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Canning and Preserving- Basic Tools and Time savers
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items Canning, preserving, and eating well all winter long. These are my favorite tools and tips gathered from 35 years of family canning experiences.
Essential and resonably priced “old faithful” for hot-water bath canning, the only method I do. My first one, just like this replacement last summer, lasted almost 35 years.
Granite Ware 21.5 Quart Water Bath Canner with Rack for Jam, Salsa and Pickles
A funnel for filling all your canning jars of jams and hot salsa without mess is essential and doesn't have to be expensive.
Mainstays Plastic Canning Funnel for Mason Jars, Home Canning Essentials, Gray
Jars in a hot`water canning bath are freaking hot! I used to use a variety generic kitchen tongs and pot holders, holding my breath I wouldn't drop and break the fruits of all my hard work, until my sister gifted me these. I've never looked back.
Mainstays Stainless Steel Canning Jar Lifter Tongs with Secure Grip Handles
You need a LARGE stock pot for cooking down your produce in batch canning. I recommend a durable one like this with a metal lid that won't chip or break and can be a work horse for for everything from your soups to your home jarred spagetti sauce.
Rachael Ray Enamel-On-Steel Induction Stockpot With Lid, 12 Quart, Almond & Reviews | Wayfair
There can be lots and LOTS of chopping in food prep for canning. This 8-cup food chopper with its stainless steel slicing and grating plade has gotten me through 15 years of salsa making and is still going strong. It's compact and easy to store away,...
BLACK+DECKER 8-Cup Food Processor, Black, FP1600B
Don't skimp on canning lids. Canning is too time and much work to have lids that haven't sealed reliably when you're all done. I've always had good seals with the Ball jar brand and especially like the button dome feature that's more visibly prominen...
(3 pack) Ball Regular Mouth Jar Lids and Bands, 12 Count - Walmart.com
The right pectin for the right recipe. This is mone for all my freezer jam recipes.
Certo Premium Liquid Fruit Pectin, for jams
This apple peeling and coring gadget is a super time and labor saver. I love mine for canning apple rings, applesauce and pie filling. You can also find these easily on Ebay.
Progressive Apple Peeler & Corer Gadget
I never knew how easy fermenting at home could be until I tried this ingenius little starter lid kit, that works with canning jars I already had. It comes with a small but great recipe booklet. The fizzy cherry tomatoes are incredible.
Fermentation Kit with 3 Airlock Lids for Wide Mouth Jars
My sister gave me this cookbook and it is a treasure for fermented foodie and drink recipes. It's packed with beautiful photos, historical and technical information and 100 recipes. 368 pages, I think it's the only one I'll ever need.
The Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting - by Kathryn Lukas & Shane Peterson (Hardcover)
My much beloved older Blue Ball canning guide and recipe book totally fell apart after years of use and it's much for the best. This is the newest version everyone needs for its inclusion of updated USDA safety guidlines.
Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving, 38th Edition with 500+ Mason Jar Recipes for Pressure and Water Bath Canning, Essential Canning Supplies for Safe Preservation
These rustic looking jar tags have a great home spun vibe you can customize them front and back with your won text.
All-purpose Rustic Brown Canning Jar Hang Tag
You can personalize these tags and dress up your home canning jars for gifting or selling at farmers markets,etc. with ones that are both pretty and functional for listing ingredients, potential food sensitives.
Canning Jar Jar Tags with Ingredients
Every other year I'm looking for more canning jar stickers or tags to get me through the season. I designed a whole big bunch on Zazzle and loved every minute doing it. Now you can choose your own, tweak them and use them for yourself, too..
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