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This guide is intended to provide you with the essential information to make your first small jars in a safe and enjoyable way. It will guide you through all stages from preparation to storage of your products.

You will discover the principles of conservation for different types of food, the benefits of home canning, the recommended methods as well as the ones to avoid.

Then you will learn the two proper methods of treatment: the boiling water bath and the pressure canning methods. You will find a list of essential equipment and the detailed steps for a successful canning experience.

Finally you will gain some hands on experience with our easy and delicious recipes.

This guide do not claim to be scientific or complete. We simply wants to give you the tools you need to get into the fun activity of preparing your home preserves.

About this second edition:
Following the success of the first edition, and thanks to some suggestions from our readers, we offer this revised version, corrected and expanded. We have included the imperial and some tables on the processing time for the preservation of the most popular fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish. We also cover the effect of altitude on the processing time and pressure required for the safe canning of foods.

Improving on the initial contents of this document we have also redesigned it to make it more educational, more fun to read and use. Always with the aim to offer you the latest information on techniques for home canning, we opened a website (http://jebouffe.com/homecanning/)dedicated to you. It includes constant updates and our latest published recipes. This site will be a valuable source of information for all. A newsletter is also available to alert you of the arrival of new information on our sites.

We hope that this new revision will meet your expectations and wish you a successful canning experience and "Bon appetit"

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12 recipes that will allow you to practice the canning techniques. They are divided into three levels of complexity:

Level 1 = easy. The recipes are very simple. You can focus on techniques for canning without too much worry about the recipe itself.
Recipe # 1 - Apple sauce with a touch of nutmeg and vanilla (boiling water method)
Recipe # 2 - Canned Pears (boiling water method)
Recipe # 3 - Canned fresh tomatoes (pressure canning method)
Recipe # 4 - Canned Carrots (pressure canning method)

2 = medium level. The recipes are a little more elaborate. There are more steps before moving on to canning.
Recipe # 5 - Tangerine marmalade (boiling water method)
Recipe # 6 – Pork Cretons à la JeBouffe (pressure canning method)
Recipe # 7 - Quick and Tasty Green Ketchup (boiling water method)
Recipe # 8 - Marinara Sauce (pressure canning method)

Level 3 = complex. The recipes are longer and more complex. There are more steps before moving on to canning.
Recipe # 9 - Plum jam with cinnamon (boiling water method)
Recipe # 10 - Nectarine Chutney (pressure canning method)
Recipe # 11 - Cherries and Raspberries Spread (boiling water method)
Recipe # 12 - Kedjenou chicken (pressure canning method)

By following these recipes step by step, we guarantee the success of your first home preserves. After having practiced the basic techniques you can apply them to your favorite recipes and get our book "JeBouffe Home Canning Recipes volume1" for even more idea.

Kiss your cookbooks goodbye and turn your kitchen-time into fun-time that's all about creating great flavors without the fuss! Cooking Without Measuring teaches you to rely on your own taste and experience to cook creative, delicious meals without being bound to cookbooks and measuring spoons. Packed with sensible, practical tips, coaching advice and "non-recipes," Cooking Without Measuring is like your personal cheerleader in the kitchen, giving you the confidence to taste and approximate yourself to a great dish - without measuring.
Book includes:
Comprehensive no-measure guide, tips and advice
25 Non-Recipes, with many variations and ideas to change things up
An Eyeball Proportion Chart
Additional No-Measure Resources including books, websites and blogs
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Things Mother Used to make is not only a wonderful cookery book with recipes for many classic dishes, but also contains a section with handy hints on running your home economically and effectively. With sections on Soups, Desserts, Meat dishes, Vegetables, Sweets, Sauces and much more, this classic book is a valuable addition to anyone's cookery range. This edition has been specially formatted for today's e-readers.

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Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus and award-winning Washington Post food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions, while debunking misconceptions and helping you interpret confusing advertising and labeling. A finalist for both the James Beard Foundation and IACP Awards for best food reference, What Einstein Told His Cook engages cooks and chemists alike.

