[Community_garden] Assistance with Project

[Mike McGrath]

Well, gaursh--I sure think you do want to use a pressure cooker if you want 
to be safe with low to no acid foods. (That is, anything other than tamatas 
and pickled things.)
    Listers--are I wrong? Or do string beans, corn, etc., require pressure 
for proper putting up?
                                            ---McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather DeGeorge" <hdegeorge at yahoo.com>
To: "Mike McGrath" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>; "Mike Leech" <holabol at iafrica.com>
Cc: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Assistance with Project


> You don't need a pressure cooker.  You can use stock pots of boiling 
> water.  Most recipes account for the "water method" in the times stated 
> for processing.  It's actually harder to find recipes that account for 
> pressure canning.
>
>  Canning isn't nearly as hard as people think!  I used to do it with 
> farmer's market produce when I lived in a 1-bedroom apartment.  It's a 
> wonderful art that seems to be dying...
>
>  --Heather DeGeorge
>
>
>
>
> Mike McGrath <MikeMcG at PTD.net> 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"
> To:
> 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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