The Complete Guide to Home Canning: Current Printing | Official U.S. Department of Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (Revised 2015)

CURRENT EDITION

The Official, ultimate, authoritative guide to home canning, direct from the US Government!

The Complete Book of Home Canning cookbook is a bestselling invaluable resource book for persons who are canning and preserving food for the first time. Experienced canners will find updated information to help them improve their canning practices. It covers:

• Principles of Home Canning
• Canning Pressure Cookers
• Other Caning Tools and Equipment
• Ball Lids and Ball Jars
• Canning Supplies for Beginners
• Canning Fruit, Jams and Jellys
• Canning Tomatoes and Salsa
• Canning Peppers
• Canning Vegetable
• Canning Meats and Fish
• Canning Jams and Jellies
• Fermenting Food & Pickles

This book features:

• Official U.S. Government Home Canning Cookbooks and Recipes
• Many Illustrations Throughout
• Easy-to-follow Directions. It makes canning simple even for those who have never tried it. Nothing is assumed! Every step, every detail, is carefully explained and has been thoroughly tested by government experts.
• Simple Recipes
• 8.5x11 Inches
• 197 Pages
• Paperback Cover
• Heavy White Paper

Home canning has changed greatly in the 180 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. Scientists have found ways to produce safer, higher quality products. The Complete Book of Home Canning is a comprehensive guide to canning put out by the United States Department of Agriculture.

The first part of the book explains the scientific principles on which canning techniques are based, discusses canning equipment, and describes the proper use of jars and lids. It describes basic canning ingredients and procedures and how to use them to achieve safe, high-quality canned products. Finally, it helps you decide whether or not and how much to can.

The second part is a series of canning guides for specific foods: fruit; tomatoes; vegetables; poultry, red meat, and seafood; fermented foods and vegetables; and jams and jellies. contains many new research-based recommendations for canning safer and better-quality food at home.

Newly revised and updated, this practical, easy-to-follow pressure canning guide offers food shoppers an attractive, high-quality alternative to processed and under nourishing foods. All the canning basics you need to know are here: Great for preppers and budget conscious cooks.

• How to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods,
• How to preserve fruit spreads,
• How to ferment foods and pickle vegetables,
• How to test jar seals,
• How to identify and handle spoiled canned foods,
• How to prepare foods for special diets, and
• Much, much more.

Also included are scores of simply written pressure canning recipes

A must have book. Buy Your Copy Today!