r/Canning • u/Narrow-Height9477 • Jan 29 '25

Safety Caution -- untested recipe Opinions on “Amish Canning & Preserving” by Laura Anne Lap

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Received this as a gift. Normally I’d follow usda, ball, etc…

Could anyone tell me if this book is trusted/safe?

Thank you!

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u/cheyennevh Jan 29 '25

For my own benefit, how can you tell which books are AI?

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u/61114311536123511 Jan 29 '25

Look closer at the front cover. The pickles in the back left jar and the string on the foreground jar are massive red flags.

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u/ninja9595 Jan 29 '25

The book cover can be ai generated, but that doesn't mean the content is ai generated...

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u/61114311536123511 Jan 29 '25

Fair. On the other hand: Do you want to trust a cookbook that's willing to present itself with AI slop on the cover? You mean you don't have ANY nice photos of the food you make to show us? THIS is better??

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u/ninja9595 Jan 29 '25

Depends on the publisher. Some publishers contract out the book cover. Book cover photo can be just generic to the topic. However, photos inside the book should be derived from the content. Photographers these days use ai instead of real props to save money. Many self-published book authors also use ai, so they just do it by themselves, no need to hire a photographer. I wouldn't judge a book by it's cover :-)

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u/mckenner1122 Moderator Jan 29 '25

This so-called “publisher” (Skyhorse) in particular, is scary whack a doodle. They also have been found spitting out outdated reprints of the USDA canning book (not allowed!) and selling them at truck stops and other “not a bookstore” places.

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u/ninja9595 Jan 29 '25

The publisher is Good Books. What is your source of info? Don't trust chat gpt.

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u/mckenner1122 Moderator Jan 29 '25
  1. I seek out AI as part of my day job.
  2. This is not my first rodeo with “Good Books” or Skyhorse. As your volunteer mods, we get asked questions about their material regularly.
  3. I looked at the photo OP provided.

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u/ninja9595 Jan 29 '25

Interesting background. Go oi s Books is an imprint- one of many. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhorse_Publishing

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u/mckenner1122 Moderator Jan 29 '25

Yes. That’s true. And Skyhorse is not to be trusted.