Wanted: Recommendations For Home Canning/Preserving Books

[theHandpuppet]

I'm a novice at home canning -- who has a book they've used and would recommend?

Also, any recommendations for steam canners would be appreciated. Thanks!

[ernstbass]

1. I bought a Kerr canning guide years ago

and it has been the best resource I've ever used. (It may have come with a case of jars - it's a little paperback)

[Shakespeare]

2. Actually, it's the Ball Blue Book of Preserving (same company as Kerr)

And it's still a stunningly low $4.95 (which makes it one of the best bargains out there).

http://www.homecanning.com/usa/ALOrder.asp?P=2576

I'd be lost without this book every summer and fall!

[theHandpuppet]

4. Wow -- what a bargain!

I'm definitely going to pick one up!

[kestrel91316]

3. Here's two

Putting Food By
Stocking Up

Get the most recent editions any time you get canning books because the safety precautions periodically get upgraded.

[Tsiyu]

5. Preserving the Harvest

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0882669788/102-7925108-8492920?v=glance

has been my best source yet, but don't loan it out! Mine was missing for a year ( returned with lots of canned goodies, though) then left in a camp kitchen by accident never to be seen again. :cry:

[Tsiyu]

6. Too late to edit the above but I was wrong

Even though the above book is awesome, the one I had and lost was this: Keeping the Harvest. I realized it when i saw the pics of the covers. Here is a link to the book:

http://www.canningpantry.com/keeping-the-harvest.html

Pardon my brain malfunction.....