Complete Guide to Home Canning (Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539)

by U.S. Department of Agriculture

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 irst part of this publication explains the scientiic 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 of this publication is a series of canning guides for speciic foods. These guides ofer detailed directions for making sugar syrups; and for canning fruits and fruit products, tomatoes and tomato products, vegetables, red meats, poultry, seafoods, and pickles and relishes. Handy guidelines for choosing the right quantities and quality of raw foods accompany each set of directions for fruits, tomatoes, and vegetables.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

194 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1973

Reviews

[Cym Camille Coffman-mitch]

I like cook books, I like canning. I was looking to see if there were updates on my canning and I wanted a book with oll the times and such in one place. this did what I wanted and it was nice to read and refresh my memory

[Cynthia]

Kindle edition needs reformatting. USDA is a great source for canning info but this edition is very hard to decipher.

[Jeanneie Muhammad]

Great book. east to follow instructions. Everyones needs to how to can food. This book will make sure that you can in a way that you can be confident. that you're doing it the right way.

[Talea]

Absolutely love the vintage photos and some of the methods, great for adding to a culinary history lovers collection as well as having great recipes. Just note that the paraffin method and some of the advise has since been updated so before actually using this book please, please, please research methods that are up to date to reduce risk of illness. This is a true treasure of a find.

[Apryl Anderson]

you can find all the info on-line, but this is a handy reference

[Kathleen]

Newer versions available but still interesting.