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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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Preserve Recipes Turn a Bountiful Harvest into Holiday Gifts in a Jar
You could have a pantry full of superior edibles made from preserve recipes that make convenient, thoughtful gifts in a jar from your pantry or freezer.
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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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How Do Blueberries Grow?
How do blueberries grow in my garden when there seems to be so much stacked against them? For the last few years, I have been enjoying homegrown blueberries.
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How to Safely Use a Pressure Canner
Low-acid foods must be processed at a temperature that is hotter than boiling water. Compared to water bath canning or steam canning, which processes jars at 212ºF, a pressure canner processes at 240ºF, the necessary temperature for destroying food spoilage organisms in foods with a pH greater than 4.6. Such low-acid foods include poultry, seafood, meats, and most vegetables.
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A Guide to Using Steam Canners
Steam canners have been around since at least the early 1900s, but for many years the USDA maintained that steam canning is unsafe.
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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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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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Canning Salsa Recipes Abound
Add to Favorites Canning salsa recipes are everywhere these days. There are so many options to try! You can experiment with canning salsa using tomatoes, corn, beans, fresh herbs, dried …
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How Long Does Homemade Jam Last?
For homemade jam, using sugar and processed by canning in a hot water bath, you can expect to get about two years of shelf life when stored in a cool, dry place.
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How to Make Jelly from Queen Anne’s Lace
Add to Favorites Walking just about anywhere in the countryside here in Ohio, you will find the beautifully intricate white flower called Queen Anne’s Lace. I recently learned from my …
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How to Make Peach Jam
Add to Favorites It’s good to know how to make peach jam before the peaches come into season. Peaches are delicious right off the tree and buying from the orchard is …
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7 Canning Myths: Inventing Canning Recipes and Other Bad Ideas
Add to Favorites There’s a lot of advice floating around the internet about canning, including the idea that you can make up your own canning recipes. Although it’s tempting to …
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How to Store Vegetables Through the Winter
Congratulations: your garden was a success! Now, to learn how to store vegetables so they don’t go bad before you can eat them.
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