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Food Preservation

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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.
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Holiday Food Safety Hotline - 1-800-354-7319
Safe handling of Holiday foods (including turkey) 
Staffed by certified Volunteers and Extension Staff
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday
(November 16 - November 25)

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
Envasado de Tomates y Productos con Tomate (.50)
Salsa Recipes for Canning
Recetas para el Envasado de Salsas ($1.00)
Canning Salsa
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 ($1.00)
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 Radishes
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

Smoking and curing

Meat/Poultry Jerky
Smoking Fish at Home

Ways to Preserve Specific Foods

Other

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

 

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

In 2008, 260 new and veteran Family Food Education volunteers contributed over 16,400 hours of time at nine county sites (Clackamas, Central Oregon, Jackson/Josephine, Lane, Douglas, Wasco/Hood River, Coos, Curry and Linn). They educated the public about safe food handling and preservation over the phone and at workshops/exhibits such as farmers’ markets and county fairs. Almost 58,000 contacts were made. Of these, over 4,470 callers received assistance from the statewide toll-free Food Safety/Preservation Hotline which operated with volunteer assistance for three months during the food preservation season.
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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