Canning has changed in the generations since your ancestors canned food. All safe food preservation begins with using tested recipes and properly working equipment. These recipes have been ...

Fermented pickles or brined pickles undergo a curing process for several weeks in which fermentative bacteria produce acids necessary for the preservation process. These bacteria also generate flavor ...

Find answers to commonly asked questions about canning food at home. Explore additional resources on canning as a food preservation method through the National Center for Home Food Preservation or ...

It’s frustrating when your home canned pickles don’t turn out the way you expect. Explore common problems home canners face with pickled products and solutions to prevent it from happening with your ...

Leda Meredith has been preserving food since she was a child at her great-grandmother’s side, and she covers all aspects of the many styles of food preservation in her book Preserving Everything ...

This recipe from Colorado State Cooperative Extension was chosen for its similarity to a popular style of pickling our local Chileno peppers.* Always process peppers correctly to be safe. DO NOT OPEN ...

Learn how to juice chokecherries by following this old fashioned choke cherry jelly recipe using this tart, native North American fruit. We’ve only been homesteading a few years, but one of the ...

On a recent summer afternoon in the narrow kitchen of their cozy Lancaster city home, David Gelatt and his fiancé Kevin Peters have a blazing assembly line going. Peters is filling Ball jars with ...