The COVID-19 pandemic produced an unexpected by-product in the summer of 2020. With many people spending more time at home and less time in the grocery store, home gardens became tremendously popular.
Annette Johnson and Abbigail Sampson blanch tomatoes at a recent Purdue Extension workshop on food preservation. Submitted photo Editor’s note: The Daily Reporter regularly features agricultural and ...
Do you ever get a food memory? A certain smell or particular taste in a flash can take you back to a specific moment in time. I had one of those recently. I’ve been making pickles this summer for the ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Produce is ripening in gardens everywhere, in some cases with more bounty than gardeners may know what to do with. There can only be so many salads, veggie-loaded sandwiches and ...
Sometimes when I do food preservation training, people talk about using their great-grandparents’ “time-tested canning recipes.” Some of the recipes are still safe but others make the hair on the back ...
Many canning recipes submitted to the Cook’s Question Corner in Lancaster Farming include the phrase: “Make sure to research and use up-to-date canning methods and times.” This statement recognizes ...
These canned goods were prepared in UW Extension’s test kitchen in Natrona County. (UW Extension Photo) Just in time for canning season, University of Wyoming Extension has updated and expanded its ...
Eavesdropping is not my habit, but the people were talking loudly in the next restaurant booth. To avoid hearing their conversation, I would have had to cover my ears and hum loudly. My ears perked, ...
Safe canning procedures will be covered during a new AlbemarleCharlottesville Cooperative Extension Office class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 in the office's training kitchen. Students will take home ...