Reminding Canadians of Potential Safety Concerns in Home Canning and Bottling
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Oct 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians of the importance of
good food safety practices while home canning.
With the renewed popularity of seasonal, local eating and the desire
to prepare healthy foods at home, many Canadians are looking to home
canning (also known as home bottling) to preserve food for later use.
However, if home canned foods are not properly prepared, they can
cause serious illness such as botulism.
If you are home canning or bottling your own foods (such as jams,
pickles, soups and sauces), the following steps will help to reduce
the risk of contamination or growth from Clostridium botulinum:
-- Clean and sanitize your hands, all work surfaces, utensils, and
equipment and keep them clean during all stages of the canning process.
-- Use a pressure canner which is a large
Source: MarketWatch (press release)
TCDIY: Jam it in a Jar and call it Jam!
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Last week we picked a varied half-peck of apples and a quart of raspberries at the Norwegian-inspired Eplegaarden orchard in Fitchburg. We enjoyed the perfect crisp fall day and relished in the joy of plucking fruit straight from the countless rows of branches. What I love most about the DIY mentality is the ability it has to translate across every aspect of life, including food! The DIY approach to edible consumption might include growing your own food or collecting produce from local farm markets and then figuring out a way to preserve and share what you’ve accumulated.
I made an apple cake with a caramel glaze for our fall camping excursion, but I didn’t know how to give my raspberries a purpose. Fresh raspberries are great on a goat cheese salad, but I was looking to extend the life of my handpicked fruit a bit longer. Then it dawned on me: Preserves!
I never dabbled in the fascinating sport of canning and preserving, so I took my first crack at making a jam last week was thrilled by the simplicity of the process. After researching various websites, I combined a few different suggestions and came up with a process that took less than an hour.
Source: ThirdCoast Digest