If you can follow a recipe, you can can.
Honestly.
You can preserve, process, put-up, store, whatever you want to call it. You can do it.
When I decided that I wanted to learn how to can the bounty of our garden, I thought I’d have to get someone experienced in canning to teach me how. Schedules are hard to coordinate, however, and when I was ready, I learned how from a book.
This is the book I used: The Ball Blue Book. Since then, I’ve followed other recipes from cookbooks, friends, magazines, etc. But this is the book that started it all and this is the book I go back to for a “refresher course” on canning whenever I need one.
What’s great about this book?
- Good, thorough, easy-to-follow directions.
- Illustrations of equipment and diagrams of important.
- Recipes of all sorts
- Enough explanation and background information to make you feel safe and secure in canning food.
All in all, The Ball Blue Book is an invaluable resource and a bargain to boot.
