In a Pickle or a Jam

by Vicki Willder

Book Overview

Book by Willder, Vicki This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696275007
• ISBN13: 9780696275005
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Creative Home Library
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Canning Book

This is my favorite "canning" book. Written by Vicki Willder and published in 1971 from The Creative Library of Better Homes and Gardens. There is a picture of my book in the Product Images. The chapter "Cooking for Fun and Profit" on Pages 2-5 provides good insight on preserving as a business, either to support your organization or your self. There are steps 1-9 to lead the way, from the initial sit down with everyone involved to telling your story to the press. I've tried several recipes in this book, which cover the spectrum of chocolate covered almonds to onion-pickle zucchini. Home-canned preserves and jams are great additions to gift baskets be it holiday, house warming or a new baby "family" basket. Colorful jellies shine on their own as the perfect "little present", so load the shelves of your pantry and stock up on gifts of delicious home-canned produce and preserves. Parsley Honey is one of my favorites. Mixed with a little mayonnaise, it is great on fruit salad. Parsley Honey Cooking Time: 40 minutes Yield: 2 8-oz glasses 3 cups fresh parsley sprigs 3 cups water 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vinegar 1. Chop parsley and combine with water in a heavy kettle. 2. Heat to boiling. Boil until water reduces to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Strain liquid and discard parsley. 3. Combine strained liquid and sugar in kettle. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add vinegar. 4. Heat to boiling. Cook until mixture is a clear, honeylike, consistency, about 25 minutes. Seal in hot sterilized glasses. Interesting, but which I haven't made yet, is Preserved Grapes and Carrot Jam. The best book I have ever read on jams, jellies, fruit syrups and juices, salad dressings, spiced and candied fruits and nuts and all sorts of cheeses, butters, mincemeats and curds and all things to "put by." This is a keeper for your cookbook library. Here's a home canning kit to get you started! Ball 11102 Home Canning Kit

fabulous banana peach jam

I am buying this book solely on the strength of a wonderful recipe I got from a friend years ago. (A very good cook, she highly recommended this book, but that's secondhand information.) I have made the banana-peach jam (which must be refrigerated) several times and it's one of the tastiest ever! Not to mention absolutely unique. Finally getting around to buying the whole book for my daughter who is starting to get interested in making jellies and jams.