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Clare-Dragonfly
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Pickpick

This is a solid book of canning (and other jar-using) recipes. If I were to have just one canning book, this would be a good choice. However, nothing felt particularly inspiring. Except for the pancake and cake recipes (dry ingredients in a jar) at the end—that just shows that I‘m a baker at heart more than anything!

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caitylaycock
Memory Jars | Vera Brosgol

“We can put them in a jar and save them.“

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caitylaycock
Memory Jars | Vera Brosgol

I think this is a great book to talk about saving memories. Growing up is difficult because at such a young age you can't always remember a lot from growing up so this fun story can help you with that.

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caitylaycock
Memory Jars | Vera Brosgol
Pickpick

In this story Freda the main character comes to a dilemma after blueberry picking with her grandma. She realizes that she can save things by memories. The author does a great job talking about how memories can be saved and this is a great book for upper elementary school students.

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Clare-Dragonfly
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Pickpick

I like this author‘s attitude to canning—that you don‘t need massive amounts of sugar, basically. And she has a more efficient way of dealing with the jars and lids than I‘ve seen before. There are lots of interesting recipes in this book, both basic and more unusual, plus recipes for ways to use those preserved foods, which I appreciate even though almost none of those recipes are relevant to me.

Tamra Yes, the amount of sugar is off putting in so many traditional canning recipes! I especially don‘t like sugar in anything pickled or relishes/salsas. 7mo
SamAnne I love this book! Love the less sugar recipes. Im not a bread and butter pickle fan usually, but love the recipe in this book. 7mo
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Clare-Dragonfly
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Pickpick

I was expecting a cookbook, and this has recipes in it, but only a few. Mostly it tries to persuade the reader to store and preserve lots of food (and other emergency supplies) and explains ways of doing so. It is simultaneously very specific to 2009 and still topical today. (The few times she mentions the possible coming flu pandemic… well.) I am somewhat persuaded. I appreciate the focus on not just providing for oneself, but one‘s community.

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DebinHawaii
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#BookBinge

Perhaps stretching things for today‘s prompt but highlighting a favorite cookbook that has the word #SmokeOnCover 💨🩶

Although there is a section smoking food, my favorite recipes that I make often are the easy & oh-so-delicious Spiced Feta in Olive Oil & Persian Marinated Olives. Linking to the recipes in the comments below. 😋⬇️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This makes me hungry 😋 7mo
Eggs Mmmmmmmm 👌🏼👌🏼 7mo
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I took a food preservation class at my local library and got excited. Also, they are apparently having a contest among the county branches to have more books checked out. I was happy to help out 😁 #libraryhaul

Tamra How fun!! I recommend McClellan‘s books too - the tagged book and Preserving by the Pint. In both it‘s about small batch preserving. 😊 (edited) 8mo
SamAnne I really love Food in Jars as well. And Tart and Sweet! Has the best spicy bread and butter pickle recipe in it- a style of cuke pickle I don‘t normally enjoy. Happy canning! 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Tamra @SamAnne Thanks for the recommendations! My library has Food in Jars so I‘ve put it on hold! 😄 8mo
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Aimeesue
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Current read - because the onslaught of cucumbers and summer squash is about to begin. 🥒🥒 🥒

Anyone have other picklin/fermenting/canning favorites?

Tamra I believe my surprising favorite is pickled curried cauliflower - I think it‘s from the New Ball Canning book. Yum! Tart & Spicy 8mo
Aimeesue @Tamra Thanks! I‘ll have to look for a similar cauliflower recipe. Or borrow the book from the library - I have a Ball canning book, but not that one and it‘s not in the one I have! 8mo
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Tamra @Aimeesue when I get back from our trip I‘ll see if I can remember to let you know! 😊 8mo
Blueberry I canned mushrooms, broth, and chocolate Cherry Jam this week. 8mo
Aimeesue @Blueberry Mmmmmmmmm! Was that a vegetable broth, or do you use a pressure canner? Thinking of investing in one as I‘d like to be able to make giant batches of soup, beans, etc and can them. My mother just cans them in a water bath, but I‘d rather jump right to Making Sure My Food Is Safe spot, as I can forget what I have left in the pantry sometimes.😁 8mo
Blueberry It was vegetable broth made from the mushroom boiling water. I pressure canned it. I have a Presto canner. I think it's a very good one at a not horrible price. 😄 8mo
Aimeesue @Blueberry I am definitely putting a pressure canner on my holiday list this year! 8mo
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Mitch
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Just testing out this new recipe for Lemon Cukes before I go into the greenhouse and cut 1,000!

Soubhiville Yum! 8mo
AmyG Looks wonderful. 8mo
Leftcoastzen Nice!I have fond memories of making pickles with Grandma 8mo
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