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2009
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Cauliflower
- Pickled Cauliflower, About Cauliflower,
Cauliflower-Broccoli Casserole
- Relish Relishes
- Piccalilli, More Than a Relish, Tasty Burgers
or Salad
- Holiday Preserving
- Freezing Holiday Cookies, Freezing Unbaked
Cookie Dough, Holiday Leftovers
- Take Some Extra
Caution - Flavored Oils, Pesto--a Flavored
Oil, Things You Ought to Know, The Spoilers, Preventing Food Spoilage
- Fall Foods - Mushrooms,
Dark Pears, Crystals in Grape Juice, Quick Work with Applesauce
- Resources
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| Issue
No. 3 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Frozen Peach Pie Filling
- Success
with Corn: Blanching,
"Cobby" Flavor, Cream Style Corn Caution
- Red
Beets: Process
Pickled Beets, Sugar-free Beets
- Terminology:
Methods of Putting Food into Jars, Methods of
Processing, Acidity of Foods
- Zucchini
- Did
You Know?
- Freezing
Vegetables
- Freezing
Herbs
- Selling
Home Preserved Foods
- Resources
- Workshop
- Newsletter
by E-mail
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Blueberries: The
Best Blueberry Muffins, Freezing the Blues, Did You Know?
- Ready
or Not--How Ripe?
- Cucumber
Pickles:
Reduced-sodium
Sliced Sweet Pickles, Re-using Pickling Solution, Convenient Pickle
Mixes
- Color
Changes in Canned Goods
- About
Jars
- Some
"How To's":
Prevent cut Fruit from Browning, Tricks with Your Melon Baller,
Replacing Lost Liquid--No!, Storing Reduced and No-Sugar Jelly/Jam
- Freezing
Foods:
Freezing Questions, Freezing Pointers, Artificial Sweeteners for
Freezing
- Special
Events to Answer Questions
- Workshops
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| Issue
No. 1 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Asparagus: Freezing
Asparagus, Canning Asparagus, Pickled Asparagus Recipe
- Rhubarb:
Rhubarb Cake
- Canning
Research: Risky
Business??, Botulism Does Occur
- Here's
How: When Jars Don't Seal, Buckled Lids, Problems
with Peas, Separate, Please!, To Bag or Not to Bag
- Canning
on Smooth Cooktops
- Resources
- Workshops
- Dial
Gauge Testing
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2008
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Pear
Butter
- Fruit Butters
- Acidify Asian Pears
- Canning Meat
- A Big Bowl of Soup
- What Goes in the
Casserole?
- Refrigerate Cider
- Frozen Canned Goods
- When in Doubt,
Toss it Out
- What is a Hermetic
Seal?
- Unsafe Canning
Practices
- Repairing Jams
and Jellies
- Sauerkraut in Cool
Weather
- Cranberry Season
- Holidays are Coming
- Red Hot Jelly
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| Issue
No. 3 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Peppers
and Onions - Pepper Relish, All About
Peppers, Onion Relish, More About Onions
- pH and Acidity
- Enzymes
- Dark Sweet Corn
- Flavored Vinegars
- "Chillin'"
the Banana
- Play it Safe with
Hard-Cooked Eggs
- Storing Canned
Foods Safely
- Wait on Sauerkraut
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Dilly Beans
- Seasonal
Notes: Canning
Beans, Freezing Beans, Red Beets, Tomatoes - Many Colors, Discolored
Seeds, Pesto
- Canning
Skills: Jar Breakage, Dingy Jars, Half
Gallon Jars, Lid Discoloration, Cleaning Your Canners, Pressure
Canner Care Tips, Silent Signals for PC's, Altitude Adjustments,
Don't Change Recipes
- Botulism
- Use
Crispers to Store Produce
- No
Refrigeration, Please!
- Reusing
Food Packaging Materials
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| Issue
No. 1 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: It's Strawberry Season: Strawberry
Freezer Jam, Setting Problems, Freezing Berries, Strawberry Facts,
Dried Strawberries, Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups
- Asparagus
Season
- Canning:
How Canning Preserves Food, Canners--Flat or
Coiled?, Canning Baby Food--Fruit
- Reusing
Foam Trays--Not a Good Idea
- Freeze
and Thaw: Cook Two, Freeze One (Planned-Overs),
Thawing Foods
- Free
Pressure Canner Dial Gauge Testing
- Special
Dial Gauge Testing Dates
- Have
a Question?
