Food Safety and Preservation Blog
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Sourdough Starter Discard? How About a Pretzel?
I'm always on the hunt for recipes that use my sourdough starter discard. I saw this recipe for soft pretzels on the King Arthur Baking Company® website and thought I would give it a try! Who doesn't love a soft warm pretzel just made for...
By Dayna Ravalin, UCCE Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
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Lemons Everywhere!-Making Preserved Lemons
Are you in lemon overload right now? We are so fortunate to live on the Central Coast of California where citrus trees are abundant and well suited to our climate. Lemons are often seen carpeting neighborhood yards while the trees hang heavy with...
By Dayna Ravalin, UCCE Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
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Preserving Plum Sauce in the Winter-Use Your Frozen Fruit
Is your freezer full of your summer fruit bounty? Are you wondering how to use some of that stashed produce? My freezer was experiencing an overload of plums. The last couple of summers, my Santa Rosa plum tree has provided a large crop...
By Dayna Ravalin, UCCE Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
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It's Sauerkraut Time!
Have you thought about making sauerkraut? Do you already make sauerkraut? Or, have you made sauerkraut, and something went terribly wrong and you don't want to make it again? These are questions many of us have asked and continue to ask...
By Dayna Ravalin, UCCE Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
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A Bounty of Pomegranates
I stood by our courtyard wall and worked my spade into the hard, clay soil. I'd always wanted to grow pomegranates, but my shaded half acre of Monterey pines and oaks in Cambria ruled out that possibility. Here I stood at my new/old 1930's home in sunny...
By Dayna Ravalin, UCCE Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
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