Food Preserving at Home will be welcomed by the growing number of people who conserve fruit windfalls and other food surpluses. It gives practical, easy-to-understand advice on- Canning (bottling) fruit and vegetables, meat and seafood.- Pickling cucumbers, peppers, mixed vegetables, fruits, olives, grape leaves.- Making jam and marmalade, fruit jellies, chutney and preserves.- Freezing raw and cooked foods, and how to thaw and use them.- Drying foods outdoors and in a dehydrator, including how to make fruit leathers.- Smoking fish and meat in homemade smokers.