Home canning, drying and preserving

Over the 19 pages of instructions on how to can fruit, Mrs Andrea acknowledges the importance of gathering fruits in accordance to the season. She recommends beginning the canning process as soon after picking as possible. Mrs Andrea’s tone is, as in the rest of the book, very conversational. She italicizes the important words, and […]

After the short introduction, where Mrs Andrea discusses seasonality of different produce and the most effective ways of picking and storing the vegetables. There are photos of Mrs Andrea using canning equipment, in which she is dressed somewhat reminiscent of a nurse. The 19 page list of vegetables covered in the book is organized alphabetically, […]