[Community_garden] Assistance with Project

[Chuck Waibel]

    As a rule, only meats and dairy products require pressure canning. 
True, tomatoes and other high-acid foods are best, but only those with 
the types of protiens and fats that are readily attacked by toxic 
putrefacting microorganisms need pressure canning. We've been canning 
many things for years, maybe decades, and have thoroughly researched this.

Chuck Waibel

Mike McGrath wrote:

>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
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>>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
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>>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
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>>>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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