Would Someone Like This Canning Book

19 years ago

I picked up a copy of the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving and also got one to share here since many of you like to can.

It is in hard cover.

If anyone would like it, please sign up here. I'll have my daughter pick a name Saturday August 25th. I'll ship anywhere, so those of you outside of the US can feel free to sign up.

Tracey

Here is a link that might be useful: Book

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loagiehoagie
19 years ago
Hi Tracey, that is very generous of you! Sure, throw my name in the hat. I have a smaller paperback version from a few years ago, and the recipes are always good. I have made the barbeque sauce and just this weekend the 'red hot sauce'. Used up some of those garden tomatoes and peppers.

Thanks again for including me.

Duane
doucanoe
19 years ago
Oh Tracey, how thoughtful and generous of you! I would like to add my name. My BBB is quite old! Thanks!

Linda
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This is the book I used: Wiring a House (For Pros by Pros) (Paperback) by Rex Cauldwell. You can get it on amazon for 17 dollars or so. I am a DIYer and did a lot (but not all) of the wiring in my new house. This book was a great help. Here are some other tips that the book did not cover (or did cover but I would do differently). I learned these tips from my electricians who supervised my work: Be cautious of box over fill. The book covers this but uses general rules of thumb - you should learn how to compute the number of cubic inches that your wires and device require especially if you are using heavier gauge wire (like #12) which I used a lot of per the book's recommendation. I bought the largest volume boxes available at home depot - 22.5 cubic inches for a single gang box. My electricans bought their boxes at an electrical supply - their single gang boxes were 23 cubic inches. You would not believe this - but I had 3 box overfill citations and failed inspection becuase of a stinking .5 cubic inch overfill (so I replaced these 3 boxes with the ones my electricn used). The book strongly recommends using #12 wire everywhere. After pulling over 3000 feet of this stuff in the winter, i would rethink that suggestion. I watched my electricians easily pull 14/2 and 14/3 wire while I struggled with the stiffer 12/2 and 12/3. My hands were a mess when I was done. Make sure you put in the staples as required by code - you need a staple within 8 inches of a plastic box or recessed can. This was another thing our inspectors loved to flunk us on. Learn about arc fault circuit breakers. Code now requires that bedroom outlets be arc fault protected. This was a new add to the code since the last time I did a large project. Learn about the number & location of smoke detectors now required by code. In my area - one in each bedroom plus in the hallway outside the bedrooms. In a long hall - you might need 2 smoke detectors to provide adequate coverage. At least one smoke detector in the basement - depending on how that is finished. In my 4 bedroom house with an unfinished basement I needed 10 smoke detectors. No complaining - but that was way more than I thought would be needed. This was also a code change since the last house I bought in 1993. Our inspectors were big on making sure we had all of the wires in attic spaces supported properly. Within 6 feet of an attic entryway - all wires (including low voltage) had to be supported and stapled so anyone entering the attic would not be able to step on a wire and possibly damage it. For recessed housings that are nailed into ceiling joists that are more than 16 inches apart - you might have to add some wood bracing to staple the wires within 8 inches of the housing - it all depends on how far the housing is installed from the joists. Another thing to watch is on the exterior of the house - our inspectors wanted siding blocks installed before they would pass the house. These are plastic boxes that are nailed into the exterior sheathing which protects the wires, provides a flush mount box to attach a light fixture, and provides a clean edge to side up to. With these siding blocks - make sure you think about the size light fixture you are planning to use since the standard siding block face plate sizes are designed for smaller light fixtures. If you plan on putting in large light fixtures (like I did) , you may need oversized siding blocks or may have to make custom face plates (which I had to do). This topic was not covered in the book - and was a royal pain in the rump with my house. Anothet topic briefly touched on by the book is surge protection. I would refer to the Building a Home forum and do a search on "whole house surge protection". There are some very good sugegstions in there. I would also recommend that if you are doing the wiring yourself that you have a licensed electrican review your work. I was forced to do the wiring I did for budget reasons and as you know - it really is a lot of work and a lot may have changed in the code since the lst time you wried (this is a do it once right the first time project). I struck a deal with the electrician who allowed me to do the wiring under his permit, but only if I agreed to his review and to fix things isues that he found. I am very thankful I had them on site to check my work - they did find issues and I fixed them, and they helped me get through the electrical inspection which was is not easy in my county. Best of luck.
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mrsmarv
19 years ago
Me too! I just put up some bread and butter pickles, potatoes, and tomatoes this past weekend.
Thanks ;o)
Nora
annie1992
19 years ago
tracey, I don't have that one either, and I'd love to have my name "tossed into the hat".

Thanks for the generous offer.

Annie
robinkateb
19 years ago
Tracey, I don't know if I will get one as part of my years supply of canning items. I want one but our mail is on hold so I do not know the details. I guess that means you should leave me out of the draw in case i can get one. That is really generous of you though.

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dgkritch
19 years ago
Looks like a great book!
OK, put my name in the hat too.
Deanna
Daisyduckworth
19 years ago
Please throw my name into the hat. It's not a book I've ever seen here in Australia, but it has been referred to in many, many threads here, and over at Harvesting Forum, and it would be great to actually have one!
mustangs81
19 years ago
Thoughtful gesture! It certainly has good reviews. It would a pleasure to be thrown in the hat with my CF buddies.

