Sherri Brooks Vinton

The Preserving Answer Book (eBook, ePUB)

Expert Tips, Techniques, and Best Methods for Preserving All Your Favorite Foods

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this comprehensive guide, expert author Sherri Brooks Vinton answers the home preserver's most commonly asked questions about every aspect of food preservation, from refrigeration and freezing to canning, drying, and fermenting all kinds of fruits and vegetables. She also offers tips and techniques for setting up your kitchen, choosing the preserving process that best suits your needs, making equipment and ingredient substitutions, and much more. Whether you're new to preserving or just looking to refresh your memory at the start of the season, whether you want to know the difference between jam and jelly or which varieties of tomatoes are best for canning, you'll find the information and confidence you need with this kitchen companion in hand. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781635864212
• Artikelnr.: 64262925

Autorenporträt

Sherri Brooks Vinton is the author of Put 'em Up!, Put 'em Up! Fruit, and The Preserving Answer Book. Vinton began her food career on the back of a motorcycle. A cross-country ride brought her face-to-face with the negative impacts of industrial agriculture and compelled her to begin a quest for food raised with integrity. Since then, her books, appearances, and hands-on workshops have taught countless eaters how to find, cook, and preserve local, seasonal food. Whether developing content, organizing events, or consulting with clients, Vinton is always working to find her next great meal. To learn more, visit sherribrooksvinton.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Getting Started 1 Basics    Why Preserve?
Safety 2 Sourcing and Storage    Finding Good Food
Recipe: White Peach Jam
Prolonging Produce 3 Prep Work    Kitchen Skills
Blanching
Peels and Pits
Recipe: Raspberry Jelly
Making the Most of It
Kitchen Tips Part 2: Preserving Processes 4 General Canning    Workspace
Equipment
Jars
Process
Recipe: Bread
and
Butter Chips
Ingredients
When Something's Gone Wrong
What Not to Do
Storage 5 Boiling
Water Method    Basics
Setting Up
About pH and Acid
Reliable Recipes
Recipe: Pickled Okra
Filling the Jars
Loading the Canner
Processing
Checking for a Seal 6 Pressure Canning    Basics
Equipment
What to Pressure Can
Recipe: Green Beans in Water 7 Refrigeration    Recipe: Simple Brine
Recipe: Pub Pickles 8 Freezing 9 Drying    Prepping
Recipe: Dried Cherries
Methods
Storage 10 Fermentation    Encouraging a Good Ferment
Recipe: Classic Fermented Sauerkraut
Equipment
Ingredients
Storage 11 Infusions    Recipe: Strawberry Vinegar Part 3: Putting Your Skills to Work 12 Sweet and Savory Spreads    Basics
Recipe: Quick Blueberry Jam
Recipe: Pan
Roasted Chicken with Raspberry Reduction
Equipment
Pectin
Recipe: Peel
and
Pip Pectin
Sugar     and Acid
Getting a Good Set
Troubleshooting 13 Pickles    Recipe: Pickling Spice 14 Sauces    Recipe: Blueberry Gastrique 15 Vegetables 16 Whole Fruits    Recipe: Pears in Honey Syrup 17 Tomatoes and Tomato Products    Recipe: Avalanche Sauce Metric Conversions Resources    Supplies and Equipment
Home Food Preserving Community and Information
Local Food Sources and Calendars Index