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Tips for making and canning cherry jam with liquid pectin. Easy recipe for beginning canners. Tips for making and canning cherry jam with liquid pectin. Easy recipe for beginning canners.

It’s cherry season again, and time to start canning cherry jam! Cherry jam is very easy to make. This recipe uses liquid pectin. Cherry Jam Recipe Ingredients: 4 1/2 c. fully ripe cherries, pitted and finely chopped*7 c. sugar2 pouches liquid pectin *You can either remove the pits by hand or you can use a…

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Canning pickled asparagus. Step-by-step beginning instructions for canning perfect pickled asparagus. No pressure canner needed! Canning pickled asparagus. Step-by-step beginning instructions for canning perfect pickled asparagus. No pressure canner needed!

Yay! It’s asparagus season again. We have asparagus fields not even 10 miles from where we live and I have never gone to a farm to buy fresh cut asparagus. Well, this year I did, and I am so glad that I did. Time to learn how to can pickled asparagus. Pickled asparagus is one…

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Brew your own kombucha at home! Easy kombucha recipe for beginners. Brew your own kombucha at home! Easy kombucha recipe for beginners.

I first tasted kombucha a couple of years ago. I was skeptical about it at first, but wanted to see what all the hype was about. I was surprised how sour it was, almost like drinking vinegar! But after I gave it a couple of tries, it started to grow on me. I decided to…

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Easy recipe for canning old-fashioned homemade grape juice. Learn how to make homemade grape juice like a pro! Easy recipe for canning old-fashioned homemade grape juice. Learn how to make homemade grape juice like a pro!

I always thought it would be hard to make homemade grape juice, but it really isn’t! It takes a little time and you need to have the right (inexpensive) equipment, but canning grape juice really is very easy.   Grape Juice Recipe Ingredients:   *You can prepare this recipe with purple or green grapes. It…

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How to can cinnamon pears. Adding red hots to canned pears gives fresh pears a nice cinnamon twist. How to can cinnamon pears. Adding red hots to canned pears gives fresh pears a nice cinnamon twist.

Canning Cinnamon Pears   Ever wondered how to can cinnamon pears? I had never heard of them before, until just recently.   This year I was able to get my hands on some free pears, so I decided to can some. My cousin mentioned that she makes “cinnamon pears”. I was intrigued…sounds delicious! It turns…

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