Thank you,
Cathy
earthlydelights
19 years ago
Such a generous offer. I too would love to be included.

Thanks,
Maryanne
trixietx
19 years ago
Please throw my name in the hat also and thanks for offering!
msafirstein
19 years ago
How sweet of you!

Put me in, I don't own a copy either.

Michelle
wizardnm
19 years ago
Great book for canners, I bought it this past spring and have been eyeing several recipes. Just 10 minutes ago I pulled a batch of peach butter out of the canner... recipe from this book.

There's a wine jelly I want to make and Roaster Garlic Jelly, a lot of condiments....soups...stock recipes for canning... nice book.

Nancy
lakeguy35
19 years ago
Toss my name in the hat too please! Too cool and very nice of you to do this Tracey!

David
fearlessem
19 years ago
I agree -- that is so sweet of you! Please toss my name in the hat -- I'm always cobbling together my canning recipes from sources online...

Emily
readinglady
19 years ago
I have a copy, so I'm not on the list, but I just wanted to say how kind it is of you to do this, especially including overseas shipping if the winner is "otherwhere".

Carol
lyndaluu2
19 years ago
I would love to be included!!!!

How thoughtful of you to make such an offer. :-) :-)

Linda P
girlsingardens
19 years ago
I haven't been able to spend much time so far to do any canning, but am hoping to get some last minute canning done. So put my name in the pot:)

Stacie
sheshebop
19 years ago
I would love to be in the drawing!
Sherry
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
I'm so glad I can share something. I'm usually here lurking and copying recipes.

This really is a great book. Sadly it's missing one very important recipe, Annie's Fabulous Salsa.

Everything looks like it's worth trying, and it has a lot of great canning information.

Good luck everyone.

Tracey
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
Just bumping this up to see if anyone else is interested. We'll pick the name Saturday.
pkramer60
19 years ago
Tracey, I am interested and this is so sweet of you!

Peppi
annie1992
19 years ago
tracey, just tape that recipe to the inside cover and it'll all be good!

Annie
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
Annie, Your recipe is so good it really deserves more than that. It actually needs to be framed.

I did make a batch of your salsa the other day and pressure canned for the first time. It was scary, but I managed not to mess it up and harm anyone. I hope to do more tomorrow.

Tracey
phalnellie
19 years ago
toss my hat in the ring! Thanks.
mustangs81
19 years ago
Tracey, When do you want me to send my address to you??

fingers crossed!
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
LOL Cathy! I was waiting for my daughter to finish breakfast.

She just finished so we'll pick the name soon.

Tracey
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
AND THE WINNER IS

Deanna-dgkritch

Congratulations Deanna! If you email me your address I'll ship the book out Monday.

Sorry Cathy. You can blame it on April. At least I won't get blamed this time.

Tracey
mustangs81
19 years ago
April made a fine selection. Congratulations Deanna.

Cathy
compumom
19 years ago
Isn't Deanna lucky?!! First her husband won the KA mixer and how she gets the Ball Book. Deanna, you'd better strike while the iron is hot and go to Vegas!
earthlydelights
19 years ago
way to go deanna. enjoy the book. hope to hear about all the fabulous recipes you make.

again tracey, very generous gesture.

maryanne
doucanoe
19 years ago
Good job, Arpril! I know Deanna will enjoy the book! Congraats Deanna!

Linda
mrsmarv
19 years ago
Congrats Deanna! Enjoy your book (and mixer). ;o)
Nora
msafirstein
19 years ago
WOW...that's right, first the mixer and now the book!

Deanna is having a great year!

Michelle
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
Deanna won a mixer too? Wow, I hope she has her Powerball tickets.

Tracey
lyndaluu2
19 years ago
Congrats Deanna!!!

Enjoy canning, you are on a roll LOL

Linda
sheshebop
19 years ago
Sniff. Sob. Congratulations Deanna.
Sherry
trixietx
19 years ago
Enjoy your new canning book and what Sherry said.

Congratulations!
dgkritch
19 years ago
Oh, thank you, thank you!!

I really never win anything. It's very unusual.
It was my DH that won the mixer (he wins lots of stuff).

I really will put this book to good use and anyone who wants to come visit and share is welcome!!

Sheesh, around here, we'll all be winners 'cuz I'll post recipes! LOL

Thanks again to Tracey for her generosity!! I emailed you privately with my address!

I am so excited..........
Deanna
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
I got the email Deanna. The book is packaged and ready to go. I won't make it to the post office before they close for lunch. It will go out this afternoon after April's nap.

You should have it in 2-3 days.

Enjoy!
Tracey
dgkritch
19 years ago
Thank you Tracey!
I'll "Watch the Box".
dgkritch
19 years ago
IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!
Arrived safe and sound in the mail yesterday.

Thank you again Tracey for your generosity! Just the shipping was enough!!

I can't wait to dig in. I browsed last evening and already have a couple of recipes marked.

One of which sure made me think of Annie.

It's called Apple Maple Smooch.

Not sure if it was the Maple.......or the smooch... (grin)

Will post once I make something!
Deanna
traceys
Original Author
19 years ago
You're welcome Deanna. I'm glad it got there safe and sound.

I can't wait to hear what you make. The Maple Apple Smooch sounds really good. It probably made you think of Annie because she's so sweet.

Enjoy
Tracey

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