Life Skill - Food Preservation Recap & Resources

A big thank you to Edie Wacker sharing tips and answering questions regarding food preservation.  I just wanted to pass on a couple links to some websites that Edie referred to during her presentation.  Please make sure you remember Edie's tips regarding food preservation safety!

* Book - If you're interested in getting started canning, make sure you get your 'canning bible.'  Here's a couple links to some I found on the Internet. 
   ~  Amazon has several of these books available.
   ~  You can also download a version put together by the US Department of Ag on your kindle or e-book reader for only $3.

*  Waterbath and/or Pressure Cooker - If you're interested in getting started canning, you will also need a waterbath and/or pressure cooker depending on what you want to preserve.  As Edie reminded us, get the book and read it first before moving forward.
    ~ Here's a link to very inexpensive waterbath canner from Amazon. 
    ~ Here's a link to a pressure canner. 

*  Resources - Many extension offices have resources regarding food preservation.  Here are a few online resources:
    ~  Edie recommended the Purdue Extension Resources.
    ~  Check out Canning Across America for videos and tutorials to get started.
   

This is a great life skill that can save you money and provide healthy food for you and your family!

Happy Canning!

Krystal

Do you have a life skill or hobby you'd like to share?

Good evening ladies!  Do you have a life skill or hobby you'd like to share with the rest of the group?  We've had such a great time learning to make gift bows and how to crochet so far this year.  What else would you ladies like to learn how to do?  We've got a spot available on January 13th and would love for one of our very own moms to share a skill or hobby (but we'll welcome anyone to share a valuable skill).  This could be card making, cake decorating, meal planning, scrapbooking, photography, vacation planning, budgeting etc.  The possibilities are endless!

Please drop me an e-mail if you or someone you know would be interested in sharing!

Do you have a life skill or hobby you'd like to share?

MOPS ~ a way for Moms to help other Moms!  Hello my fellow MOPS Moms & Friends!  Do you have a life skill or hobby you'd like to share with other moms?  This could include scrapbooking, meal planning, planning a vacation on a budget, cake decorating, photography, quilting, organizing, stamp art, recycling, how to share devotions with your kids and many others! 

Your leadership team is working on some changes for the 2010-2011 MOPS year.  One of the changes is we'll be alternating creative activities with a demonstration of a life skill or hobby and we would love to have our very own moms share a life skill or hobby they've enjoyed. 

Please e-mail yumamops@gmail.com  by July 31st if you're interested in sharing your life skill or hobby with the entire group!