Pumpkin leather. Image from the blog of the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
When I’ve got food preservation questions–about food safety or I need a reliable recipe–I go to the National Center for Home Food Preservation. The Center provides science based food preservation advice and is funded by the USDA.
They launched a blog in November, Preserving Food at Home that is now in my blog reader. Recent holiday-centric posts have covered tips on freezing leftovers, how to ship homemade foods and what to do with a pumpkin surplus as well as the dangers of pumpkin butter.
Home food preservation is very safe but, to be honest, I’ve been alarmed at a few of the questions I’ve received while interacting with the public as a Master Food Preserver. Preserving Food at Home is an important food safety resource and I’m looking forward to reading their weekly posts.
Do you have a favorite food preservation blog? Leave a comment . . .
Thank you for this link!
Hey, thanks for this great link! Lots of good info there.
I appreciate it.
That looks like a great resource. I like Food in Jars: http://www.foodinjars.com/
Food in Jars is one of my favorite blogs and I also like Punk Domestics.
It’s great that you provided this link. It’s so important to follow up-to-date instructions for canning. Books on canning from the 1970s may be fun to read, but many recommendations (including those about dense purees like pumpkin butter) have changed since then.