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Homemade Liquid Pectin

Homemade Liquid Pectin

It is what makes the preserves set up and become firm.

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Canning Game Meat Guide

Canning Game Meat Guide I like this article because it covers all the safety concerns regarding canning meat. Even gives you the low down on types of pressure cookers. If you’re a hunter now or likely to become one post SHTF preserving the game will be imperative. Check out this comprehensive guide on canning game …

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Prepper Books Worth Buying

Prepper Books Worth Buying   I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …

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FREE Download USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning

FREE Download USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning

FREE Download USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning Canning safely is a mega important task to learn. If done incorrectly you could actually poison yourself and family. Not only dangerous to eat but wasteful if you feel it isn’t safe and must dispose of it. The best reference you can have on home canning correctly …

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Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning

Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning I am so excited that it is harvest time!. I have a new electric pressure cooker canner combo and can’t wait to try it out! As my children grow up and leave home I will be canning smaller batches so when they …

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Items NOT to Can

Items NOT to Can

Items NOT to Can Like most new canners when I begin canning, I wanted to can anything and everything that would fit in a jar! I was soon disappointed to learn there are items it simply isn’t safe for ME to can.  There are a lot of differing opinions in regard to what can and …

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What Can’t be Canned?

What Can't be Canned?

What Can’t be Canned? Learning what can’t be safely canned is almost as important as learning how to can what can be canned. It is especially difficult for the new canner as he/she has the bug and wants to can everything they lay hands on! Some items just simply can’t be safely preserved by this …

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Violet Jelly

Violet Jelly

Violet Jelly Make your garden flowers into edible goodies with violet jelly! Make 4 half pints… 2 cups Wild Violet Petals Or Purchased Edible Violets 2-¼ cups Boiling Water ¼ cups Lemon Juice ¼ teaspoons Butter 1-¾ ounce, weight Box Of Pectin 4 cups sugar Remove the stems and wash the petals thoroughly. Place the …

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How to Can Poultry & Rabbit

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How to Can Poultry & Rabbit Home canned goods are the heart of a prepper or homesteader’s pantry. Canning is one of the most common methods of food storage on your way to becoming self sufficient. Protein is a much worried about and talked about prep to obtain and …

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Canning Using a Wood Fire

Some posts may contain affiliate links.  Canning Using a Wood Fire Homesteaders, preppers and the fiscally responsible all can when produce is in season for use when it is not so readily available. One of the best ways of reducing your monthly grocery bill and extending the use of your harvest. Not only financially responsible, home …

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