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Mastering Food Preservation: Freezing Fruit
The fifth session of the Master Food Preserver Program was timed to coincide with raspberry season. Unfortunately, an infestation of Spotted Wing Drosophila decimated the local farmers’ crop. Fruit growers are keeping a watch on this new pest as it spreads throughout the region, the … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, canning, freezing, herbs, mastering food preservation, mfp, peaches
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Mastering Food Preservation: Freezing & Canning Low-Acid Vegetables
As a general rule, it’s the acidity of an ingredient that determines the method of canning that should be used. Low acid foods (ph greater than 4.6), such as vegetables and meat, require processing in a pressure canner in order … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, canning, freezing, mastering food preservation, mfp, pickling
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Shelling Peas, Independence Day, and Lobster Salad
Few farmers bother to grow shelling peas any longer. The ones that still do, grow them for an older relative or for customers like me that don’t consider them too much work. Sugar snaps and snow peas have their own … Continue reading