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Canning Cookbook Review

This blog entry is a result of watching my girl Heather Cohn at The Kneady Homesteader.  Heather is one of the people who inspired me to go back to cooking from scratch hence Scratch Kitchen. This morning I saw a video Heather did about two canning cookbooks which didn’t meet her expectations. She also shared one which exceeded her expectations. I will give you the link to her video and to a video by Bev Volfie at Our Half Acre Homestead did today. I know today is Friday, so when I watched Bev, she did a video about two kidney beans which she found sprouting in her sink in spite of all the garbage she had thrown at them. You just have to watch it to truly understand the message.
My video today was a response to Heather with one book that didn’t meet my expectations and two that did with one that has exceeded my expectations. Here we go:
Let’s start with the book on Weck jars. This had a lot of promise. It fell short. I enjoyed the history of the company. That was interesting. However, there weren’t enough canning recipes. They were small batch recipes so if you want to know more about the Weck jars and the company this may be your book. You can get it on Amazon.com lookup Weck Small-Batch Preserving by Stephanie Thurow. Sorry dear, this just didn’t meet the expectations I had.
Moving on to a great book on Jams and Preserves from Thunder Bay Books (www.thunderbaybooks.com) The pictures are beautiful and the recipes work. The only issue I had was they don’t really water bath many of there products. I am sure they could be water bathed for at least 10 minutes no more than 15. Other than that it is a great book to learn the procedures for making jams and preserves.
Next is Ball”s Complete Book of Home Preserving. This is becoming my go-to book. It has so many things I want to make and something I am going to do and record. Starting with Maple-Walnut Syrup (199) and Praline Syrup (200) this weekend finally. They have several condiments I plan on making soon.
The final book is a must-have if you want to learn to pressure can. The Unofficial Cookbook for Your All-American Pressure Canner by Sandra May. Good news, you can use this even if you don’t have an All-American Pressure Canner. Just do this thing called follow the directions. Of course, if you don’t have an herb called for you can switch out for one you have. Or if there is an allergy to one then don’t use it. Just follow the times for each size. If you are fortunate enough to have pint-in-a-half jars then process them as quarts. Occasionally Ball brings this odd size out and then they put it away for a few years. The vintage canning book I have from 86 talks about the pint-in-a-half. The Chicken Cacciatore on page 79 is delicious. The Ranch Style Beans page 103 and Boston Baked Beans on page 105 both are awesome. The concentrates in the back are wonderful and these you do water bath can.
There you go, four books I reviewed in the video which will be on both of my YouTube channels.  Here is the video at BitChute.com https://www.bitchute.com/video/jaNMED1Kzlt1/
Today's Links

Heather Cohn The Kneady Homesteader

Book Review: Pressure Canning Books ~Just MY Opinion~ The Kneady Homesteader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsFkUyJoUQ


Bev Volfie Our Half Acre Homestead

A Message In The Beans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiZRypAROg
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