and setting them aside a few days to ferment is part of our family tradition.
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Maple-Vanilla And Peach-Oh-My!
Add to Favorites When I invited seven friends over for a girls’ jamming and canning night, none of us had made jam with pectin before, and we had never attempted to make anything shelf stable. We knew …
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Trash to Treasure: Canning Chicken Stock
Add to Favorites By Traci Wilmoth Stock is delicious and so useful in many dishes, especially soup. It can be expensive to buy at the store, and homemade stock is …
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Making Fresh and Wild Game Summer Sausage
Growing up, I knew a lot of hunters who made wild game summer sausage every fall and winter. I didn’t try making it myself until years later.
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How Does Freeze Drying Work?
Add to Favorites Freeze-drying has been around more than 100 years. But how does freeze drying work? And why is it better than simply dehydrating? People have developed many food …
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Food Preservation Methods Got us Through the Great Recession
Add to Favorites I should have made shirts declaring, I survived 2009. If I said that food preservation methods saved us, would you believe me? How many of us don’t …
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Does My Family Have Botulism Symptoms?
Add to Favorites Though it’s a rare chance you will witness botulism symptoms, recognizing and understanding the toxin’s effects could mean life-saving treatment. A byproduct of the bacteria C. botulinum, …
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Understanding How Botulism Causes Illness
Add to Favorites It’s the Big Evil in canning. Botulism causes paralysis, death, and long-term rehabilitation for survivors. But understanding how botulism forms, and how to prevent it, keeps you …
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