[Community_garden] Assistance with Project

[Lisa Dufresne]

You're right, there are things that require the pressure cooker and you run 
the risk of not killing all the bacteria if you only use a boiling water 
bath. It guarantees a higher temp. (I cannot spell guarantee to save my 
LIFE).
I can certainly consult my canning book if Mike (Leech) would like. It's no 
bother.
Lisa
Athens, VT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McGrath" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>
To: "Heather DeGeorge" <hdegeorge at yahoo.com>; "Mike Leech" 
<holabol at iafrica.com>
Cc: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Assistance with Project


> 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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