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Summer is the season of happiness. And happiness, as you know, can not be bought for any money. But you can save it and take it with you. Take some happy summer days with you into the winter. Let them remind you of themselves with a jar of strawberry jam, a crispy cucumber or a bunch of herbs ….
Where to start: 3 main rules
1. Before proceeding with the blanks, evaluate – do you have a place to store them? This depends on the recipe. If there is nowhere to remove the jars except for the apartment, then you will have to choose recipes with a high content of sugar and vinegar. And you will have to forget about “five-minutes” and lightly salted cucumbers – they will quickly turn sour in the heat. The optimal temperature for storing home canned food is from 0 – (+) 10 C.
2. Make sure you have the right salt. Surely, in your kitchen there is a fashionable “marine”, iodized, “pink”, “volcanic”, etc. All these “show-offs” are not suitable for salting, because they contain a lot of impurities that will disrupt the natural fermentation processes and the jars will simply explode. Your best ally in harvest season is regular table salt.
3. Carefully review all cans for cracks and chips. It is very scary when a jar of boiling brine bursts right in your hands.
The ancient Romans knew how to prepare food for the future. For example, the Roman senator Mark Porcius Cato the Elder wrote in his book “On Agriculture”: “If you want to have grape juice all year round, then pour it into an amphora, tar the cork and lower the amphora into the pool. Take it out after 30 days. The juice will stand for a whole year … “
Spoon scales
It will help to avoid the hassle when weighing small volumes. A few seconds and you know with pharmaceutical accuracy how 5 g of allspice or 12 g of citric acid look like.
Board with a compartment for debris
You will no longer get bogged down in cleaning, cutting blanks. The smart cutting board is equipped with a compartment where you can send your waste with a wave of your hand.
Green scissors
Kilograms of dill, celery and other spicy greens for preparations you simply cut with these scissors and do not have time to get tired.
Dravê serhêl
Just a lid with holes. But it will not cease to be relevant as long as the last housewife on Earth preserves cucumbers and rolls compotes. Because, by draining the hot marinade from the jar, you no longer run the risk of scalding.
Banks with a toggle lock
Firstly, they immediately save you from having to twist the seaming key around a hot can.
Secondly, there is no longer a risk of overtightening or not holding on to the lid. The toggle lock snaps into place easily and securely.
Thirdly, these jars are simply indispensable for storing dried herbs, mushrooms, vegetable and compote mixtures for the winter. Moisture does not get under the tight cover.
Stone separator
Easily cope even with a bucket of small cherries for jam. At the same time, without damaging the berries. And what is important: both your kitchen and you yourself will not be splashed with cherry juice from head to toe.
juicer
In the harvest year, you will no longer think where to put apples. The juicer will quickly process them into natural juice without any additives and preservatives.
Automatic seaming machine
In fact, this is a modern replica of the very machines that our grandmothers rolled up. It differs from its predecessors in that it does not need to be twisted. Just put it on a jar with a lid and lower the lever.
jar sterilizer
This gadget will save you from the need to bake jars in the oven, hover over the kettle or pour boiling water. It is enough just to wash them and put the workpieces in them. Then the smart machine will do everything itself. And rest assured, not a single jar in the sterilizer will be damaged.
Dehydrator for fruits and vegetables
Basically, it’s an oven. But you can be sure that mushrooms, vegetables, fruits and herbs in it will not burn or dry out.
It is convenient because you can dry several kilograms of food at a time. And, it doesn’t have to be the same. All drying trays are insulated and odors inside the appliance do not mix. By the way, with this gadget you can dry even the most watery vegetables and fruits – tomatoes, grapes, melons.