Helpful Score: 3
This book is a terrific surprise.
I don't come from a family that really knew how to freeze or can food. Neither parent had parents or grandparents teaching them proper kitchen techniques. They both basically relied on old wives tales and lots of chlorine bleach. How wrong they got it (including the chlorine bleach) astounds me.
How wrong we mostly get these things astounds me.
Every page is a discovery of techniques based in food science. Every chapter talks about things as basic as, "How do you know that the stuff you bought at the grocery store is food safe? It will say so." Strangely, not a single person I know was aware of that. Even though the work is food science, it is written in a very readable style.
I give the book 5 stars for being a book I will both read cover-to-cover and reference.
Enjoy.
I don't come from a family that really knew how to freeze or can food. Neither parent had parents or grandparents teaching them proper kitchen techniques. They both basically relied on old wives tales and lots of chlorine bleach. How wrong they got it (including the chlorine bleach) astounds me.
How wrong we mostly get these things astounds me.
Every page is a discovery of techniques based in food science. Every chapter talks about things as basic as, "How do you know that the stuff you bought at the grocery store is food safe? It will say so." Strangely, not a single person I know was aware of that. Even though the work is food science, it is written in a very readable style.
I give the book 5 stars for being a book I will both read cover-to-cover and reference.
Enjoy.
