Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.
Preserve your foods with time-tested methods.

 
Canning, freezing, and pickling might seem intimidating. But think of these experiences as ways to strengthen your relationship with food by eating more healthfully, enhancing your nutritional intake, eating organically, saving money, and minimizing contamination illnesses. Plus, just imagine giving someone a Mason jar with strawberry jam and being able to say “I made this.” With this step-by-step preservation guide, you can impress family and friends for years to come with your homemade goodies.
 
This revision includes:
  • More than 50 recipes to preserve fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, and more
  • Techniques for canning, freezing, pickling, fermenting, and other preservation methods
  • Techniques for dehydrating, salting, and smoking foods
  • Information on food safety and the best preservation methods for specific foods
  • Expert tips from Dr. Karen K. Brees on how to get the most from your preserving experience
 
Whether this is your first time trying food preservation or you’re an expert looking for some new recipes to try, Preserving Foods is the book for you!
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Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.
Preserve your foods with time-tested methods.

 
Canning, freezing, and pickling might seem intimidating. But think of these experiences as ways to strengthen your relationship with food by eating more healthfully, enhancing your nutritional intake, eating organically, saving money, and minimizing contamination illnesses. Plus, just imagine giving someone a Mason jar with strawberry jam and being able to say “I made this.” With this step-by-step preservation guide, you can impress family and friends for years to come with your homemade goodies.
 
This revision includes:
  • More than 50 recipes to preserve fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, and more
  • Techniques for canning, freezing, pickling, fermenting, and other preservation methods
  • Techniques for dehydrating, salting, and smoking foods
  • Information on food safety and the best preservation methods for specific foods
  • Expert tips from Dr. Karen K. Brees on how to get the most from your preserving experience
 
Whether this is your first time trying food preservation or you’re an expert looking for some new recipes to try, Preserving Foods is the book for you!
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Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.

Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.

by Karen K. Brees Ph.D.
Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.

Preserving: Can it. Freeze it. Pickle it. Preserve it.

by Karen K. Brees Ph.D.

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Preserve your foods with time-tested methods.

 
Canning, freezing, and pickling might seem intimidating. But think of these experiences as ways to strengthen your relationship with food by eating more healthfully, enhancing your nutritional intake, eating organically, saving money, and minimizing contamination illnesses. Plus, just imagine giving someone a Mason jar with strawberry jam and being able to say “I made this.” With this step-by-step preservation guide, you can impress family and friends for years to come with your homemade goodies.
 
This revision includes:
  • More than 50 recipes to preserve fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, and more
  • Techniques for canning, freezing, pickling, fermenting, and other preservation methods
  • Techniques for dehydrating, salting, and smoking foods
  • Information on food safety and the best preservation methods for specific foods
  • Expert tips from Dr. Karen K. Brees on how to get the most from your preserving experience
 
Whether this is your first time trying food preservation or you’re an expert looking for some new recipes to try, Preserving Foods is the book for you!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780744061789
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 09/20/2022
Series: The Self-Sufficient Kitchen
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Karen K. Brees is the award-winning author of The Esposito Caper and Headwind: The Intrepid Adventures of OSS Agent Katrin Nissen. She’s also written The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Preserving Food and is the co-author of six additional titles in the health and general interest fields. She lives near Seattle, where she’s at work on the next Katrin Nissen novel, Crosswind, to be released in December 2022 by Black Rose.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to Use This Book 6

Acknowledgments 8

About the Author 8

Part 1 To Your Health 9

Chapter 1 A Warm Welcome 11

Chapter 2 Food Safety Basics 19

Part 2 Freezing 29

Chapter 3 Freezing Basics 31

Chapter 4 Freezing Fruits 43

Chapter 5 Freezing Herbs & Vegetables 61

Chapter 6 Freezing Meat, Poultry, Seafood & Game 79

Chapter 7 Freezing Dairy Products, Eggs & Bakery Products 103

Chapter 8 Freezing Convenience Foods & Meals 117

Part 3 Canning 127

Chapter 9 Canning Basics 129

Chapter 10 Canning Fruits & Fruit Products 153

Chapter 11 Canning Vegetables 171

Chapter 12 Canning Meat, Poultry, Seafood & Game 187

Part 4 Pickles, Relishes & Fermented Foods 205

Chapter 13 Pickling, Relish & Fermenting Basics 207

Chapter 14 Pickling Fruits & Vegetables 215

Chapter 15 Pickling Meats, Fish & Eggs 229

Chapter 16 Relishes 245

Chapter 17 Fermenting 261

Part 5 Fruit Spreads 275

Chapter 18 Jams, Jellies & Marmalades 277

Chapter 19 Butters, Conserves & Chutneys 295

Part 6 Drying, Salting, Smoking & Root Cellaring 307

Chapter 20 Drying 309

Chapter 21 Salting 335

Chapter 22 Smoking 351

Chapter 23 Root Cellaring 369

Appendixes

Appendix A Glossary 387

Appendix B Syrup Chart 391

Appendix C Processing Times Reference Charts 393

Appendix D Freezer Storage Chart 397

Appendix E Best Preserving Methods for Specific Foods 399

Appendix F Resources 403

Index 405

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