Ball® Complete Book of Home Preserving
400 Delicious and Creative Recipes for Today
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Ball® Complete Book of Home Preserving
If your mother or grandmother ever put up pickles or peaches, she probably used a Ball trademarked jar. Who better than the experts to pass on the secrets to making your own from-scratch preserves? Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving includes a comprehensive step-by-step guide; safe canning and preserving methods; and 400 recipes for salsas, sauces, chutneys, relishes, jellies and jams including Brandied Apple Rings, Sweet Icicle Pickles and Roasted Red Pepper Spread. Excellent for first-timers, this is also a great reference for everyone else. And best of all, you control the final product—there are no yucky chemicals or additives. Remember, nothing—nothing!—beats the homemade taste. Makes great gifts, too. Color photo inserts.
Hardcover Book : 448 pages
Publisher: Robert Rose Inc. ( April 01, 2006 )
Item #: 12-108074
ISBN: 9780778801399
Product Dimensions: 7.0 x 10.0 x 1.25inches
Product Weight: 37.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
a good book for any canner, new or experienced 
April 20, 2013
I got this book a few years ago. I found it so good that I bought one this year for my grown daughter who is now starting to can. I find it very helpful and a lot of different things are covered. This would be a good book for anyone who is interested in caning, if they have canned for years and would just like some new ideas or if they are just starting out.
Reviewer: Marci
must have
February 22, 2013
It is simple, if you are a canner, buy it, you will not be sorry!
Reviewer: sv
great book for canners
December 22, 2012
I have had this book for at least 3 years. It has a wonderful variety of easy to follow recipes for many different foods. It is my go-to book for canning.
My husband likes "Mom's apple pie", over ice cream. It is like eating pie ala mode and he can do it all year round.
I get close to 60 pounds of apples from my trees and the recipes here let me put them up easily with a good variety.
Reviewer: ellen
must have for canners 
August 19, 2012
I also have the ball blue book. Together I have everything covered! This book however has more recipes that use pectin for making jams and jellies. Where as the Ball blue book has the same recipe and to use just sugar. This is why I only gave it 4 stars. I would have liked to see how to make a jam with both methods. A lot of times I don't have pectin on hand. I do have sugar on hand and if I need to I can always ask a neighbor for a cup. But to ask them for pectin is another story~ But none the less it is a must have book and I am very glad I got it!
Reviewer: bill
must have for canners
August 19, 2012
I also have the ball blue book. Together I have everything covered! This book however has more recipes that use pectin for making jams and jellies. Where as the Ball blue book has the same recipe and to use just sugar. This is why I only gave it 4 stars. I would have liked to see how to make a jam with both methods. A lot of times I don't have pectin on hand. I do have sugar on hand and if I need to I can always ask a neighbor for a cup. But to ask them for pectin is another story~ But none the less it is a must have book and I am very glad I got it!
Reviewer: bill
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