I have some canning books one is my mother-in-law’s. If she were still alive she would be 103 years old . When I started canning I bought one (for myself it is Kerr Home canning and freezing book it has been my go to book when I am canning. Love it. Thanks for your input.
I love old cookbooks. I've found some at estate sales and thrift stores. Have most of the canning ones my grandmother had and my mom's. Like you lots of little tabs on those.
One of my instagram friends let me know you mentioned one of my cookbooks. Thanks for sharing my newest WECK book. I hope you enjoy the recipes. Great collection you have there!
What a good idea, putting the books in the plastic sleeves. I have some very old canning cookbooks that need protection. I have many many recipe books and then I look things up on the internet.
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Thank you for sharing about your canning books & cookbooks. I got rid of most of my cookbooks because I thought I would just use the internet. My canning books are treasures, however. Well, in recent years I though I needed to build up my cookbooks again but with meaningful ones. The internet may not always be available. My binder has my printed out recipes, including those from your website. Ok, make that binders. 😄
Love your collection! I have a fun one to suggest, which would come under the heading of "new and different"... "The River Cottage Preserves Handbook", by Pam Corbin. It's a British based book and I adore it (and most of the River Cottage content). I checked it out from the library before I bought it...always need to be sure. ;) Thank you so much for sharing. I always enjoy seeing what others have on their cookbook shelves.
I, too, love cookbooks but canning books are my weakness. I am fortunate to been give my grandmother's Kerr canning book from the 1940s. I know not to use the recipes as written, but what a treasure. I have one I'd like to recommend. It's So Easy To Preserve and is compiled by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. It has canning, freezing and dehydrating with great information on how to. It has a remedy for problem suggestions at the end of each section. It is not sold commercially, but you can google the title and it will take you to the bookstore. Well worth the $25. I'm excited to try the Red Wine Jelly.
I have most of these on my wish list! I try to order one new book a month to grow my library! I really like the idea of the post it tabs! I need to pick some of those up for sure!
Well, my Amazon cart just grew a bit 😂 I have a few of these books and collect cookbooks as well. A few that you showed caught my attention! Definitely going to buy them 👍🏼
Collector of all sorts of books, from cabinet making to cookbooks to canning, too. Have my Mothers 1953 Ball Blue Book, a WWII canning book (not dated, but references Victory Gardens, a number of Ball Blue Books, since the early 1970's. Everytime a new edition comes out, I get one, especially to note changes to guidelines. Major changes in the mid-1990's caused a number of publishers to print revised editions. For example, I have 2 editions of Putting Food By and Stocking Up. Also in my collection is The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving and the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning (Revised 2015a0. Thank you for sharing. I saw some that I don't have and need to checkout/
I reas cookbooks like novels at times. I have made the cantaloupe pickles in the Ball book. I like them. They are pretty tangy from the vinegar, but tasty.
Loved see I got all your canning cookbooks! I have 2 of those, plus some really old Kerr and Ball Blue Book ones that were my grandmother’s and mom’s! Some of mine are falling apart. I love how you put them in a binder, I am definitely going to do that to save them! Loved hearing about the low sugar and alternative sugar books!
I have hundreds of cookbooks. I just bought 2 more today at a thrift store. I have been collecting recipes and cookbooks since I was a teenager in the 50s.
Are you subscribed to the Canadian guy who cooks from his really old cookbooks? I can’t remember his name at the moment. I just went and looked him up, it’s “Glen And Friends”. He makes some very interesting things, sometimes from a recipe as far back as the Middle Ages.
@@cynthiafisher9907 I found him again. "Glen and friends" I thought I had been subscribed to his channel but wasn't, now I am. Thanks for reminding me of him.
I just handed down three boxes of canning and cook books to my daughter. Many where old Farm Journals dating from 1890 to present day. The old farm Journals has everything in it pertaining to total farm life. Thanks for sharing Constance
Thank you for book club sharing time!!! I am also a cookbook collector!!! Lol I keep telling myself NO more!!! (I call myself a cookbook whore.....haha) I keep falling in Love with more books and I want to give them a good home where they will be loved! I tell my family when I die leave my cookbooks out at the wake for my loved ones to take so that my love may FEED your soul well into my afterlife as I travel the universe in the form of energy! You have a few I want to for sure add to my collection that I have been thinking about!!!
The Ball Blue Books with actual blue covers can very often be found in second hand stores and larger book fairs. The newer one is good, also, but the older ones have some more traditional recipes and definitely worth having. Another one I like is "Stocking Up" by Carol Hupping. There are a few editions. The one I have is the hardbound book with the brown cover. I think it's the first edition. Another book I like is "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" by Carla Emery. There is a chapter on food preservation. This book is nearly 1000 pages of so many things related to homesteading, and I think is important for really anyone to have and read.
@@CosmopolitanCornbread I also canned 50# of potatoes last year. I got a deal 50# for $10. Couldn't pass it up but like you no basement or root cellar.
I love cookbooks. I am looking forward to purchasing some of the new ones. Can you still find Weck canning jars in US and where would I get them? Thanks!
Thank for lithe reviews there are a couple I'm going to look into. Quick question have you ever canned using the old canning jars with glass tops, rubber rings and pressure latch? I have several and I'm wondering if they are okay to use?
I see that style of jar from time to time both new and used. Suspect that most of what I see are reproductions and are made of materials not designed for canning. I have a number of them, accumulated over the years, that I use for dry food and non food storage. I wouldn't can with them without knowing they were originally sold for canning. And, I'd want a new gasket (rubber ring).
I know the ones I have are true canning jars as they have been given to me by my grandparents. I'm just wondering if they are considered "safe" to still use.
@@michelehidgman3864 If You can find the right size rubber rings, there is no reason you couldn’t use them. They work the same way as the newer ones like Le Parfait. The glass is probably a lot thicker as well.
The only ones I have experience with are the 23 Qt Presto Canner - which is a really good canner. It is what I and many people start out on amzn.to/3u6YvFs - - it varies in price, but right now is around $159 or so. ...and the All American Canner. The AA canner is a little more pricey though.
