Disclaimer

Food safety, allergens, foraging and gardening — please read before you cook.

Last updated October 30, 2026

General

The information on Sorrel & Salt is published for general informational and educational purposes. While we test every recipe, we cannot know your ingredients, your equipment, your altitude, your water, or your health. You use this information at your own risk, and you are responsible for the results.

Food safety and preserving

• Follow safe food-handling practice at all times: wash hands and surfaces, keep raw meat and eggs away from ready-to-eat food, and refrigerate promptly.
• Cooking temperatures and times are given for food safety as well as flavour. Do not reduce them.
• For canning and preserving, our recipes follow widely published USDA and Cooperative Extension guidance. Only use tested, scientifically validated processing times and current jar and lid standards. Never invent your own processing time, and never reduce the acid or sugar level in a tested preserving recipe.
• Home-canned low-acid foods require a pressure canner. If you are new to preserving, start with the National Center for Home Food Preservation or your state extension office.
• When in doubt, throw it out. Botulism is odourless and invisible.

Allergens and nutrition

Recipes on this site contain common allergens including dairy, eggs, wheat, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, fish, shellfish and sesame, and jams and preserves contain large amounts of sugar. We do not publish calculated nutrition figures, because ingredient-level analysis of heirloom produce varies too much to be honest to two decimal places. If you have a food allergy or intolerance, a medical condition, are pregnant, or follow a therapeutic diet, check every ingredient yourself and consult a qualified health professional. Nothing here is nutritional or medical advice.

Foraging and wild foods

Some recipes can be made with foraged fruit, such as huckleberries, or with produce you grow yourself. Never eat a wild plant or mushroom unless you have identified it with certainty, ideally in person with an experienced forager. Edible plants can be confused with toxic lookalikes, roadsides and field edges may carry herbicide or pollution, and some people react badly to foods others eat without trouble. Do not forage on private land without permission, and follow all local rules on harvesting.

Gardening and seeds

Variety recommendations reflect our own experience and common practice in American gardens, but variety performance depends heavily on your climate, soil, day length and season. Follow local extension guidance for planting dates, and note that seed sold as heirloom and open-pollinated will not always breed true if you save seed from a crop that has cross-pollinated.

External links and advertising

We link to third-party sites such as seed companies, extension services and licence sources. Those links are provided for convenience; we do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content. Advertising on this site is supplied by third parties, and the appearance of an ad is not a recommendation by Sorrel & Salt.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sorrel & Salt accepts no liability for any loss, illness, injury or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information on this site. See our terms of use for the full limitation of liability.

Questions

If something on this site seems unsafe or unclear, tell us at hello@supermarketcc.store and we will look at it.