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"Welcome to ""Preserve the Harvest: 96 Home Canning Recipes""! Whether you're a beginner to home canning or an experienced enthusiast, this book provides a wealth of practical information and delicious recipes to help you enjoy the fruits of your labor. We live in an era when much of our food comes from large factories and farms that produce mass quantities of fruits and vegetables, but as our concerns about food quality and safety continue to mount, many of us want to be able to produce and preserve our own fresh, wonderful-tasting produce. Home canning is one of the most reliable and rewarding ways to do this. Home canning can be intimidating for the inexperienced at first glance, but Preserve the Harvest demystifies the process. It explains each step of the canning process with comprehensive but easy-to-understand instructions, complete with step-by-step photographs. The book's 96 recipes are divided into separate chapters on fruits, vegetables, pickles, relishes, jams and jellies, marmalades and chutneys, sauces and spreads, and soups and sauces. In the chapters on ""Fruits"" and ""Vegetables"", you will find straight-forward, foolproof instructions for preserving in jars a wide variety of produce such as peaches and pears, beets and carrots. The recipes for Jam, Jelly, Marmalade and Chutney capture the flavor and bright colors of fresh berries and fruits in their preserved state. Pickles, Relishes and Sauces provide a wide range of savory, tangy accompaniments to a variety of dishes. Besides basic recipes, the book includes nutritional and storage information, detailed instructions on selecting and preparing ingredients, and detailed information on selecting the proper tools and equipment. The reader is sure to find everything necessary to get started creating flavorful and healthful treasures from the garden. Throughout this book, the recipes are tested and adapted for both the hot-water-bath and pressure-canning methods. Various types of canning jars and lids are recommended, and the reader will find the detailed information particularly invaluable. Preserve the Harvest will provide the novice with the comprehensive information and techniques necessary to become a successful home canner. For those with more advanced canning techniques, it expands the scope of canning possibilities and offers fresh ideas for preserving a variety of fruits, vegetables and sauces. Happy canning and bon appétit!"

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