Canning and Preserving
Canning and preserving food from your garden is time consuming, but it is not hard. You will need a few pieces of equipment and some recipes, and you will be good to go!
There is nothing so satisfying as canning and preserving fresh food from your own garden. And nothing tastes so good as food you’ve grown yourself!If you learn how to preserve your garden vegetables now, you can simply routinely preserve any vegetables that you don’t eat fresh. And, by doing so, you will find that your emergency preparedness program will take several giant steps forward. Not only will your family have wonderful home grown vegetables, but you will also have a nice store of food on hand, should a natural or manmade disaster occur in your town…
Your homemade jams and jellies will be sooo good!
Home Canning Vegetables and Meats- Canning Equipment – To do some home canning, you will need a few pieces of basic equipment…
- Blue Ball Book – Of course you want to use the best source for your information. For recipes that have been tried and true, over many years, consider the Ball Blue Book…
- Vacuum Food Storage – Vacuum sealing your food at home will extend its life and keep it fresher, even if you then freeze the food…
- Preserving Vegetables – There are a number of ways that you can preserve vegetables. Here are the pluses and minuses of each…
- Botulism Bacteria – You may have heard of botulism bacteria. It’s a nasty bacteria that you can have in your canned food if you don’t follow directions carefully. However, it’s not hard to can your veggies the right way, and you’ll be just fine…
- Canning Vegetables – One of the greatest advantages of canning vegetables is that, if the electricity goes off, your food is still safe…
- Freezing Vegetables – This is probably the easiest way to preserve food. Of course, with frozen meat and vegetables, you stand to lose a whole freezer full of food if you lose your electricity for more than a couple of days…
- Solar Dehydrator – Use the sun to dehydrate your fruits and vegetables. Save money and enjoy the freedom of dehydrating with renewable energy…
- Dehydrating Fruit – Dehydrated fruit can taste almost like candy. Kids love it, and it’s a great way to get them to eat fruit…
- Dehydrating Food – The good and bad points of dehydrating your food…
Canning and preserving food is not hard, and it’s a great way to build your food storage supply. Preserving your own food brings having a full year’s supply of food on hand—within anyone’s reach. So learn now, how to preserve fruits and vegetables, using your favorite method. You’ll be glad you did…
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