{"product_id":"2940045646673","title":"A Beginner's Guide to Bottling Fruit and Vegetables: With tips on How to Prepare and Preserve Food for Long-Term Use","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Beginner’s Guide to Bottling Fruit and Vegetables\u003cbr\u003eWith tips on How to Prepare and Preserve Food for Long-Term Use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eRules of Bottling\u003cbr\u003eTypes of Jars and Bottles\u003cbr\u003eSterilizing Tips\u003cbr\u003eEquipment Necessary for Bottling\u003cbr\u003eMethods of Sterilization\u003cbr\u003eHot Water Bath Method\u003cbr\u003eHot-Water Sterilization – Quick Method\u003cbr\u003eOven Method\u003cbr\u003eSecond Oven Method\u003cbr\u003eBoiling Tomatoes\u003cbr\u003eTomato in Their Own Juice\u003cbr\u003ePreserving Tomatoes in Brine\u003cbr\u003eTomato Purée\u003cbr\u003eTomato Juice\u003cbr\u003eBottling Methods for Vegetables\u003cbr\u003eBlanching and Sterilizing Process for Vegetables\u003cbr\u003eWater Bath Method\u003cbr\u003eAcid Brine – Lemon Juice Method\u003cbr\u003eUsing Bottled Vegetables\u003cbr\u003ePreparation of Fruit and Temperature Chart\u003cbr\u003eTimetable for Sterilizing Vegetables in Pressure Cooker\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Bio-\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eWe are everlastingly grateful to that homemaker millenniums ago, who decided that she needed to preserve food, for the coming winter. That was a little step for her, but it was a giant step for mankind. Soon people began to preserve food in stoneware jars.\u003cbr\u003eThe principle of preserving these fruit\/food items depended firstly upon the destruction by need of all the mold and bacteria in the air, fruit, or water. As technological development and experimental sciences began to develop in ancient civilizations, they discovered how to make glass containers and bottles more than 5000 years ago.\u003cbr\u003eNaturally, at the same time, the cook in the kitchen was experimenting on food stuffs. It was only by trial and error that she learned that if she kept items of food in a moist atmosphere, it would soon grow moldy and perish real fast. Also, she learned that the exclusion of air during the sealing off the bottles prevented this mold from growing on the surface of the food.\u003cbr\u003eAlong with that, she found out that salt, vinegar, wine and oil were extremely useful mediums in which she could preserve food, and that is how the art of been a preserving food in the shape of jams, jellies, pickles and chutneys came into existence. So this art has come down to us through the ages, and that is why many families have closely guarded secret recipes for pickling or preserving food. And that is when our grannies told us in grave tones – “remember, children, the containers in which you put this jam should be totally sealed really properly. That is how you are going to keep it for a long time.”\u003cbr\u003eNatural vinegar and natural oil was used as an important medium since ancient times to preserve fruit, pickles and other natural food items. Along with that, salt and sugar were used as preservatives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JD-Biz Corp Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082826006768,"sku":"2940045646673","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045646673_p0.jpg?v=1763681562","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045646673","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}