Depending on the type of food, canning is a way to keep food fresh for months or years. It is a great way to save money and a wonderful way to enjoy your garden produce during the dreary days of winter. Most home preserves are made in glass jars. They go by a couple different […]
Food preservation has a long history. Canning food is a recent development in that history. Preserving food by heating and sealing in an airtight environment didn’t come along until 1795 when Napoleon offered a reward for developing a reliable and safe way to preserve food because his traveling army of men were hungry. A method […]
Botulism is caused by bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. Those spores survive boiling water at 212 degrees. Botulism is destroyed only at a higher temperature around 240 degrees. That high temp can only be reached by pressure canning. I know, I know, grandma water bathed green beans forever and never killed anyone. But low-acid food water […]
How to can chicken feet bone broth
I love the amazing world of technology. The tools available for canning today make canning so much safer. The magnetic lid grabber is such a simple tool lessens the struggle to get a sanitized lid out of boiling water. Used to using a set of tongs and a hot pad, the lids would stick together […]
The 2 methods to process home canned food are water bath canning and the other pressure canning. Water bath canning is used for high acid recipes. Pressure canning is used for pretty much everything else. Pressure canning takes much less time to process food. Pressure Canning It is widely known now that adding acid to […]
Rebel way to can delicious potatoes
Canning or “putting up “food is a process I love. I have gone back to many of the old ways my grandmother knew and practiced every year. Yes, it’s hard work but my grandparents enlisted the whole extended family to help. I remember how labor-intensive certain tasks were when I was growing up — some […]
One way to stock your pantry with some foods that you love is to preserve them. Are you new to the idea of canning and preserving? This article will give you an overview of what the process is all about and how it can help you to store delicious items to eat later. What is […]
Basic Canning Procedure When selecting fruits and vegetables that you want to can, you want to pick and process those as quickly as possible before losing their freshness and become spoiled. One trick shared by home canners for tomatoes is to core the tomatoes and freeze them as they become ripe. Then thaw them out […]