Learning for Life: Food preservation resources

It is 8 p.m., you are ready to start canning fish but can’t find your Cooperative Extension Service publication, “Canning the Catch.” And what, the Extension Office isn’t open 24/7 during canning season? There is reliable food preservation information available right at your fingertips, even at 8 p.m.

There is a section on our UAF Cooperative Extension Service website on Preserving Alaska’s Bounty, www.uaf.edu/files/ces/preservingalaskasbounty/. You will find visual and video learning modules on canning, freezing, drying, and preparing products such as sausage and jerky. Most importantly for this time of year, there are step-by-step tutorials on how to can fish in either cans or jars.

Also, our free food preservation publications can be found at www.uaf.edu/ces/pubs/catalog/. Just enter a word search and then scroll down to find the appropriate title for the information you are seeking.

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It’s very important to remember to have your pressure canner dial gauge tested before using it. We offer free testing every weekday from 9-4:30 in our Extension Office at 43961 K-Beach Road, Suite A in Soldotna. For more information call us at 907-262-5824.

Submitted by Linda Tannehill, UAF School of Natural Resources and Extension; Health, Home and Family Development, Kenai Peninsula District.

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