Can you recommend a book on canning/preserving for a beginner?

[BamaFan]

Thanks!

 

[Cruisers460]

Ball Blue Book aka the canning bible.

 

[Mister Heavyhand]

water bath is easy.

pressure canning needs more skill.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=prest...sc=8-14&cvid=f4958f8e70c14bee8b46c5653dc8ed01

 

[Cruisers460]

Here is a link to the Blue Book, my wife still consults hers occasionally. Rarely do we can vegetables but meat and meals a bit more often. Last week we canned about 80 pounds of chicken. Wings and thighs got frozen, breasts were chunked into pieces and canned, legs got canned bone in. The carcasses were dropped into a large pot till the meat boiled off the bones and this was turned into broth. All of this will sit in the pantry until we need a quick meal.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OEJZSNW?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

 

[ole ed]

Here is a link to the Blue Book, my wife still consults hers occasionally. Rarely do we can vegetables but meat and meals a bit more often. Last week we canned about 80 pounds of chicken. Wings and thighs got frozen, breasts were chunked into pieces and canned, legs got canned bone in. The carcasses were dropped into a large pot till the meat boiled off the bones and this was turned into broth. All of this will sit in the pantry until we need a quick meal.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OEJZSNW?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

University of ga. Dept. Of ag. Put out one called so easy to preserve. Should be able to Google it.

 

[Don231s]

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning

https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html

 

[Cruisers460]

Things change over the years also, had some broth in 1/2 gallon jars and went to check cooking time. No one recommends using the 1/2 gallons for anything but apple and pear juice now.

 

[lmitch]

Lot of good info here.

https://extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/food-health/food-preservation.html

 

[Sowega86]

https://nifa.usda.gov/press-release/usdas-complete-guide-home-canning-available