Food Preservation

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UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: Preserve Watermelon and Eat Summer All Year Long!

July 14, 2025
By Robin E Martin
Preserve It! Summer With Watermelon! by UCCE Master Food Preserver Laurie Lewis Nothing quenches thirst in the heat of the summer as a sweet watermelon can. Who else has childhood memories holding a generous slice in your hands, biting into the fruit as the juice ran down both arms?Watermelon Rinds…
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UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: Freezing Eggs (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
By Robin E Martin
 Preserve It! Freezing eggs is a viable and safe option  by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis  Eggs:  Such a perfect source of nutrition, a complete protein in a small oval shell. If you have fresh eggs from your own chickens or a local source, that’s wonderful…
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UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: Let's Talk Canning Jars (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
By Robin E Martin
 Preserve It!  Properly using canning jars helps ensure a safe outcome  by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis   We are well into spring, heading toward summer. Seed catalogs were dog-eared months ago, seed packets are in a basket (or perhaps already opened…
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Preserved peach products for workshop attendees to sample. Briana Swanson
The Real Dirt: Article

St. Timothy's Community Garden in Gridley

May 27, 2025
Among community gardens in Butte County, The Garden at St. Timothy’s in Gridley is notable for offering people a full-circle experience, from growing, gleaning, and preserving food, to composting food waste.
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UC Master Food Preservers of Inyo and Mono Counties: Document

Brine Math Made Easy!

This is a handout created for a Master Food Preserver workshop on lacto-fermentation. It describes the (mostly simple) math needed to calculate a desired concentration of salt brine for vegetable fermentation. It also includes some conversions from metric to US units.
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UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: About That Vinegar—Read The Label! (EDC MFP)

March 20, 2025
By Robin E Martin
Preserve It! Beware (and be aware) of vinegar with low acidity on store shelves  by UCCE Master Food Preserver Laurie Lewis  There’s a concern that, in the past few years, we have been seeing white vinegar with 4-percent acidity on store shelves. All our tested, safe recipes for home food…
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Central Sierra: Calendar

UC Central Sierra programming includes virtual and on-line training as well as in-person classes and workshops in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne Counties.
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