Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
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Book Reviews of Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
Book Review: The bible of canning
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful! I am a beginner at canning. I wanted a comprehensive book that gave me exact details on how to can safely and properly. After researching the topic a bit on the web, this looked like the best option. I canned a ton of tomatoes this past summer with the aid of this book. I just popped open my first jar to cook with and they are perfect!
I highly recommend this book. It's short, easy to understand, up to date with all of today's canning procedures. You will be very well equppiped to safely can at home when you follow this guide. It has some basic recipes to start of with if you want to go past just canning one veggie or fruit at a time.
Book Review: Good info, poor presentation.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book has a lot of great information on the various techniques of preserving, from canning, both with and without a pressure cooker, to freezing and dehydrating food. It also has many, many recipes for each technique of preservation, they all sound so good, but there just isn't enough time! The one main drawback for me was the presentation. The book itself just has a flimsy feel to it, something closer to a thick fashion-like magazine, as apposed to a sturdy tome, used within a rough-and-tough kitchen. I feel like if I don't write out all the information before hand, I'll end up having to buy this again in a year or so.Book Review: THE bible of canning & freezing fruit, vegetables, jams, etc
Summary: 5 Stars
A must-have book if you want to can, freeze, make jam, applesauce, pickles, etc., whether you have an expensive pressure canner or a simple large pot. My grandmother had a copy of this book when I was a child. The recipes are simple and tested by generations. The instructions are clear and use standard kitchen supplies. There is also a nice section that explains how water bath canning works and how to do it right. With this book and a nearby pick-your-own farm (I find them at www.pickyourown.org) you can get the fruit inexpensively then make your own jam, preserves, applesauce, etc without chemicals or preservatives.Book Review: four stars, beware....
Summary: 4 Stars
My mother and I have canned for years, she is from the depression era. This is a good basic book, but beware, cooking times for chutneys is about 4 hours short. the stuff willtaste like vinegar.
The other ball book is much more complete. The sugar in these rescipes is very high!!! The other ball book has a better intro to explain when you can change sugar ratio. Sugar and vinegar ratios are not, NOT, random numbers. Nor is cooking time!!!! several kinds of food posioning occur when directions are not understood. Several results in death,,, check the pioneer journals. good luck, with caution.
Book Review: Information I needed.
Summary: 5 Stars
With my mother-in-law moving away, this year I had the job of putting up what I could out of my garden. I have known of this book for some time but never owned a copy. Trying to find a book to help me I came across the Ball Book. It ended up being one of the best books I have as far as gardening is concerned. It gave me the info I need to put up my items from the garden and explained the process to me in terms and words I could understand. You will not go wrong if you buy the book. michael beck- florence, alabama