[Community_garden] Assistance with Project

[Mike McGrath]

If by 'bottled' you mean 'canned up' in Mason jars, you need a pressure 
cooker; any state University Extension website will have more details.
   Chill the cooked food down in the fridges; then freeze, never putting 
warm food into the freezer. Refrigeration is the best for food safety if you 
have the room and power....

                                    Good luck!
                                                ---Mike McG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Leech" <holabol at iafrica.com>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:49 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Assistance with Project


> Greetings all Gardeners,
>
> We are about to commence with a project here on the east coast of South
> Africa in converting a small municipal depot in to a community gardeners
> training centre and kitchen.
>
> One of the areas in which we are out of our depth is the conversion of
> surplus garden produce into unique saleable products in our soon to be
> converted kitchen. We will also be tasked with the cooking up of donated
> fruit and vegetables for the local school children feeding scheme 
> especially
> for the children who live in child controlled homes.
>
> We do not know much about safe bottling and preparation of meals for
> freezing
>
> We have had fridges and deep freezes donated for the storage of these 
> cooked
> meals. We also will have enough pantry space for keeping our bottled
> produce.
>
> What we would appreciate if any person could share with us recipes and
> suggestions that could assist us in making this project a success.
>
> Many thanks,
> Michel Leech
> eThekwini Municipality
> c/o P.O. Box 1878,
> Pinetown.3600
> South Africa
>
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