- Workshops
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2007
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Butternut Squash -
Butternut Squash Soup, Cooking butternut Squash,
Freezing Squash and Pumpkin, Flavored with Ginger
- Freezing
Ideas - Easy Freezing, Steam-in-Plastic Bags, Leftover
Onion, Freezing Peppers
- Cleaning
Out the Cupboard
- Problems
with Spoilage
- Freezing
Problems
- Turkey
Time
- Spicy
Apple Jelly
- Resources
- Holiday
Workshop
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| Issue
No. 3 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Tomatoes
- Tomato Marmalade, Salsa, Tomato Salsa Using Paste
Tomatoes, Salsa Guidelines, Salsa Resources
- Canning
Skills - Canning Fruit with Less Sugar, Buckled
Lids, Remove Screw Bands During Storage, One Spoiled Jar, Changing
Recipes, What is Mold?, How to Make Water Softer, Penny Wise -
Pound Foolish
- Convenient Crumbles
- Drying Fruit Rolls
- More Tips
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Cucumbers
- Refrigerator
Storage
- Introducing
Kohlrabi
- Salt:
Is Salt Necessary?, A Salt Glossary
- Preserving
Nutrition
- Canning
Skills: Basic Reminders, How Much Pressure?, Outdated
Canning Recipes Resurface, A Sealed Jar is Not a Safe Jar, Acidifying
Tomatoes
- Tomato-Vegetable
Juice Blend
- Summer
Garden Experience
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| Issue
No. 1 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Berries
- Rhubarb
- Success
with Freezing: Freezing Reminders, Headspace for
Frozen Food, Freezing in Jars
- The
Overnight Dilemma
- Red:
Good and Healthy
- Canning
Highlights: Check Before You Begin, New Fair Competition
Guidelines, Bringing Dial Gauge Testing to You
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2006
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Pears - Tutti-Frutti
Jam, Which Pear, Mixing Flavors, What's an Asian Pear?
- Apple Harvest:
Apple Ambler, Apple Smiles
- Drying Apples and
Pears
- Ascorbic vs. Citric
Acid
- Canning on Smooth
Cooktops
- Label Jars Smart
- Where to Store Canned
Goods
- Canning Soups:
Vegetable Soup, Spicy Vegetable Soup
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| Issue
No. 3 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Peaches - Oscar
Relish, Floating Peaches, Canning Peaches With Splenda
- Tomato
Sauces
- Pickled
Corn Relish
- Play
It Safe - Hand
Washing, Mold Under the Lid, Things I'd Like You to Know
- Freezing
Ideas -
Meal
In a Bag, Freezing Tomatoes, Glass Frreezer Containers, What to
do with Zucchini, Cobby Corn
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Berries - Frozen
Blueberry Pie Filling, Berry
Flavored Vinegar, Raspberries, Red Raspberry Honey Vinegar, Raspberry
Mustard, Raspberry
Mustard Salad Dressing
- Herbs:
Chives -- Dried or Frozen, Storing Dried Herbs
- Drying
Updates -- Pretreating
- Problem
Solving -- Canning: Does
Color Matter?, Flat-Sour Spoilage, Liquid Loss -- Siphoning, When
Jars Become Unsealed
- Resealable
Plastic Bags
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| Issue
No. 1 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Berries
- Strawberry
Syrup
- Lemon
Berry Freezer Jam
- Berries
are Good for You
- Be
Gentle to Berries
- Quick
Freezer Jam with Less Sugar
- Canning
Basics: Plan
Ahead for Canning, How Processing Times are Determined, Why Are
There No Canning Directions for..., Why Didn't the Jar Seal?
- Dial
Gauge Testing
- Pass
the "Peas" Please
- Zero
is Better Than Ten
- Freezing
Eggs
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2005
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Cranberries
- Nuts
about Nuts
- Flavored
Vinegars
- Flavored
Vinegars
- Freezing
Broccoli
- Hidden
Colors
- Pumpkins
'N Spice 'N Everything Nice: "No" to
Canning Puree, About Squash, "Yes" to Freezing, Baked
Pumpkin Casserole
- Applesauce
- Long
Live the Banana
- Canning
without Sugar--Splenda
- Under
the Lid
- Workshops:
Fall 2005 and What's New for 2006
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| Issue
No. 3 |
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- Feature
Food of the Month: Peppers
- Onions
- "Sweet"
Sweet Corn
- Pressure
Canner Replacement Parts
- Grape
Juice
- Peaches
- Commercial
Fruit Preservers
- Tasty
Tomatoes
- Questions
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Red Beets
- June is Dairy Month
- What Does "Acidity"
Mean?
- Warnings: Don't Use
These Methods
- How Long Do You Process?
- Cherries
- Frozen Pie Filling
- Freezing Information
- Bringing Dial Gauge
Testing to You
- Resources
- Food Preservation
Workshops
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| Issue
No. 1 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Strawberry-Kiwi Jam
- Freezing Spring's
Bounty
- Freezing Skills
- Getting Organized
- Dial Gauge Testing
- Problem Solving -
Stiff Jams or Jellies
- Resources
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2004
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| Issue
No. 4 |
- Feature
Food of the Month: Apples
- Fight Bacteria
- Handling Winter Vegetables
- Mangoes
- Freezing Convenience
Foods
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| Issue
No. 3 |
- Feature
Food of the Month
- Testing for Seals
- Storing Canned Foods
Safely
- Maintaining Color
and Flavor
- Blighted Tomatoes
- Remember to Acidify
- Siphoning
- Salsa
- Let's Preserve Handouts
Revised
- 2 More Workshops
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| Issue
No. 2 |
- Feature
Food of the Month--Green Beans
- How
Much Headspace?
