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Testing Dial Gauge Pressure Canners

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Get Your Canner Tested Annually!

The USDA recommends dial gauges on pressure canners be tested annually. Have your dial gauge tested for free to make sure it is operating properly by calling your local Wyoming Extension office to set up an appointment.

Handy Handouts for Food Preservation!

Reliable Food Preservation Websites
Pressure Canning
Boiling Water Canning
Tips for Safe and Successful Canning at Wyoming High Altitudes
The Laws of Salsa
Dandelion Jelly
Preserving Eggs
Harvested Green Tomatoes

Information to Assist with your Food Preservation

Appetite for Knowledge

Fruit and Vegetable Rainbos

Publications and Websites

UW Extension Publications Be sure to make altitude adjustments when working with clients in Wyoming. View the Altitude Chart for Wyoming Communities. Additional Websites and Publications

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Spice and Herb Tips

Spices vs. Herbs: What is the Difference? Herbs are the leafy part of plants, while spices are the dried seeds, bark, fruit or ground roots of a plant.

Fruit Jam on spoon coming out of jar

Food Preservation

Summer brings an abundance of fresh produce, sometimes so much that you don’t know what to do with all of it!

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Unsafe Home Canning Practices

Some things are great to pass down through the generations. Grandma’s county fair purple ribbon apple pie filling recipe is something to cherish.

Kombucha

Kombucha!

Once reserved for small-batch do-it-yourself home-fermenters is now regularly found in farmers markets, health food stores, and even many mainstream supermarkets and gas stations across Wyoming.

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