Your one-stop guide to successful preserving! 60 delicious recipes, cooking techniques, storage information, and helpful hints and tips—all inside! Preserving fruits and vegetables is a great way to turn home-grown or local produce into delicious treats that can be enjoyed all year round. There are several different preserving methods covered in Self-Sufficiency: Preserving , and all give delicious results! Jams, jellies, fruit butters and curds, bottled fruits, chutneys, pickles, and salted vegetables are all practical and economical ways to preserve seasonal produce. You don't need a load of kitchen gadgets and equipment to get started: A heavy-based pan, funnel, sugar thermometer, and a selection of glass storage jars are all you need! Ingredients listings, popular fruits and vegetables, sugars, and cooking techniques are all explained, along with storage information and helpful hints and tips. This, along with the 60 delicious recipes that follow, make this book your one-stop guide to successful preserving! Here is just a sampling of the recipes included in this book: Jams, Jellies and Marmalades Apricot Jam - Crab Apple Jelly - Parsley Honey - Lime Marmalade Fruit Butters and Curds Apple Butter - Plum Butter - Gooseberry Curd - Pumpkin Curd Chutneys Beetroot Chutney - Green Tomato Chutney - Pear and Orange Chutney - Rhubarb Chutney Pickles Pickled Mushrooms - Spiced Pickled Blackberries - Piccalilli - Pickled Onions Bottling Hard Fruits - Fruit Salad - Tomatoes Salting Runner Beans - French Beans - Sauerkraut A comprehensive look at all aspects of turning home-grown produce into delicious treats -- "Country Kitchen" A little gem of a book -- "Highland Life" If you hanker after a slice of the good life, like to know the provenance of your food or simply want to be thrifty, this... is an excellent place to start. -- "Food and Travel" What I loved about this book, was discovering new things to do with vegetables that I hadn't thought of before... This is a handy book to keep in your cupboard for Autumn harvest and the excess fruit and vegetables that come your way. -- "The Rural" This one-stop guide to successful preserving offers 60 delicious recipes for jams, jellies, bottled fruits, chutneys, pickles, and more. Preserving fruits and vegetables is a great way to turn home-grown or local produce into delicious treats that can be enjoyed all year round. There are several different preserving methods and all give delicious results. Jams, jellies, fruit butters and curds, bottled fruits, chutneys, pickles and salted vegetables are all practical and economical ways to preserve seasonal produce. And you don't need a load of kitchen gadgets and equipment to get started: a heavy-based pan, funnel, sugar thermometer and a selection of glass storage jars are all you need! Ingredients listings, popular fruits and vegetables, sugars and cooking techniques are all explained, along with storage information and helpful hints and tips. This, along with the 60 delicious recipes that follow, make this book your one-stop guide to successful preserving. CAROL WILSON is a food writer, cookery consultant and member of the Guild of Food Writers. She writes for a number of food publications both in the UK and the US, and has written several cookbooks as well as appeared on TV cookery programmes. 'A comprehensive look at all aspects of turning home-grown produce into delicious treats' —COUNTRY KITCHEN 'What I loved about this book, was discovering new things to do with vegetables that I hadn't thought of before... This is a handy book to keep in your cupboard for Autumn harvest and the excess fruit and vegetables that come your way.' —THE RURAL Carol Wilson is a food writer, cookery consultant, and member of the Guild of Food Writers. She writes for a number of food publications both in the UK and the US and has written several cookbooks as well as appeared on TV cookery programmes. A judge for the Slow Biodiversity Food Awards, she contributes regularly to Country Kitchen , Living France , Gastronomica , and others.