home canning
Unsafe Techniques When Canning at Home
Canning at home is a wonderful way to preserve the garden harvest. But it can also be dangerous. Learn what to avoid in order to stay safe.
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Are Tomatoes Acidic Enough for Canning?
Are tomatoes acidic enough? The safety of your family depends on whether there is enough acid when canning. Find out how to be sure.
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The Power of Potatoes
So much food goes to waste every day. Storing our homegrown foods for future use is one way of stopping much of this waste.
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Homesteading as a Family
While wanting clean, healthy food for my family was my motivation for homesteading, the richness of life it has provided is immeasurable.
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What You Can, and Can’t, Can
Just about anything you would grow in your garden may be preserved by canning. Only a few foods cannot be safely canned at all, some may be canned in one form but not another, and still others don’t hold up well under the prolonged heat of processing.
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Step-by-Step Guide to Home Canning Meat
Add to Favorites I was hesitant about home canning meat, even though I had eaten my grandmother’s home-canned meat all my life. When we lost a whole freezer of meat …
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How to Make Fresh Pasta
If you already grow tomatoes and keep chickens, why haven’t you learned how to make fresh pasta? It’s not difficult.
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How To Select Canning Jars
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow Canning jars come in two main categories, depending on the diameter of the opening. A narrow mouth jar, also known as a regular or …
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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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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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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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Portable Electric Burners and Other Heat Sources for Canning
Add to Favorites Whether your kitchen has all the modern conveniences or you live off the grid, for canning purposes, some heat sources work better than others. When I …
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6 Ways of Preserving Food Through the Ages
Add to Favorites Some ways of preserving food have been around since ancient times while others are modern. Older methods can leave meals dry, salty, fermented and imperfect. But they …
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Make Your Freezer Drought-Ready With These Food Preservation Methods
Certain fruits and vegetables that didn’t come from your garden or a farmers market, probably came from either California or Central/South America.
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Food Preservation Examples: A Guide to Food Storage
Add to Favorites I tell my friends there are two types of people: preppers and those who laugh at preppers. Why is preparing for a rainy day such a laughable …
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