Georgia extension service canning. Its suitable for both new and veteran food preservers. This publication provides directions on how to safely preserve specific vegetables with a pressure canner. All numbered publications have been written by university faculty to provide information on topics including the environment agriculture health families and the home landscape.
The university of georgia cooperative extension has now published a 6th edition of its popular book so easy to preserve. The clostridium botulinum microorganism is the main reason pressure canning is necessary. The 6th edition of this popular book is available for purchase only.
When tomatoes are canned they are heated hot enough and long enough to destroy organisms that can make people sick in addition to spoilage organisms. Department of agriculture. National center for food preservation your source for current research based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.
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Uga family and consumer science agents in many georgia counties provide programs that teach the how tos of canning freezing andor drying of foods as well as making jams and jellies and pickled foods. Chapters include preserving food canning pickled products sweet spreads and syrups freezing and drying. Canning fruits and fruit products.
You may also find these useful. The 388 page book covers topics on preserving food canning pickled products sweet spreads and syrups freezing and drying. Pressure canning is the only safe method of canning all vegetables except tomatoes.
Many tomato products may be safely canned in a boiling water canner. So easy to preserve the university of georgia cooperative extension is pleased to offer a new 6th edition of its popular book so easy to preserve. Ugas dario chavez spotlighted in fruit growers news 40 under 40 class university of georgia researcher dario chavez has been named to the fruit and vegetable 40 under 40 class of 2020 by fruit growers news.
Food preservation descriptions of extension efforts to improve knowledge and. Food safety and preservation family and consumer sciences extension information related to food safety and preservation. There are 10 new products and two revised product recommendations in this edition.
The program is delivered via hands on workshops demonstrations and presentations. Ordering information is available on the so easy to preserve website. The book is new as of september 2014.
Tomatoes are treated as an acid food for canning purposes. This beautiful book contains the latest us. Information on equipment preparation and processing are given as well as information on how to guard against.
Canning tomatoes and tomato products.