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Tips for home canning
From TipThePlanet
For more than a century, home canning has been a popular way to preserve and enjoy homegrown fruits and vegetables, not to mention fresh-caught seafood and other delicacies. One of the key benefits of home canning is limiting exposure to the chemicals and pesticides used on most commercially available produce and seafood. Also, most commercially prepared spreads and sauces contain added sugar, salt and preservatives which are unnecessary in most diets and can even be harmful for people suffering from health problems like diabetes or hypertension. Also preserving produce at peak ripeness offers superior nutritional advantages, for example Vitamin C content in tomatoes increases when the vegetables are allowed to fully ripen on the vine.
- See the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning and HomeCanning.
