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Food Preservation

Pears in pot

OSU Extension Family and Community Health provides publications and resources to help you preserve and store food.   Extension also provides classes in food preservation and safety.  Contact your local Extension office for information about classes.

 

 

Canning

Pressure Canner Use and Care
Using and Caring for Your Pressure Canner

 

  • Fruits and vegetables

     

Canning Vegetables ($1.00)
Canning Fruits
Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Products
Salsa Recipes for Canning
Recetas para el Envasado de Salsas ($1.00)
Making Berry Syrups at Home
Fruit Pie Fillings
Problems and Solutions: Canned Vegetables
Problems and Solutions: Canned Fruit and Tomatoes

 

  • Meat, poultry, game, seafood

     

Canning Seafood

 

Home Canned Smoked Fish

 

Canning Meat, Poultry and Game

Problems and Solutions: Canned Meat, Poultry & Fish

 

  • Other Canning

     

Soups

 

Pickling

Fruit Pickles and Chutney
Low Salt Pickles
Pickling Vegetables
Pickling Fish and Other Aquatic Foods for Home Use
Problems and Solutions: Pickles and Relishes
Problems and Solutions: Sauerkraut

Jams, Jellies, Preserves

Low Sugar Fruit Spreads
Making Jams, Jellies, and Fruit Spreads
Remaking Soft Jellies
Problems and Solutions:  Jams and Jellies

Freezing
Freezing Fruits and Vegetables
Freezing Convenience Foods that You've Prepared at Home
Home Freezing of Seafood
If Your Home Freezer Stops

 

Drying

Drying Fruits and Vegetables
Making Dried Fruit Leathers
Drying Herbs

Smoking and curing

Meat/Poultry Jerky
Smoking Fish at Home

Ways to Preserve Specific Foods

Fruits

Apples
Apple Cider and Fruit Juices
Asian Pears 
Berries 
Cherries 
Figs 
Peaches
Pears 
Plums and Prunes 
Wild Berries and Fruit

Other

Using Preserved Foods Safely
Preserving for Special Diets
Herbs and Vegetables in Oil
 

 

 

Family Food Education (FFE) Volunteers educate the public about safe food handling/preservation over the phone and at workshops and exhibits.  

In 2011, 277 new and veteran Master Food Preserver/Family Food Education volunteers contributed over 21,630 hours of time in these counties: Central Oregon (Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson), Clackamas, Coos/Curry, Douglas, Jackson/Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Linn/Benton, and Wasco/Hood River. They educated the public about safe food handling and preservation over the phone, at workshops, and at exhibits and demonstrations at sites such as farmers' markets and county fairs. Over 24,530 contacts were made. Of these, over 2,500 callers received assistance from the Food Safety/Preservation Hotline

 

Links to other Food Preservation Sources

USDA's Complete Guide to Home Canning publication Guide 
The National Center for Home Food Preservation (based at the University of Georgia) 
 
Content Contact:  Carolyn Raab