Pickling and Preserving: The Foxfire Americana Library (3)

Out of the kitchens and cupboards of Appalachia comes a warmhearted collection of tried-and-true recipes for pickling and preserving fruits and vegetables.

Part history, part practical recipe book, here homegrown cooks offer advice on everything from bleaching and drying produce to harvesting your own sorghum and making homemade apple butter.

Recipes include:

Watermelon Pickles
Cucumber Relish
Sauerkraut
Quince Honey
Pear Preserves
Mint Jelly
Leather Breeches Beans

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