Review: Confused...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
this book has a huge variety of delicious sounding recipes BUT (I'm an avid canner and have been doing it for over 20 years) the recipes in this book don't give an approximate processing time for the water bath step in almost every recipe. For this reason? I'm hesitant to try any of the recipes out for fear of over or under processing. Canning involves a lot of preparation and the ingredients can be pricey. I'd hate to put all that work into a recipe and not have it come out properly. Every recipe I have ever followed in any other book gives a clear processing time. For the previous reason stated? I gave the book 3 stars although I really wanted to give it 5 because the recipes in it were truly unique and mouthwatering sounding. Perhaps at some point if I'm brave enough ill try a simple recipe and guess at the processing time...and hopefully it will come out alright although I believe the processing time is a crucial step in killing any bacteria or germs and assuring that the product being canned is properly processed. I HATE to be negative...but yes...I'm still confused. :(