Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers

Advance registration is required. Bright and tart cranberries bring beauty and flavor to all of your holiday feasts and leftovers. Join us for a how to presentation on making cranberry chutney. Additional cranberry recipes will be available to all who register. Register in advance for this meeting.

Become a UC Master Food Preserver! The San Joaquin County UC Master Food Preserver Program is now accepting applications for our 2022 training. The application deadline is December 17, 2021.

If you live in the Central Valley of California, where we are located, we are about to get our first roasting of the summer. Later this week it will get into the 100's and even above 1080 in some places. I love the summer.

On Saturday March 20 the Master Food Preservers of San Joaquin County presented an inspiring zoom workshop on Dehydration. Whether experienced or a novice, everyone learned new and creative ways to use dehydration to make unique spice mixes, quick meals and tasty snacks.

An ancient form of food preservation that is still used frequently today is dehydration. In ancient times foods were left in the sun to remove water and prevent bacterial growth. Today we have a number of methods to dehydrate foods more efficiently in our homes.