The Cantry

The home for by-the-book canning

Every recipe, by the book.

Canning recipes from the tested authorities you already trust — USDA, your state Extension, Ball — with the source named on every one. And a cantry that remembers every jar you put up.

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Tested by USDA Tested by Extension Tested by Ball
Peaches
Corn
Green beans

The quiet pride of a full shelf — and knowing exactly what's on it.

The 11 p.m. question

"Is this recipe actually from a tested source?"

You shouldn't have to dig through PDFs, Pinterest boards, and a Facebook search bar to find out. The recipes worth trusting are scattered across a hundred university sites and out-of-print handbooks — and the moment of doubt always comes when the jars are already hot.

How The Cantry works

Confidence is knowing the source.

1

Find the recipe

Start from our curated directory of recipes published by the named authorities — USDA, the National Center for Home Food Preservation, and state Extension services.

2

See its tested source

Every entry is stamped with where it comes from and links you straight to the original — so the processing time and method you follow are the ones the experts published.

Tested by USDA
3

Can it, then shelve it

Log the batch on your Pantry Map — which shelf, which row — so every jar has a home and nothing gets lost behind the applesauce.

Why you can trust it

By the book — the USDA's, Extension's, Ball's. Not ours.

We don't test recipes, and we never will — that work belongs to the laboratories and process authorities who do it right. The Cantry's job is to point you to their work and name the source on every recipe, so you're never canning from a guess.

Tested by USDA Tested by NCHFP Tested by state Extension services

Your cantry, mapped

And a cantry that remembers every jar.

"Where did I put the salsa?" is a real question when the shelves are in the basement and the steps get longer every year. The Pantry Map makes location the first thing you record — shelf, row, spot — so you can see your whole cantry at a glance and use the oldest jars first.

It starts as a beautiful printable system in the Confidence Kit. And it's the heart of the app we're building — where your shelf becomes a living map you can search.

Get the Pantry Map in the kit

Basement · Shelf B

B1 12 jars
Tomatoes
B2 8 jars
Raspberry
B3 6 jars
Green beans
B4 9 jars
Peaches
B5 4 jars
Marmalade
B6 7 jars
Corn
B7 5 jars
Dill spears
B8 3 jars
Salsa

From the printable Pantry Map — every jar gets an address.

Start your cantry.

The Canning 101 Confidence Kit gives you the Pantry Map, the beginner curriculum, and a directory of recipes from named, tested sources — for the price of a flat of jars.

Get the Confidence Kit — $27

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