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| BALL Complete Book of Home Preserving | 
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| Authors: Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine
Publisher: Robert Rose
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
Buy New: $13.55
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Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 1806
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0778801314
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780778801313
ASIN: 0778801314
Publication Date: April 14, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Comprehensive basic canning September 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I regard this book as a comprehensive basic book. Most of the book consists of recipes suitable to putting food up via either boiling water or pressure canning. It covers basic procedures for both. It is NOT as broad as the book suggests, however. A true "complete book of home preserving" would require volumes - even without recipes. You won't find drying, salting, root cellar storage, vacuum or inert gas preservation, or the myriad of other preservation techniques in this book. Rather, the focus is on the types of preservation for which Ball makes their products (surprise, surprise!), but also, to be completely fair to Ball, the types of most interest to the most people. Well worth while. Just be aware that you are really buying a cookbook. Boiling water and pressure canning techniques themselves can be covered in just a few pages, as they are in this book.
Comprehensive basic canning September 12, 2008
I regard this book as a comprehensive basic book. Most of the book consists of recipes suitable to putting food up via either boiling water or pressure canning. It covers basic procedures for both. It is NOT as broad as the book suggests, however. A true "home preserving" book would require volumes - even without recipes. You won't find drying, salting, root cellar storage, vacuum or inert gas preservation, or the myriad of other preservation techniques in this book. Rather, the focus is on the types of preservation for which Ball makes their products (surprise, surprise!), but also, to be completely fair to Ball, the types of most interest to the most people. Well worth while. Just be aware that you are really buying a cookbook. Boiling water and pressure canning techniques themselves can be covered in just a few pages, as they are in this book.
 Home preserving September 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lots of recipes but basic in nature. Good for the novice and the intermediate canner. Well worth the shelf space.
Lacking in No-Sugar/Low-Sugar Recipes/Alternatives September 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is very good, but I had hoped there would be some options for using low/no-sugar pectin for jams. All of the recipes are for regular sugar, ex. for the freezer jams where it says you can substitute Splenda. Other than that, this is a nice guide for canning and I like that is focuses on the Hot Water Bath Processing, as I don't do any Pressure Canning. Recipes are unique and inspiring.
 Preserving fool September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
BALL Complete Book of Home PreservingI bought this book so I could learn the old art of preserving. I live in Maine and most of my neighbors have small farms and blueberry fields, so they offer me fresh fruits and vegetables all summer long, but I want to preserve them for those long, cold Maine winter nights.Hehehehehe. This book helped me preserve over 20 different fruits and vegetables and I love it. I now have most of my Xmas gifts all done.
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