Have you ever needed a simple recipe but could only find complicated drawn out instructions? Or recipes requiring hours and hours of time or were to expensive?

This cookbook is a simple yet satisfying compilation of some of my easiest recipes. They are delicious and most take only 15-30 minutes to prepare. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Pellegrino Artusi died in 1911 at the age of 91. He was the most famous cookbook author in Italy. His most important book is The Art of Eating Well. As his book both promoted and gained in popularity from the spread of standard Italian (he lived in Florence, birthplace of standard Italian) it persists into today. Maria Gentile was creating an English version that was published eight years later.

The current English version of Artusi's master work begins with broth:

BRODO:
As everyone knows, to obtain a good broth, you begin by placing the meat in cold water and you keep the pot at the barest simmer...

Maria Gentile likewise begins:

BROTH OR SOUP STOCK
(Brodo)
In order to obtain good broth the meat must be put in cold water, and then allowed to boil slowly.

One more example, just for emphasis:

Her first recipe is SOUP OF CAPPELLETTI, which begins:
This soup is called of "Cappelletti" or "little hats" on account of the shape of the "Cappelletti".

Artusi has this as the first entry in the next chapter, this one entitled SOUPS:

CAPPELLETTI ALL'USO
DI ROMAGNA
Cappelletti get their name because they're shaped like hats [the word cappello means "hat"...

She has many of the same titles in her recipes. Now you may think that I am saying she took his book to America in the great immigration following World War I, which she naturally calls The Great War, and takes credit for it in English. Artusi is not mentioned anywhere. But I do not see any point in trying to make any such argument.

First of all, this all happened a whole other Artusi life span ago. Secondly, and more importantly, as much as there are close replications of his entries, she rewrites them freely. For example, Artusi mentions that onions are not suitable for everybody because onion is windy. Gentile would not be so indelicate, and simply drops them altogether. Where Artusi complains that modern doctors have overturned the traditional wisdom that broth is nutritious, he simply admits to not having the competence to prove the doctors' error. But Gentile goes on to make a point that she has a variation that is to be used for invalids. For myself, I am happy to have both of them out together and let the to old cooks have their conversation for my benefit.
You may well start here with Maria because she is free. Pellegrino is running between $75 and $450 for a mint copy. Used start off around $25:
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Amazon sells Artusi's book of the same title but they removed the link from this review so you will have to look it up on your own,, should you be curious.

But I warn you. If you take to her strongly, you will want her great predecessor. The other nice thing about Pellegrino is that he has much less of an aversion to giving each ingredient's measure. Secondly, he comes with an expert editor and translator in the person of Kyle Phillips III. Finally, he is such an Italian. He has lots of extra pages where he holds forth on this and that. Maria is a much more focused, quiet new American.

Which is to say that if you intend to make kitchen use of this book, you must have enough feel for cooking that you can figure your own proportions. These all work fine, but a beginner might feel lost in the suga, so to speak. If that is you, get her anyway and just read for a while. This is an important historical work of proven culinary practice in a great cuisine. The five stars are for what this book has and its place in history and the culinary tradition.

The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners.

While Katz expertly contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological and cultural evolution, health and nutrition, and even economics, this is primarily a compendium of practical information-how the processes work; parameters for safety; techniques for effective preservation; troubleshooting; and more.

With illustrations and extended resources, this book provides essential wisdom for cooks, homesteaders, farmers, gleaners, foragers, and food lovers of any kind who want to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for arguably the oldest form of food preservation, and part of the roots of culture itself. Readers will find detailed information on fermenting vegetables; sugars into alcohol (meads, wines, and ciders); sour tonic beverages; milk; grains and starchy tubers; beers (and other grain-based alcoholic beverages); beans; seeds; nuts; fish; meat; and eggs, as well as growing mold cultures, using fermentation in agriculture, art, and energy production, and considerations for commercial enterprises. Sandor Katz has introduced what will undoubtedly remain a classic in food literature, and is the first-and only-of its kind.

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