UC Master Food Preserver Program

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PAST: Curing- Preserving and Eating Olives!

Event Date
Oct 19, 2024

Have you ever wondered how to cure and preserve your own olives? There are multiple ways to remove the bitterness from olives to make them edible: lye cure, dry salt cure, water cure, brine cure and fermented.
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Monthly Pressure Gauge Testing - Free!

Event Date
Nov 14, 2025

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
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Food and Farm Lab

Event Date
Oct 5, 2024

In this program, presented by UCCE Master Food Preservers of Orange County (https://ucanr.edu/sites/MFPOC/), you will learn how to preserve this months Farmers' Market bounty.
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Pickling

Event Date
Sep 21, 2024

Learn it! Preserve it! Take it Home! Cost $25 Advance registration required. How to Join the Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Fun: Follow us on Facebook for updates and registration announcements: Link Sign up for our Preservation Notes Newsletter to receive registration links for each event.
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PAST: Make Friends with your Pressure Canner (in person- Jackson)

Event Date
Mar 16, 2024

Does the thought of using a pressure canner scare you? It shouldnt! Learn how a pressure canner works and the multiple safety features included on every modern canner. Build your confidence in pressure canning by watching several mini-demonstrations and compare a variety of canner types.
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