Preserving
Name 3 methods of food preservation that are not canning.
What is drying, fermentation, freezing or cold storage (Root cellar)
Which of the following ingredients are important to the safety of home canned tomato products? Bottled lemon juice, sugar, salt, or garlic?
What is bottled lemon juice. (recent additional guidance is that it is bottled lemon or lime juice made from concentrate, as that is a guarenteed acidity)
When processing salsa (or any other high acid food in a boiling water bath), when do you start the timing?
What is once the water returns to a boil.
What bacteria is of greatest concern in canned food?
What is C. Botulinum.
Generally speaking, home canned foods should be used within...?
What is 1 year.
What is salt used in the canning of vegetables for?
What is flavor.
Which of the following requires processing in a pressure canner? Jams, tomatoes, green beans, applesauce?
What is green beans.
This term requires a large pot of boiling water, a strainer and a cold bath, what is this called?
What is blanching.
When canning, how much should screw bands be tightened?
What is finger tight before processing.
How high should water be in a boiling water bath canner?
What is at least 1-2 inches above the jar lids.
For low acid foods, can I process in a boiling water bath canned if I increase the processing time?
What is no.
What are the terms used to describe each: a)foods such as fruit and most tomatoes b) Foods such as all vegetables and meats.
What are high acid foods and low acid foods.
What two things should be added to your label of your home canned foods?
What is the date and what it is.
This term is used to describe the distance between the food and the rim of the jar.
What is head space.
After processing, the jars need to be undisturbed for at least this amount of time. (hours)
What is 12-24 hours
Which of the following lid styles are safe for home canning? Wire bail and glass camp, recycled spaghetti sauce jar lid, dome lid and screwband?
What is dome lid and screwband.
What is the ingredient we added to fruits to turn them into something else called?
What is pectin.
Once opened, home canned foods should be stored in the refrigerator and used within how long?
What is 2 weeks.
When a jar doesn't seal after 12-24 hours, what should you do?
What is you can re-process, or put in refrigerator and use within 2 weeks.
How many times can you use a lid of a jar when canning?
What is 1!
True or false- Freezing is the process of preparing, packaging, and freezing foods?
What is true.
This term describes a clear jelly like preserve made from the pulp and rind of fruits, especially citrus fruits.
What is marmalade