Food Preservation Workshop with Dee Creek Farm & Gertrude Snickelgrove - 10.15.2010

Here's the scoop from Dee Creek & Gertrude:

Hey Folks!

This may be the last preservation workshop for the season.  That said, we have some good herbal and gluten-free workshops coming up - keep your eyes peeled!

If you plan to join us, please RSVP via email and I will send class details.  Since there is not enough time to pay prior to this class, I'll give the following note:  Please attend if you RSVP.  There is an allotted amount of space and these classes fill fast, so no shows are painful and expensive, and a real bummer for others who may have wanted your spot.

Look forward to learning with you all!  This class is a very popular one, because it's CHALK full of incredible knowledge and information - I love it!

For those of you who have not had the opportunity to attend in the past (or those who want a refresher!), I'd encourage you to join us!  You'll learn about preserving by drying, and with oil, alcohol, salt, vinegar, and whey / lacto-fermentation!  That may not be all - some come prepared to learn new things, smell interesting smells, taste interesting tastes, and get your hands dirty!  ~Summer

You're invited!

Friday, October 15th, 2pm-5pm

Preserving the Harvest

Vancouver (Orchards), WA

Hosted by Gertrude & Dee Creek Farm

$35/person - RSVP Required

"Preserving the Harvest is a fun, hands on class devoted to the understanding of traditional food storage techniques that use the basic gifts of earth, air, water and salt to put up food in a creative and individual way, to best enhance the flavor, nutrition, over-all health and pure excitement of fresh, local whole food and garden harvests. This class is poetry in motion and participants are encouraged to bring their ideas, questions and recipes, every class is unique!" ~ Gertrude

Attendees will have the opportunity to sign up to the instructors Google group, where there is continued shared interaction and bulk food buying opportunities. We also will have some herbs available for sale (and/or sharing - so please bring anything you have extra of) at class.

This instructor is a wealth of information, and could answer nearly any question, I'm certain (tho' won't hold her to it). She's easy to understand, and makes all of these things so simple & normal and encouraging.  She has been a long-time customer of DCF, and a committed Locavore in our community, with two boys needing maximum nutrition to keep their health maintained.

To register for the class, email me your interest,

And confirm with your admission fees (at deliveries or by mail)

Class space is limited

Bring snacks - for yourself, or to share!

I think there is no better time than now, when the economy is struggling, 

to learn old-fashioned ways of living!

Summer

Email: summer@deecreekfarm.com

Farm Phone: 360-225-9711

Cell Phone: 360-903-6956 (no service at the Farm)

Blog: http://summersperspective.wordpress.com

Preserving the Harvest Class - 9.25.2010

Preserving the Harvest
September 25th, 2pm-5pm
Vancouver, WA
Hosted by Gertrude & Dee Creek Farm
$35/person - RSVP Required

"Preserving the Harvest is a fun, hands on class devoted to the understanding of traditional food storage techniques that use the basic gifts of earth, air, water and salt to put up food in a creative and individual way, to best enhance the flavor, nutrition, over-all health and pure excitement of fresh, local whole food and garden harvests. This class is poetry in motion and participants are encouraged to bring their ideas, questions and recipes, every class is unique!" ~ Gertrude

Attendees will have the opportunity to sign up to the instructors Google group, where there is continued shared interaction and bulk food buying opportunities. We also will have some herbs available for sale (and/or sharing - so please bring anything you have extra of) at class.

This instructor is a wealth of information, and could answer nearly any question, I'm certain (tho' won't hold her to it). She's easy to understand, and makes all of these things so simple & normal and encouraging.  She has been a long-time customer of DCF, and a committed Locavore in our community, with two boys needing maximum nutrition to keep their health maintained.

To register for the class, email me your interest,
And confirm with your admission fees (at deliveries or by mail)
Class space is limited
Bring snacks - for yourself, or to share!

I think there is no better time than now, when the economy is struggling,
to learn old-fashioned ways of living!

Email
Farm Phone: 360-225-9711
Cell Phone: 360-903-6956 (no service at the Farm)
Blog: http://summersperspective.wordpress.com

Food Preservation 101 Classes 7.22 - 8.19.2010

A series of classes covering the basics of food preservation will be taught in a series of six classes offered by WSU Clark County Extension.

The sessions are from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays at the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education, 11104 N.E. 149th St.

“Stocking Your Pantry: Food Preservation 101” offers information on equipment needed to preserve food, where to get the equipment, and basic instructions on preserving foods.

Participants will get how-to materials, a resource list for obtaining equipment and supplies, a website list and a sample taste of products.

Participants can sign up for any of the classes ($20 each) or all six ($100). To register, call 360-397-6060. For information, go to http://clark.wsu.edu.

Topics and dates:

• Thursday — Canning fruits.

• July 22 — Jams and jellies (sugar and sugar-free.)

• July 29 — Safe food dehydration and freezing.

• Aug. 5 — Pickling and fermentation.

• Aug. 12 — Tomatoes and salsas.

• Aug. 19 — Pressure canning for meat, fish, poultry and vegetables.

WSU Master Food Preserver Program

Has the "new" economy got ya' down? Looking for a way to get a bang for your buck, learn useful new skills and help others in your community? Well the WSU Extension Service has just the thing for you! The Master Food Preserver Program will trade you 40 hours of seriously good instruction on the ins and outs of food preservation in return for your promise to share your newfound skills with your community...and it only costs $75. Let me tell you folks, this is the best deal you're going to find ANYWHERE for a class that will teach you some of the most important self-sufficiency, home economics lessons you'll ever want/need to learn.

Here's a link to the Master Food Preserver web page

There's an information session coming up on April 23rd. Details can be found here.

Classes will be Fridays April 30th - June 11th from 9am - 3:30 pm. at the Manor Evangelical Church in Battleground.

Get signed up before they fill up!

The Canvolution Is Coming!

I love putting up food. Making jerky, curing meats, pickling, jamming...the whole shebang. In fact just yesterday I put a big bag of "too much zucchini" to work as bread & butter zucchini pickles thanks to Linda Ziedrich's awesome The Joy of Pickling and the very cool Oxo V-Blade mandoline slicer my mother-in-law gave me for my birthday this year. Gotta love the crinkle cut!

I've found very few things as satisfying as sharing the bounty of the harvest via preserved foods. And nothing brightens up a dreary winter day like pulling out a jar of strawberry jam or salsa secco and reliving a bit of summertime. I'm sure many of you are aware that home food preservation has become quite en vogue again and in my mind, that's a mighty fine thing. Here's the scoop on the folks behind a very cool movement called Canning Across America:

Canning Across America (CAA) is a nationwide, ad hoc collective of cooks, gardeners and food lovers committed to the revival of the lost art of “putting by” food. Our goal is to promote safe food preservation and the joys of community building through food. We believe in celebrating the bounty of local and seasonal produce and taking greater control of our food supply. Together, we can.

The weekend of Aug. 29-30 is our kickoff, with how-to classes, demos and home canning parties in cities around the country. Think of us as a one-stop resource for events, recipes, inspiration and safety how-to on anything under the canning, preserving and pickling umbrella that will continue throughout the year.