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How to Can Plums
Prepare plums for jars and follow a tested water-bath process with altitude adjustments.
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Start with the recipe. Choose the right canning method.
Learn water-bath and pressure-canning basics, then follow a recipe designed for the food, jar size and process you are using.
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Canning for beginners
Understand the difference between methods, how altitude affects processing and why tested recipes matter.
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How to Can Applesauce
Make applesauce and follow the tested canning process for your jar size and elevation.
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How to Can Tomato Sauce
Keep acidification, jar size, and processing instructions together when canning tomato sauce.
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Canning Beets
Pressure can plain beets using the tested hot-pack method. Understand pint and quart jars, altitude, pressure canners and safe alternatives.
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Canning Cabbage: Choose the Right Method
A cabbage harvest can become sauerkraut, a tested pickled preserve or a freezer staple. Choose the finished dish before reaching for the canner.
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Canning Carrots: A Pressure-Canning Guide
Prepare plain carrot slices or dice for soups and side dishes. Use the US hot-pack pressure-canning method with the correct jar size, gauge setting and elevation adjustment.
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Canning Pears: Hot-Pack Halves in a Water Bath
Keep ripe European pears ready for breakfast bowls and desserts. Prepare a hot pack, choose water, juice or an allowed syrup, and use the jar-size and elevation-adjusted boiling-water process.
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Canning Pumpkin: Cubes, Not Purée
Prepare pumpkin or winter-squash cubes for later soups, sides and pies. Keep the hot pack, liquid, jar size and pressure-canning schedule together from preparation to cooling.
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Canning Zucchini: Safe Tested Options
Turn a zucchini surplus into a plan for pantry recipes, the freezer and dried cooking ingredients. Start with a supported method rather than a generic jar of squash.
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Water-Bath Canner vs. Pressure Canner
Choose canning equipment around the food you want to preserve. Learn where a water-bath canner fits, when a pressure canner is required, and why a pressure cooker is a different tool.
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