Canning tomatoes is a must at my house.  I remember a time when I would bottle 7 to 8 bushels of tomatoes a year.  Whole tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, Snappy Tom, chili sauce, and tomato salsa, lined my storage room shelves.  Believe it or not… by spring, all of it was gone.

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This basic fruit guide will give you some basic tips for selecting and handling your fruit before canning and preserving.   A few of the questions this guide will answer is:   How to pick fruit for canning and preserving. Which fruit you can freeze.  How you should store fresh fruit before canning.  Which fruit dry the

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Canning and preserving food so you can be self-reliant may seem like a move toward “extremism,” or a part of a “survivalist movement.”  Canning and preserving food for long term storage may seem a bit “wacky”… or just plain “unnecessary.” That may feel true for those of us who have not lost our jobs… or

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The 4 methods of Canning and Preserving are water bath canning, pressure cooking, drying foods, and freezing food. Preserved food is the vital in an emergency.

Canning and preserving food has a history dating back to 1795 when Napoleon offered 12,000 francs to anyone who could devise a way to preserve food for his army and navy.  14 years later, Nicolas Appert of France, won the prize money by devising a way to put food in jars and seal them.  He

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