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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to harvesting, storing, preparing, and preserving foods of all kinds. For the self-sufficient farmer or the urban weekend gardener, the third edition of Stocking Up is an invaluable addition to any kitchen. With detailed illustrations and easy-to-follow directions, this encyclopedic resource makes "stocking up" easy. Follow step-by-step instructions for: * Freezing, canning, drying, and preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, and poultry * Harvesting nuts, seeds, sprouts, fruits, and vegetables * Preparing pickles, relishes, jams, jellies, butters, cheeses, and breads. With more than 300 recipes for preservable foods — from old standards like casseroles, fruit leather, and ice cream to new favorites such as sun-dried tomatoes, herb vinegars, and salt- and sugar-free versions of basic fare, Stocking Up covers everything for the home cook. Hundreds of charts and illustrations simplify preserving chores and choices for everyone interested in stocking up on wholesome, natural foods. Synopsis:From Rodale, America's premier authority on natural foods, comes the most comprehensive, up-to-date resource for putting up foods of all kinds. 101 line drawings. Table of ContentsContents Introduction Vegetables and Fruits Choosing Vegetable and Fruit Varieties Harvesting Vegetables and Fruits harvesting vegetables harvesting fruits handling food after harvest Freezing Vegetables and Fruits containers to use for freezing freezer organization thawing vegetables and fruits how and why to blanch vegetables blanching in a microwave blanching in a pressure canner steps to follow for freezing vegetables preparing vegetables for freezing freezing grape leaves freezing fruits preparing fruits for freezing what to do if the freezer stops running freezing herbs Canning Vegetables and Fruits sterilizing food choosing and preparing your vegetables and fruits headspace canners closures tin cans raw packs and hot packs checking seals labeling storing canned foods spoiled food canning fruits step-by-step processing of fruits, tomatoes, and pickled vegetables step-by-step processing of vegetables Drying Vegetables and Fruits why drying works nutritional value preparing food for drying blanching drying vegetables sun-dried tomatoes special techniques for drying peas, beans, and corn drying fruits don't microwave your food dry temperature and ventilation drying outdoors drying indoors oven drying home dryers electrical dryers stovetop dryers solar dryers our solar dryer a low-cost indoor dryer when your food is dry storing freeze-drying: good, but not at home rehydrating cooking dried vegetables and fruits using dried foods fruit purée fruit and vegetable flour fruit leather herbs Underground Storage vegetables fruits good storage conditions where to store your stash storage containers Pickles and Relishes salt-free pickles ingredients equipment canning pickled foods step-by-step directions for canning in a boiling-water bath storing pickles brine curing Euell Gibbons's dill crock if your pickles fail signs of spoilage sauerkraut pickles pickled vegetables relishes pickled fruits chutneys mustards Jams, Jellies, and Fruit Butters jams and jellies with honey cooked-down and pectin jams and jellies homemade pectin extracting juice for jellies jams and preserves from frozen fruit jelly tests if your jellied fruits fail uncooked jams and jellies using artificial sweetener using low-methoxyl pectin filling and sealing containers step-by-step directions for canning in a boiling-water bath making fruit butters fruit butters jams jellies preserves conserves marmalades Juicing Your Harvest tomato and fruit juices steam-juicing fruits using juicers apple cider turning apple cider into vinegar herb vinegars pickling with homemade vinegar juices Vegetable and Fruit Recipes Dairy Foods Storing Milk, Cream, and Eggs freezing milk and cream eggs old-fashioned storage methods freezing eggs Homemade Butter separating the cream chilling and ripening the cream churning taking off the buttermilk washing and working the butter butter in a blender in a food processor using an electric mixer using a glass jar if you have trouble salting and storing butter butters Homemade Cheeses equipment ingredients storing cheeses cottage cheese ricotta cream cheese plain, semihard cheese cheddar cheese Homemade Yogurt and Other Fermented Milk Products yogurt a thicker yogurt using a yogurt maker making yogurt in the oven in a covered casserole in a thermos what can go wrong yogurt cream cheese kefir piima Homemade Ice Creams hand-cranked electrically cranked freezer ice cream sherbet and sorbet how-to's adding fruits and nuts storing ice creams sherbets and ices (sorbets) Dairy Recipes Meats, Poultry, and Fish Preparing Meats and Poultry for Storage butchering your own meat preparing wild meats if you're having your meat butchered headcheese and other pressed meats rendering lard sausage poultry Freezing Meats and Poultry freezing in bulk what wraps to use freezing combination dishes freezing soup stock quick freezing thawing and cooking frozen meat and poultry Canning and Drying Meats and Poultry canning equipment canning jars and cans step-by-step directions for canning signs of spoilage storage directions for processing meats drying meats salt alert Preparing and Storing Fish cleaning and dressing fin fish clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops crabs, lobsters, and crayfish shrimp freezing fresh-caught fish thawing and cooking frozen fish extending the refrigerator life of fish canning fish recipes drying Meat and Poultry Recipes Nuts, Seeds, Grains, and Sprouts Nuts and Seeds harvesting tree nuts hulling drying cracking harvesting and curing peanuts storing shelled nuts sunflower seeds pumpkin seeds nut and seed butters Grains really fresh flour storing bread freezing baked bread thawing bread making breads moister freezing unbaked bread dough storing store-bought grains harvesting and storing your own grains Sprouts the how-to's storing and using sprouts diastatic malt sprouts' vital statistics Nut, Seed, Grain, and Sprout Recipes Appendix books, booklets, supplies Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the 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