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Preserve the Taste of Summer

Date: 9/20/2014
Time:  11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Type: Cooking Class

Preserve the Taste of Summer is a comprehensive food preservation program that includes both online lessons and hands-on workshops.

TO REGISTER:

  1. Go to http://www.extension.iastate.edu/registration/events/conferences/preservation/
  2. Notify Rachel Wall at [email protected] or (319) 768-8777
  3. All participants are required to complete the online Lessons 1 and 2. After completion of Lessons 1 and 2, participants are eligible to select Method-Specific Lessons (below) and attend the accompanying hands-on workshops to be held at Waterfront Hy-Vee.

ONLINE LESSONS

GENERAL OVERVIEW LESSONS 1 and 2

  1. Food Safety
  2. Canning basics

METHOD-SPECIFIC LESSONS 3 through 8

3. Canning acid foods
4. Pressure canning low-acid foods
5. Preparation and canning of pickled and fermented foods
6. Making and preserving fruit spreads
7. Freezing foods, storage of frozen and refrigerated foods
8. Drying foods

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
Held in the Waterfront Hy-Vee Club Room at 1720 Waterfront Drive, Iowa City, IA

  • Hot water bath canning (salsa making) and freezing (Date T.B.A. Summer/Fall 2015): Please complete Method-Specific Lessons 3 and 7
  • Jams & dehydrating (Oct. 3rd, 2014, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.): Please complete Method-Specific Lessons 6 and 8
  • Pickle making (Sept. 20th, 2014, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.): Please complete Method-Specific Lessons 3 & 5
  • Pressure canning (Date T.B.A. Summer/Fall 2015): Please complete Method-specific Lesson 4 and any other lessons 3 through 8 $75 - GOLD
  • Complete all eight online lessons
  • Complete one hands-on workshop $50 - SILVER
  • Complete general overview online lessons
  • Complete two method-specific online lessons
  • Complete one hands-on workshop

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

  • $5 each - Additional online lessons (Silver level)
  • $40 each - Additional hands-on workshops

* Iowa State University Extension and Outreach programs are available to all without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, 3280 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.