For many, delectable home-canned goods often seem to stir up happy childhood memories and provide great comfort food. Putting Up teaches how to safely can our favorite fruits, vegetables, and preserves from days gone by, and helps to add that touch of comfort that our pantries have been missing. In his plainspoken narrative, Steve Dowdney explains how to put up crops harvested during each month of the year and includes many delicious recipes he has produced for his successful canning business, Rockland Plantation Products. Dowdney discusses in great detail the technique of hot-pack and water-bath canning, and also supplies a list of resources where essential canning supplies can be purchased. More than just a how-to manual, Putting Up is a wonderful guide for experienced canners and those just getting started. It is chock full of anecdotes, stories, and vignettes of the long gone agrarian South that filled the author's youth, and pertinent, up-to-date information for canning today. For twelve years, Steve Dowdney was the owner and chief operator of South Carolina's premiere "small batch" processing and canning company. As founder of Rockland Plantation Products, he takes great pride in the knowledge that the company's products taste exactly like the best of a grandmother's home-put up stores. Dowdney is a former Ranger, Airborne and Special Forces qualified combat veteran, and a graduate of The Citadel, where he and fellow classmate Pat Conroy co-wrote the yearbook. He resides in Charleston, South Carolina. Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days. Putting Up: A Seasonal Guide to Canning in the Southern Tradition putup$19.99 Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Pie Southern Peach Ice Cream for One Pecan Meal Pie Crust Sunday Rice Pudding Sweet Potato Pie Black Walnut Pound Cake Whipped Cream Pound Cake American Flag Cake Recipe Ginger Bread Texas Pete Buffalo Style Chicken Wings Vinegar Chicken Low Country Red Rice Grandmother's Sweet Potato Souffle Broccoli Casserole Eggplant-Tomato Casserole Ho Cheez Men Mint Julep for One Cherry Salad Frozen Strawberry Salad Asparagus Mold Hot Chicken Salad Grits-they've been called the "first truly American food." Just what are they? Simply put, grits are stone-ground corn, and they're gaining popularity nationwide in America's most influential kitchens. Any Southern cook worth his salt knows it's what you add to grits that make them remarkable! Here are 101 delicious and inventive recipes for using grits at every meal, with tips and cooking techniques that show just how quick and versatile grits can be. 101 Things to do with Grits Enjoy the versatility of the "first truly American food" with delicious and inventive recipes for using grits at every meal. Sweet Porridge with Fresh Fruit Salmon and Grits Cakes Baked Maple Grits with Country Ham Stuffed Bell Peppers Orange and Maple Cream Pudding Hazelnut Grits Napoleon And more! Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days. 101grits$9.95