Winnebago County

Are you interested in making low sugar home preserved jam or jelly recipes? Then you may want to review a recent fact sheet developed by Washington State University that describes using Clear Jel® as a thickener including as a substitute for pectin in jams and jellies. Dr. Barbara Ingham Food Science Professor at UW Madison [...]

Tomato plants are beginning to yield, and with the new crop comes a new activity: home canning. But whether canning whole tomatoes, homemade ketchup, pasta sauce or anything in between, adding acid to canned tomato products is a must, according to University of Wisconsin-Extension Family Living Educator Christine Kniep. Tomatoes can be preserved by canning, [...]

A challenging economy and growing interest in eating local is turning the art of preserving food at home into a popular trend. Preserving food was a simple fact of life for many of our grandparents’ generation, but today’s home canners are often budget-savvy consumers who know the value of eating healthy, garden-fresh foods throughout the [...]

Interested in learning about home food preservation methods? Tune in to CitiCable 10 for the “So Easy to Preserve“ series starting June 13th. Show times are as follows: Monday 6/13/11 @ 12:30PM Tuesday 6/14/11 @ 2:30PM Friday 6/17/11 @ 7:00PM Sunday 6/19/11 @ 3:30PM For additional replay times visit www.OshkoshcommunityMedia.org   The “So Easy to Preserve” television [...]