Monday
Sep272010
Put 'em Up book giveaway
Let’s start this giveaway with a success story. I entered and then proceeded to win Tigress’ latest giveaway. I fell in love with the book she sent me in the mail (with her own money to boot).
Sherri Brooks Vinton’s book, Put ‘em Up, pretty much rocks. So, I’m giving [another copy, thanks to her publisher] to you! (I’m definitely keeping my prize.)
Here’s why I think you should own this book:
- It’s an excellent resource for both established and newbie canners and home-preservers
- It covers a lot of territory beyond just canning jars and sealing things for shelf storage, like drying, infusing, fridge pickling, fermenting and freezing (and most recipes have multiple options for how you might store the homemade yummies)
- I especially like the ‘Working in Groups’ section, a helpful primer on hosting a canning party, where it gives you a detailed list of tasks and how many people could be doing them.
- She has illustrations of many of the canning/preserving projects I mention in my book (but don’t have the space to illustrate)!
- There are a ton of recipes for using up seasonal foods
Enter by leaving a comment on this post telling me about an area of home food preservation that intrigues you (or eludes you).
Deadline is Thursday, October 14 at midnight. Good luck!
Update on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 3:52PM by
Kate
Kate
Lucky number 78! Jessi is our winner. Thanks everyone for entering! Happy preserving.
tagged Cookbooks, Food Preservation, Giveaways
Cookbooks, Food Preservation, Giveaways
Reader Comments (115)
My husband has really gotten into canning this year. I'm curious about drying/preserving herbs. For example, we have a TON of mint growing, and I wonder how to dry it for tea?
I would love to win this book! This is my first year canning and I am having a blast!
Jamie
The acidity area of pickling always aludes me! I want to learn more about canning and do more of it but the whole pH things kinda makes it a bit daunting...
I would love to learn!
This sounds great! Thanks for bringing this book to my attention. I've been obsessed with canning lately, and am always looking for unique, more-contemporary recipes. I just made Tomato Jam with Port, Figgy Peach/Citrus Marmalade, and Peach Salsa. Looking for my next challenge!
I'm new to canning and all of it eludes me! But what I really want to figure out is time management, and how people process a hundred pounds of tomatoes in a weekend. I can't seem to get through fifteen pounds of peaches in less than five hours.
I also want to explore my pressure canner. I know you can pressure can almost anything but how to do it properly eludes me, and the interwebs is just not the right place to find it all out!
I need this book. I could even be talked into a mud wrestling contest for this book. ;) I've been having success with jams, but...
I would say that the areas of preserving that elude me or intrigue me/make me anxious are: pressure canning stock (!!!!!), doing anything with tomatoes (I read different things depending on what you are doing with them - crushed vs. whole vs. paste, etc. - that you may or may not have to take the skins off), and fermenting. I'm a big scaredy cat! :) But I'd love to learn more!
pickling, I've never done it before!
The whole process of canning intrigues me. My husband and I have been canning for just over a year and everyday we learn something new. It's been lots of trial and error, reading, and CANNING but we seem to have the basics down. We'd like to try dehydrating! Great book!
I'm new to canning - so new I haven't even started yet :) I've been spending the past two years trying to figure out how to garden and now that I feel like I kind of know what I'm doing there I'm going to spend the winter trying to learn more about canning so that I can preserve some of the great food I'm growing. I'm especially looking forward to pickles and jams!
I just made my first jam this weekend (habanero pineapple to deal with the crazy crop of habaneros my plant is producing) and I'm addicted. Everything eludes me, but I'm excited to learn!
I'm all about the jams and pickles these days... but have some trepidation about going into the world of low-acid foods! Maybe this book (+ a pressure cooker!) will give me some courage!
i'd love to do pressure canning but am terrified i am going to poison my family. any book that can help me figure this out is truly welcome!!
I have just started canning this year and am hooked! There is nothing quite like looking at all those beautiful jars all lined up in the pantry. But I'm such a newbie I need to learn about everthing!
i grew up helping my gram, mom & aunts can everything from their gardens and the local farms' produce stands, but the past 2 years are the first I've tried canning on my own - its thrilling to feel connected to my family this way. I'd love a book with new recipes for more innovative and imaginative canning ideas because my family recipes are very basic (delicious- but basic). Thanks for offering!
cold storage, like in your basement eludes me.
I'm curious about fermentation, but so far have been too nervous to try it. I'm on a quest for the perfect pickle though, and I really think that it's going to be my answer . . .
People tell me I can do it, but canning still eludes me. This time of year I am quickly reminded that I really should take the plunge. My dehydrator is running almost 24/7, my freezer is full, but there are still so many fruit trees out there, waiting, calling me to preserve! (just started harvesting from friends and neighbors this year)
Winning this book would be amazing, I am just starting out and absorbing all I can on the subject.I will be making my first Dilly Beans in the morning and I can't wait. Pressure canners scare me right now but I hope to ease into it soon. Thank you so much for such an awesome give away.
I want to make vinegar, can it really be that hard.
I've done applesauce, grape & pomegranate jellies and a few dehydrated things but I want to learn a whole lot more! The idea of preserving foods really interests me. My next adventure will be to try pressure canning chicken, but as another person commented - I'm feeling a little intimidated.
This season (it is coming into spring here in the southern hemisphere) will be my first attempt at preserving (or canning, as you guys would say), and I'm looking so forward to it. I used to help out my mum and nan when they preserved fruit, but an online friend has given me a recipe for spaghetti sauce, so this year I'm going to try savoury preserves for the first time. I've even planted gherkin cucumbers so I can make pickles!
I've yet to successfully tackle pickling. I always end up with very mushy pickles and a slightly off flavor. I'd love to improve it.
Making jam at 9000 ft. is a bit challenging and I'm enjoying learning more about it by making all sorts of tasty combinations. Yummy!
I would love to learn more canning techniques! I am a beginner and can use all the help I can get! I need to learn how to save our garden's bounty! :)
I just got into canning this summer - nothing too difficult, butters and pears and tomato soup. I'm so intrigued by pickling and fermenting! Hopefully next season!