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Stocking up;: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow, Naturally
Stocking up How to Preserve the Foods You Grow Naturally Author:Carol Hupping For thirty years now the editors of Organic Gardening and Farming have been writing for people who know the value of great tasting, healthful food. Through their magaine and their books they have been teaching people how to get high-quality, chemical-free food by growing it organically in their backyard or on their homestead. ... more »; It's only natural that they should come out with a book that teaches people how to preserve their home-grown just as naturally as they grew it.
In Stocking Up you'll find the traditional methods of home preservation that were used before insecticides and food additives were household words, combined with the safety and efficiency of modern developments in home food storage. In this book you'll find complete, step-by-step instructions for preserving everything -- from fruits and vegetables, to dairy products, to nuts and grains, to meats -- naturally, without chemicals (like sulphur) and without overrefined ingredients (like sugar).
Stocking Up takes you right from the beginning. It helps you choose the method of storage you have in mind and tells you where you can obtain the seeds. It tells you how to harvest and prepare your plant foods and how to dress your animals for maximum taste, food value, and keeping qualities. It teaches you how to build your own smokehouse and food dryer, how to convert your basement into a root cellar, and how to turn your garage into a temporary butchering room.
All in all, Stocking Up will help you find the satisfaction -- and security -- that comes from knowing that you have control over the food you eat every step of the way, from garden to pantry.
Separate sections on each food category
Pages of charts and timetables
Many helpful photographs and how-to drawings
Dozens of recipes
Architectural plans for storage areas
Simple storage ideas from organize gardeners and farmers across the country
Tina K. reviewed Stocking up;: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow, Naturally on
Helpful Score: 2
This book shows the basics and fundamentals of preserving. I wonder if the publisher will update it since more and more people are starting to preserve now.