Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers

When I took my first home food preservation workshop, I was surprised at the simplicity of home canning. Most regularly used recipes are easy to follow, have only a few ingredients and all follow the same processing steps. I was hooked as they say.

Fermentation When I went through my Master Food Preserver volunteer training in 2015, seems longer than that, there is a section on fermentation that was hidden in the Chapter 6 titled Preparation and Canning of Pickled Foods.

Fermentation..What is it and can it be beneficial to my health? LeAnne Calderon, UC Master Food Preserver, San Joaquin County Kombucha, Kefir, Sauerkraut and other fermented foods are becoming more popular in the natural food markets.

For the majority of folks, lemons make a great refreshment in the hot summer months. Children from all across America open up lemonade stands in hope of making enough money to buy some great item.

What do you do with all those Lemons? Try Salt Preserved Lemons! What to do with all of those lemons? It's that time of the year when lemon trees are loaded with juicy, yellow fruit.