- Blueberries
- Syrup
or Dry Sugar-Which to Use?
- Recipes-Why
Be So Careful?
- Reduced
Sodium Dill Pickles
- Dill
Substitutions
- Don't
Try These Unsafe Methods
- Food
Preservation Workshops
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Issue
No. 1
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Strawberries
- The Pectin Mystery
- A Better Tool for
the Job
- Can You Pass the Test?
- Pressure Canner
- Questions
- Watch the Temperature
- Answers to: Can You
Pass the Test?
- Food Preservation
Workshops
- Resources
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2003
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Issue No. 4
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Ambrosia
Conserve
- Fall Harvest:
Spiced
Apple Jelly, Canned
Apple Pie Filling, Drying
Fall Fruits,
Canning Pears, Herbs,
Unusual
Vegetables
- Techniques:
Testing
for Sealed Jars, Oxidation,
Freezing
Questions
- Special Events:
4-H Food
Preservation Project, Preparing
Canned Goods for the Bazaar
- Resources
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Issue No. 3
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food - Tomatoes:
Tomato-Vegetable
Juice Blend, Homemade
Tomato Soup
- Plentiful Fruit
- Peaches, Grape Juice
- Special Questions
- Unusual Notes
on Veggies:Beets--from
color to freezing, Freezing
Potatoes, Storing
Potatoes
- Resources
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Issue No. 2
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Apricots
- Pies:
Freezing Pies, Storage Times for Pies
- Do-It-Yourself
Sour Cherries
- Jars
- Appliances
- Corn
- Resources
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Issue No. 1
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Strawberries: Strawberry-Rhubarb
Jelly, Strawberries!!!, Handling Fresh Strawberries, Rhubarb
- Canners: Steam
Canner Concerns, Pressure
Canner Safety, Venting the Pressure Canner, Pressure Canning
Tips, Test Your Canner for Accuracy
- Tips for Time
Management: Managing
Food Preservation Time, How
Long Does It Take?
- Freezing Notes
- Resources
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2002
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Issue No. 4
This issue is available
in html format
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- Feature
Food of the Month: Praline
Syrup
- Food Drying: Drying
Fruits and Vegetables, Fruit
Rolls and Leathers, Jerky,
Buying a Dehydrator
- Fall Foods: Garlic,
Sauerkraut,
Broccoli and
Cauliflower
- Preserving for the
Holidays: Ideas
to Share, Island
Syrup, Pickled
Cauliflower
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Issue No. 3
This issue is available
in html format
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- Feature
Food of the Month: Pickled
Corn Relish, Beet Pickles
- Pectin--A Key Ingredient:
Pectin
In Jams and Jellies, Tips for Success, Confused About Types of
Pectin?
- Blue Ribbon Canning
- Don't Can These
- Problem Solving: White
Crystals, Tomato Juice Separation, Brown Corn
- New Dial Gauge Tester
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Issue No. 2
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf
format
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Blueberry Syrup
- Freezing:
Highlights:
Blueberries, Raspberries, Green beans, Broccoli; Washing Fruits
for Freezing, What Can Be Frozen Without Sugar?, Pectin Syrup
- Paraffin--a No-No?
- Canning Time
- Resources
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Issue No. 1
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month-- Easy Rhubarb Pineapple Jam
- Canning and Freezing:
Uncooked
or Freezer Jams,Strawberries, Know Your Peas, Rhubarb, Cherries
- Pressure Canning:
Test
Your Canner for Accuracy, Buying a Pressure Canner?
- Planning Ahead for
Home Canning
- Processing Times &
Altitude Finder
- Resources
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2001
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Issue No. 4
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Chestnuts &
More
- Vinegars (including
Lemon Dill Peppercorn Vinegar)
- Undated Canning
Lids
- Citrus (including
Citrus Marmalade)
- Canning Wild Game
- Mincemeat
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Issue No. 3
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month : Apples,
Pear-Apple
Jam
- Herbs: Methods
of Drying Herbs, Using Dried Herbs, Frozen Herbs
- Winter Squash
and Pumpkins
- Shelf Life of
Canned Goods
- Tips for Storing
Canned Goods
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Issue No. 2
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month--Zucchini Bread
- Why Blanch Vegetables
- High and Low Acid
Foods
- Head Space
- Individually Quick
Frozen Vegetables (IQF)
- Gingered Cucumbers
- Pickle Tips
- Salt Facts
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Issue No. 1
This issue is available
in html format
or pdf format
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- Feature
Food of the Month-- Blueberry Pie Filling
- Jar Facts
- Cool Tools
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