"Putting Food By" - The best book about home food preservation that everyone needs in their home

This is my bible for food preservation. Canning, Freezing, Drying, Pickling, Salting/Curing, and Smoking are all covered.

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This is the copy that I grew up with. The book was on the shelf in the hallway and I browsed through it every so often. The same copy that my mom would use for most all of her food preservation. I was given the 1975 second edition that I then used for years until we finally got the newest fifth edition in 2010 when it was printed.

Every season when the harvests are coming in I turn to the new edition of this book for the methods of preservation that I will use. The sections on canning are extremely thorough and give you the details for boiling water baths, pressure canning, glass jars or metal cans. There is a small note area to write your altitude adjustment next to the procedure you are using.

Putting Food By is an outstanding teaching tool for classes and an entire multi week curriculum can be created around the chapters. From the basics of hot water baths and pressure canning to the problem solving and potential issues, each section gives ample information to be able to adapt to new or not-in-the-book items. For instance, chapter 6 is "The Canning Methods" and is 38 pages long going in depth into each type of process.

Thanks to this book we have successfully preserved 100s of quarts of pickles, beans, squash, fruit, broth, jams and jellies, and more. While investing in a pressure canner is helpful, a boiling water bath is sufficient for most things and will get one a long ways down the road of food preservation.

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