Preserving the Pantry

In this episode, Kathy discusses how altitude affects canning and the changes you need to make when canning with a water bath canner and a pressure canner.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Water Bath Canning
• Pressure Canning

• Why altitude affects processing when canning
• Additional time is added when water bath canning
• Increased pressure is added when pressure canning
• How to find your altitude
• Temperature changes to boiling water at different elevations

In this episode, you'll learn all about canning salt and pickling salt.

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Canning tomatoes
• Pickles

• What is canning salt
• What is pickling salt
• If canning salt is optional in canning recipes
• When it's mandatory to use canning salt
• Other types of salt to use in canning

In this episode, Kathy discusses canning lids used for water bath and pressure canning.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Episode 44 Canning Jars
• Episode 43 Headspace
• Water Bath Canning
• Pressure Canning
• National Center for Home Food Preservation

• All about lids for home canning
• What lids are recommended for home canning by the NCFHP
• How long unused lids last
• If boiling lids is necessary before canning

In this podcast episode, Kathy discusses different types of canning jars.

• What type of jars to use for canning
• About 1/2 gallon canning jars
• Reusing commercially canned jars
• Sterilizing canning jars
• Washing canning jars
• Inspecting jars before using
• Ways to repurpose old canning jars

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Using a Water Bath Canner
• Using a Pressure Canner
• Using Mayonnaise Jars for Canning
• National Center for Home Food Preservation
• UC Master Food Preserver Program
• Episode 43, Headspace in Canning

In this episode, Kathy discusses headspace in canning and why it's important.

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Canning Tomatoes
• Apple Pie Filling
• Apricot Jam
• Canning Dried Beans
• Canning Fish
• Water Bath Canning
• Pressure Canning

• What is headspace in canning
• Why headspace is important
• Why headspace varies depending on the contents you are canning
• How to measure headspace
• What happens if I leave too little or too much headspace
• Headspace in jars after processing

In this podcast episode, Kathy discusses whether re-canning commercially canned food is a safe and practical practice.

• Canning Tomatoes
• Canning Chili

• If purchasing large cans of commercially canned food and re-canning into smaller jars is worth it.
• Does re-canning affect the quality of the food
• If re-canning is safe

• UC Master Food Preserver Program
• UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, newsletter

In this episode, Kathy cleans out her deep freezer and uses up some frozen raspberries and turns them into a delicious raspberry sorbet!

Find the complete recipe for Raspberry Sorbet

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Frozen Raspberries

• How to make sorbet using frozen raspberries
• A quick and easy way to strain the seeds
• How to harden sorbet

In this podcast episode, Kathy share her recipe and method for making homemade canned chili. This is a delicious way to make homemade chili shelf stable and ready to use.

Find the complete recipe for How to Can Chili

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Homemade Chili with Beans
• How to Can Dried Beans

• Ingredients needed for making chili
• How to prepare dried beans for canning
• Steps to can chili
• How to use a pressure canner for canning chili
• How to store canned jars of chili
• Ideas for using home canned chili

In this episode, we are making a small batch of strawberry jam. This is an easy to make jam that can be stored in your refrigerator. No canning or freezing needed.

Find the complete recipe for Strawberry Jam

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Rhubarb Jam
• Pancakes
• Waffles

• The steps needed to make a small batch of jam
• How to know when the jam has set up
• Ways to test the jam

In episode 38, Kathy shares her method for freezing rhubarb. This is a great method to preserve your fresh rhubarb to use throughout the year.

Find the complete recipe for Freezing Rhubarb.

Recipes mentioned in this podcast:

• Rhubarb Bread
• Rhubarb Muffins
• Rhubarb Cobbler

• How to freeze rhubarb
• What to do if you only have a small amount of rhubarb
• The ideal size to cut up your rhubarb
• Ways to portion the rhubarb for individual recipes
• Ideas for using frozen rhubarb