Joys of Linda Ziedrich
I’m so pleased to announce a giveaway made possible by one of my readers.
Here’s the scoop:
Deadline for entries is May 14, 2010. Enter by leaving a comment below telling me:
1. Which one you’d like to win
OR
2. What has helped you most in learning about canning and preserving, or why you want to start doing it
Two winners, one for each book, will be randomly selected. You must enter your email address when registering to leave a comment, or I won’t be able to contact you if you win. Good luck to everyone! These books changed my canning and preserving life, and I hope they will inspire you into great spreads and pickles, or better, a new confidence in your own home preserving.
Kate
Thanks to everyone who entered! I wish everyone could win (but I’m going to have to be a talk show host before I can swing that type of thing.)
Congratulations to Sara and Karen on the newest additions to their preservers’ library!
Canning, Cookbooks, Food Preservation, Giveaways, Pickling
Reader Comments (40)
i started preserving last year, as a way to extend the seasonal/local food resources... i love it. i just cracked open a jar of earl grey preserved peaches this evening. and, have recently begun foraging more, etc. i love both sweet preserves and pickles, so would be oh-so happy to win either book! thanks for doing this.
I would love the Joy of Pickling. My goal is to do more of it this year.
Jams and Jellies, please! I've learned *a ton* from her pickling book. Otherwise I've learned from my mom and various outdated home ec manuals.
I'd love to have pickling, please!! my most important canning lesson was not to be afraid -- and i learned it from a 2 hour class i took once. after that its been just learning from doing, following recipes and having fun!
I thought I'd entered this contest but apparently not. Anyhoodle, I'd love the joy of pickling! I've learned all of my canning stuff from pickyourown.org which has great recipes (they're basically all the USDA recipes) and Pioneer Woman style step by step photo shoots, which are incredibly helpful.
Pickling please! I have tons of veggies from my CSA farm share. So I started venturing into pickling and what an adventure it is. Guidance would be wonderful!!
Pickling Please! We've finally got a community garden going and are hoping to have some classes in canning.
Without a doubt, I'd want 'Jams and Jellies'! I have never made them (never took the time to learn) and I want to, because having that skill would raise my status in the eyes of my husband and son to a place where they would no longer notice that the dust bunnies have names. Also, the a fore mentioned boy is leaving shortly for college, (giving me some time) and the desire to send him packages with jars of home-made jam.
I'd like the Joy of Pickling, please. I own the original version which has become my pickle bible. It's the only pickle book I've seen that actually explains the different pickling processes. Every recipe I've tried has turned out perfectly..
I think I'd love pickling...ever since I read about pickles in Orangette's A Homemade Life, I've decided I need to pickle.
Everything.
I would love either book - they both sound wonderful! I am a baker and typically give baked goods as gifts. I would love to have something new for my friends. I have never pickled anything but absolutely LOVE pickles! And the only time I attempted jam was a horrible disaster... I think I could use some help, LOL. Thanks for the chance to win!
I'd best stay with Pickles. Last year my friend and I attempted my mother's peach and marachino cherry preserves from her tattered recipe book. It is handwritten and neary 70 years old. Following her instructions, it said "Sugar the peaches and set them in the refrigerator to chill and macerate overnight." next day, "Bring to a boil on the stovetop" Soon, (unbeknownst to me) a molten mix was seething beneath the chilled surface. Suddenly the steam escaped in a huge vent and the boiling sugar mix spilled over, covering my friend's (gas) stove, setting the hot sugar alight and carbonizing it to the range top. After an hour of cleanup, I called my food science boyfriend who said "Oh yes, steam and water pressure is one of the strongest forces in nature.....next to human stupidity, of course" Thanks, hon. No, REALLY.
I am still such a newbie at this, that either of these resources would be welcome in my library. I will say that, so far, Small Batch Preserving has been one of the most useful references in this new undertaking!
apologies if this posts twice -- didn't seem to go through the first time....
this year will be my first foray into canning! i just started working for a local farming organization, and one perk of the job is a big ol' staff garden. i've got cukes and okra and beans and squash and probably 75 tomato plants...and big dreams of learning to pickle. I would love, love love to learn from that Joy of Pickling book.
thanks for the opportunity to win!
emilymanley[at[]gmail.com
Oooh, count me in, pretty please! I would love the Jams & Jellies book as well. I'm not hot on pickling, but I would to jelly & jam just about anything!
Oh, and thank you for hosting this giveaway!