The Complete Guide to Food Preservation Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Freeze, Dry, Can, and Preserve Food (Back to Basics Cooking) - Softcover

Duea, Angela Williams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601383428 ISBN 13: 9781601383426

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2010

Synopsis

Storing food can be a major challenge for any family or individual who wants to increase the amount of food available without spending additional money. With rising food costs, the advent of at home gardening and the potential represented in storing your own food, it is no wonder that freezing, drying, and canning are becoming much more popular. Freezing alone, which the National Freezing and Refrigerated Foods Association has stated can add as much as 600% to the lifespan of many common refrigerated foods, is an easy, available action to anyone, but only if it is done properly.

This book will show anyone interested in storing food for future use how to do so to optimize the amount of money saved and minimize the risk of damaging food or spreading food borne illnesses. You will learn how to grow for harvest and how to subsequently handle that harvest with this book's crop by crop guide of everything that you might possibly want to store away. You will learn how freezing works and how to go about organizing your freezing. You will learn the various methods of freezing and why failure occurs. In addition to freezing, you will learn about canning and preserving and how each technically works and what problems you may encounter. All of the equipment you may need is laid out in easy to read charts and you will be shown the various final products you can expect.

Experts in food preservation and storage have been interviewed and their commentary has been included here to help you understand what all you will be able to expect from your preserved foods. Learn how to create jellies and jams, pickle vegetables and fruits, dry foods, juice them after storing, and even how to create a simple root cellar for long term storage. No matter your situation, this guide will help you learn how to store multiple forms of vegetables and fruits and to understand how they perform, why failure occurs, and what you need to be successful.

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About this title

About the Author

Angela Williams Duea is a freelance writer and animal lover. Her pets have included a German Shepherd, a Golden Retriever, six mixed-breed cats and one purebred Maine Coon cat, numerous salt- and fresh-water fish, and a salamander. Her writing has been published in numerous trade and commercial magazines, websites, and newsletters. Angela lives in the Chicago area with her husband, Joseph, a former cattle rancher. They have two teenage daughters and share their home with two slightly spoiled cats.

Review

In this back to basics guide, the Chicago-based author draws on her experience, that of experts, and information from the USDA in covering safe methods of preserving foods including drying, smoking, juicing, and fermenting. The guide includes food preservation plans, instructions for setting up a root cellar, recipes, troubleshooting charts, illustrations, and resources. --©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR

Edition details

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1601383428
• ISBN 13: 9781601383426
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384