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I brought my camera with me to a Master Food Preservers class Saturday at UC Cooperative Extension Sacramento County on pressure canning. In case you’ve been thinking about participating in a Master Food Preservers class, here’s a peek inside the Sacramento demonstration kitchen:
“Cooking is a whole different ball game from canning — a whole different science,” Prendergast said. He's been a UC Master Food Preserver since 1995, and regularly teaches the monthly Saturday morning classes in Sacramento county. Next month's Saturday morning class will be on dehydrating, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Dec. 10.
UC Master Food Preservers is a volunteer organization structured in a way similar to UC Master Gardeners. Master Food Preserver candidates complete training to become knowledgeable in food preservation and then are required to volunteer time sharing their knowledge with the public by teaching classes and answering questions.
UC Cooperative Extension currently has Master Food Preservers in four counties:
- Sacramento
- El Dorado (now known as Central Sierra)
- Los Angeles
- San Bernardino
In Sacramento County, the Master Food Preservers offer a monthly class on Saturday mornings that focuses on techniques of a specific preservation process – either water-bath canning, pressure canning or dehydrating. Once a month on Wednesday evenings, the group offers classes that focus on preserving specific fruits or vegetables.
This Wednesday’s class is on “Fall Fruits and Winter Squash” which will include quince and pomegranates among others. The class is 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the UC Cooperative Extension office, 4145 Branch Center Road in Sacramento; registration to attend is $3.
Comments:
Thanks Liesl***
The program for now is being run through the UC Master Gardeners in Orange County, if you'd like to follow up before the public classes start, here's some contact info: http://ceorange.ucdavis.edu/Master_Gardener/
It's great to hear so much interest in these food preservation classes.
Thanks for any assistance on making the proper connections you can offer. :)
But I did ask around about your interest in starting up an MFP program where you live -- and it sounds like the best place for you to start would be by talking to your local UCCE County Director.
In Contra Costa, Janet Caprile is the UCCE County Director. Here's her contact info: http://cecontracosta.ucanr.edu/Contact_Us/Staff_Directory/
Good luck!
If you know of others, please share!
Posted by Brenda Dawson on November 30, 2011 at 1:37 PM