Books on preserving
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Books on preserving
My amazement at the freezer in my new flat has meant I'm becoming interested in all the different and tasty ways you can preserve food, from jam-ing to salting to pickling to drying.
Are there any books anyone would recomend?
Thank you.
Are there any books anyone would recomend?
Thank you.
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I recently got Marguerite Patten's Jams, Preserves and Chutneysout of the library, if I had more time on my hands, I would have tried some of the recipes. It looks really good, I will get it out again when I am less busy.
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I have that book - have got some paperclips in it to mark recipes I've done/doing...Annpan wrote:I recently got Marguerite Patten's Jams, Preserves and Chutneysout of the library, if I had more time on my hands, I would have tried some of the recipes. It looks really good, I will get it out again when I am less busy.
I also have two WI books, one authored by Mary Norwak - The Complete Book of Home Preserving (my charity shop copy has clippings of other recipes glued in!) covering bottling, freezing, salting & smoking, potting, drying, clamping & cellaring, preserves, candying & crystallizing. The other is Jams, Pickles & Chutneys.
Another nice book is Present from the Kitchen, covering preserves, pickles, marinades as well as herb oils & vinegars, liqueurs....
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There seems to be loads of information on pickles and preserves, and on freezing, but not that much on drying, storing, etc. I bought a small but quite useful book from CAT a few years ago by Piers warren, How to Store your Garden Produce, I think it is called. It is fairly slender with not much detail, though. Good for a beginner.
I think there is a serious gap in the market for a good book on this subject!
I think there is a serious gap in the market for a good book on this subject!
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Yes.. this is a great book... last time I looked I couldn't find it for less than about £50 - not looked for a year or so though.greenbean wrote:Preserving By Oded Schwartz published by DK (Dorling Kindersley) 1996 is the best book I have found, gives all basic principles of preserving plus excellent recipes and nice colour photos.
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My favourite one is a very basic book, called Putting Food By. Can't remember the author offhand, but it's a Rodale Press book, and it's been in and out of print for a long time, with a number of editions. I have a couple of them myself, and I use it every year at preserving time.
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That looks very good - and a bit cheaper than the Oded Schwartz one...I have just bought it used from Amazon. Thanks!farmerdrea wrote:My favourite one is a very basic book, called Putting Food By. Can't remember the author offhand, but it's a Rodale Press book, and it's been in and out of print for a long time, with a number of editions. I have a couple of them myself, and I use it every year at preserving time.
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preserved is quite good. Basic in some places, but does cover examples of all the main way of preserving, from salting to smoking,jams,pickles etc.
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So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
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