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1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Measuring cups for dry and liquid food products.FIGURE 2-2: Some essential tools for canning.FIGURE 2-3: Microplane grater and zester.FIGURE 2-4: Two types of food scales: spring and electric.FIGURE 2-5: A food processor.FIGURE 2-6: A food mill.FIGURE 2-7: Other handy but nonessential items.FIGURE 2-8: Jar lifters.FIGURE 2-9: A foam skimmer.FIGURE 2-10: Varieties of canning jars: wide-mouth, regular-mouth, and jelly ja...FIGURE 2-11: Two-piece caps: lids and screw bands.FIGURE 2-12: A lid wand.FIGURE 2-13: A thin plastic spatula for releasing air bubbles.FIGURE 2-14: A wide-mouth canning funnel.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: How to wash fruit and vegetables well.FIGURE 3-2: Headspace.FIGURE 3-3: Releasing air bubbles from your filled jars.

3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: A water-bath canning kettle with the rack hanging on the edge of th...FIGURE 4-2: Testing your jar seal.

4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Peeling soft-skinned fruit including tomatoes.

5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Adding a pouch of liquid pectin.FIGURE 6-2: Gel testing your food: the spoon test and the plate test.

6 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Seeding a cucumber with ease.FIGURE 8-2: Packing raw beans into a jar.

7 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: A pressure canner.FIGURE 9-2: A lock-on cover and rubber gasket.FIGURE 9-3: A metal-to-metal cover with wing nuts.FIGURE 9-4: Different types of gauges available on pressure canners.FIGURE 9-5: A vent tube.FIGURE 9-6: An overpressure plug.FIGURE 9-7: A pressure canner rack.

8 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Removing the ends and strings from green beans.FIGURE 10-2: A trimmed beet ready for precooking.FIGURE 10-3: Testing corn.

9 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Fit in the chicken pieces like a puzzle — but not too tightly.FIGURE 11-2: Place fish skin-side out in the jar.

10 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Freezer-paper wrapping techniques.

11 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Wrapping herbs for freezing.FIGURE 15-2: Peeling and cutting a mango.FIGURE 15-3: Removing the rind and the core from a pineapple.

12 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: Two examples of electric dehydrators.

13 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Cutting apple rings.FIGURE 17-2: Preparing and rolling fruit leather.

14 Chapter 20FIGURE 20-1: A hygrometer for checking temperature and humidity.FIGURE 20-2: A stairwell converted into a cold storage area.FIGURE 20-3: Straw-bale storage.