SC - Soft fruit glut. Fruit leather, canning, ...

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Here are some web sites that I have found very helpful for a lot of
basic food storage references:

The National Food Safety Database: http://www.foodsafety.org/
(who says the government is totally useless?)

The National Food Safety Database: Canning, Drying, Freezing:
http://www.foodsafety.org/preserve.htm
(really good resource for those [like me] who have never done any food
preservation -- directions and explanations of how & why to do stuff --
look in Drying to get good directions for Fruit Leather, in Canning for
jams, jellies, preserves, in Freezing for freezer jams) 

The Food Preservation Page: http://www.marketreport.com/preserver.htm
(notes&recipes for canning, dehydrating, food safety, etc.)

Rec.Food.Preserving FAQ:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1962/rff1.html
(this is also a really good reference for all kinds of food
preservation info)

Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publications:
http://ext.msstate.edu/pubs/
(in general, a VAST amount of info -- want to know how to dress a deer?
start a flock of chickens? build a house? seal a leaky pond?))
Pickles, Relishes, Jellies, Jams, And Preserves:
http://ext.msstate.edu/pubs/pub220.htm
Freezing Fruits: http://ext.msstate.edu/pubs/pub663.htm
Canning Fruits & Tomatoes: http://ext.msstate.edu/pubs/pub1542.htm

New Mexico State University Extension Service, Drying:
http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_e/e-322.html

Just a start of what you can find on the web!  Good luck, and good
picking!

- -- Harriet

- --- "Oughton, Karin (GEIS, Tirlan)" <Karin.Oughton at geis.ge.com> wrote:
> Lainie,
> 
> How do you make fruit leathers?
> 
> This is one of the methods I was looking for in the florilegium but
> failed
> to find. I'm hoping that if I can make them successfully I can wean
> my child
> minder off commercial candy, and onto these instead : ) 
> 
> Karin
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Laura C Minnick [SMTP:lainie at gladstone.uoregon.edu]
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Oughton, Karin (GEIS, Tirlan) wrote:
> > 
> > > 	Folks,
> > > 
> > > 	Myself and a friend are going soft fruit picking in a couple of
> > > weeks time , and given past experience we usually bring home a
> boot  (
> > > sorry, trunk : )   ) load of fruit, far more than we can eat in
> one go!
> > > 	We've thought of making jam, freezing, making cordials, etc. 
> > > 	What would traditionally have been done with a glut of soft
> fruit to
> > > preserve it for the winter? Any one got any favourite recipes?
<snip>
> > O how I wish I could go with you! That sounds like a lovely outing!
> > 
> > As to traditional preserving methods, to your list I would add
> drying, and
> > fruit leathers. Both are fairly easy if you have a dehydrator or an
> oven
> > at very low temp. My kids mow through dried fruit and fruit
> leathers as
> > though they were candy. 
> > 
> > Don't forget to make the traditional currant jellies, and I will
> wish I
> > was there to help eat them!
> > 
> > 'Lainie

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