[Community_garden] Assistance with Project

[Libby J. Goldstein]

One absolutely does not need a pressure to "bottle" food; however if  
you have access to freezers, blanching and then freezing is much  
easier.

Libby
On Jul 13, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Mike McGrath wrote:

> 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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