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Freezing & Canning Cookbook: Prized Recipes from the Farms of America
Freezing Canning Cookbook Prized Recipes from the Farms of America Author:Nell Beaubien Nichols (Editor) Prized Recipes from the Farms of America by the Food Editors of Farm Journal. 16 pages of four-color-photographs. Over 1000 recipes. — Countrywomen have always been known for their well-stocked pantries. With vegetables harvested at top succulence, fruits ripened by the sun and barnyard animals fed until sleek and prime, good food is at home on f... more »arm tables. This up-to-date revised edition is a comprehensive guide to home freezing and canning and a useful year- round cookbook. It has the practical "down-to-earth" quality for which farm women are noted. Town women can use these recipes and secrets of farm women to preserve market produce at its peak and preserve fresh meat, poultry and fish for later use as well as to transform commercial frozen and canned foods into unforgettable meals.
The "how-to-do" sections give complete, up-to-date information on all methods of home freezing, canning, and curing of meat, based on the latest research findings of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University Agricultural Experiment Stations at the state Land Grant colleges, supplemented with "slick tricks" farm women have developed for saving time and work -- thoroughly tested in Farm Journal's famous Countryside Test Kitchens.
Nell B. Nichols, who edited this FREEZING AND CANNING COOKBOOK, is Field Food Editor for the FARM JOURNAL. Home economist, homemaker, journalist, and lover of good food, she travels the United States, talking to farm women to uncover interesting and easy ways to prepare the good food for which country kitchens are famous.« less