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Canning 101: Pickled Green Beans

by Shaina
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Written by Shaina of Food for My Family. This summer has been one of rushing around, struggling to fit things in and generally moving faster than I’d like. Suddenly and without warning, it was time to start plucking food off my garden vines and begin packing them into jars. My plan yet to be formed, [...]

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For the Love of Small Batch Canning (Recipe: Spiced Plum Jam)

by Marisa
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Written by Marisa of Food in Jars. Plum jam tastes like childhood to me. When I was very young, my family lived in a house with three Santa Rosa plum trees scattered around the yard and every other year, we spent three weeks wading through a sea of plums. We’d eat them until we couldn’t [...]

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An Intro to Our Late-Summer Canning Series (vlog)

by Aimee
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Okay, so it is fair to say that a certain recent announcement has slowed my canning efforts. I was all set for the season, I had my act together – or so I thought. Now the exhaustion of a first trimester pregnancy has caught up with me and seems to fill my day with tiredness [...]

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Lacto-Fermentation: A Healthier & More Sustainable Way to Preserve

by Shannon
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This post was originally published on July 16, 2010. Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. In March we ate the last of 5 1/2 gallons of lacto-fermented vegetables. They stored for over six months in our refrigerator and I didn’t boil a single pot of water. I think everyone should try lacto-fermentation for three reasons: [...]

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In Which I Scratch a Canning Itch (Recipe: Honey Strawberry Jam)

by Aimee
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Local flavors marry in this four-ingredient, sugar-free, Honey Strawberry Jam and I’ve finally scratched a summer itch – canning! When July arrived and I hadn’t canned or preserved a single thing, save for a few bottles of strawberry-infused vodka, I began to panic a little. Yes, even though I’m the one who coached you on [...]

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