num_pages: 198
description: Home canning and food drying is experiencing a revival in popularity as a new generation discover all its benefits. Not only is it economical, nutritious, tasty and fun but it also lets us give our children skills that may save their life at some stage in the future. Knowing how to can food and dry food gives us nutrition, taste and readily available food, under any circumstances. My book shows you how to can vegetables, fruit, fruit preserves, meat, fish poultry, wild game, pickles and salsa. It describes the equipment needed and the exact process to follow. It also shows you how to dry preserve your own food. Dry preserving offers more flexibility than canning regarding quantity, food combinations, treatments, packaging and storing. Food safe packaging can be used for dried food and these packages can be repeatedly open and closed, that is not an option with canned food. I show you how to dry preserve fruits, vegetables, jerky, herbs and nuts. 
language: English
title: Home Canning and Food Drying, Canning and Drying For Beginners, Plus Recipes