Millions of people are discovering that growing and harvesting their own vegetables is only half the fun. It's just as gratifying to preserve that food for year-round eating - and there's no tastier way to stock the pantry shelves than by making pickles and relishes. This is a guide to pickling the abundance.
Millions of people are discovering that growing and harvesting their own vegetables is only half the fun. It's just as gratifying to preserve that food for year-round eating - and there's no tastier way to stock the pantry shelves than by making pickles and relishes. This is a guide to pickling the abundance.
Blending your grandmother s pickling know-how with today s Internet resources, Andrea Chesman shows you how easy it is to fill your pantry with tasty homemade sauerkraut, Salt-Cured Dilly Beans, and Rosemary Onion Confit. Explaining classic techniques in simple language, guiding you to helpful websites, and making you laugh with humorous stories, Chesman provides inspiration and encouragement for both first-time picklers and dedicated home canners. With tips on pickling everything from apples to zucchini, you ll enjoy exploring the stunning variety of flavors that can fill a Mason jar.
Andrea Chesman is the author of The Fat Kitchen as well as many other cookbooks that focus on traditional techniques and fresh-from-the-garden cooking. Her previous books include The Pickled Pantry, Serving Up the Harvest, 101 One-Dish Dinners, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How. She teaches and gives cooking demonstrations and classes across the United States. She lives in Ripton, Vermont.
You Can Pickle It! Why limit yourself to cucumbers when pickling brings out the best in so many vegetables and fruits? Andrea Chesman offers dozens of zesty possibilities in The Pickled Pantry, a comprehensive guide to pickling that features recipes for the crisp cucumbers you've always loved---dills, half-sours, bread and butters---plus delicious ideas for pickling everything from carrots to rhubarb, cabbage to pineapple. It doesn't matter whether you have a few fresh-picked cucumbers or ten pounds of beets. Single-jar recipes, big-harvest ideas, relishes, chutneys, fermented pickles and krauts, and freezer and refrigerator variations provide pickling solutions for every situation. And once your pantry is fully stocked, Chesman provides recipes for 36 delicious ways to use your pickles in prepared dishes.
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