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Prepare to Preserve

A series of five lessons for the in-home consumer who wants to learn about food preservation and food safety.

Nov 6, Introduction to Home Food Preservation: Review of food preservation equipment and processes, nutrition, cost of home preserving foods, bacteria and food spoilage.

Nov 13, Causes and Prevention of Food-borne Illness: Local food-borne illness statistics, cross-contamination, cleaning, sanitizing, proper food storage, safe food cooking temperatures.

Nov 20, Basic Principles of Home Canning: Selecting equipment, supplies, using what you already own, high -vs- low acid foods, proper storage of home canned foods.

Dec 4, Preserving Acid Foods: Water Bath Canning overview, equipment review, hot pack, raw pack, canning fruits, canning fruit pie filling, canning tomatoes.

Dec 11, Preserving Low Acid Foods: Pressure Canning overview, equipment review, choosing a pressure canner, canning vegetables, meats, seafood, and other low acid foods.