Can it, buddy!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Via Ramping Up the Garden, I learned that the National Center for Home Food Preservation has a free, self-study course in home canning. It’s offered by the University of Georgia WebCT system. How cool! It includes:
- Introduction to Food Preservation
- General Canning
- Canning Acid Foods
- Canning Low-Acid Foods
For those of you who want to learn to can but don’t have a class near you, this is a great opportunity to bone up on the basics!
I’ve been on a soup canning kick lately. I will thank myself later when I drag my frozen carcass home from work and can immediately sit down to a nice, hot, homemade bowl of soup.
Posted by Nicole on 10/13 at 08:35 PM
Nicole,
Thanks for posting this. I’m still hesitant of canning too much, but this makes me a bit more confident.
Kevin
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Hey, thanks for the link! I read the Farm to Philly blog all the time, and it’s fun to know someone reads mine.
I’ve been doing your Apple A Day challenge - working my way through a peck of Macouns right now. I saw them get bid up high at a country produce auction, so I couldn’t wait to try them. But I am just not impressed. After reading up, I think I have a batch that are not quite ripe - the flesh is a little green-tinged. I think I’ll bake them and move on to another variety for eating. Peronally, I am holding out for the Honeycrisp apples from Weaver’s Orchard.