FOOD PRESERVATION



FOOD PRESERVATION (Page 1 of 3)

Name:___________________________ Club:_____________________ Date Leader

Guidelines for Project Proficiency Award Initials

BEGINNING

CANNING

Learn:

1. Basic classification of foods – acid, low acid, etc. ______ ______

2. Kinds of canners and when to use which. ______ ______

3. About canning jars, lids, and other necessary equipment. ______ ______

4. About seasonal availability of food – when food is plentiful

and least expensive. ______ ______

5. The recommended canning method, time, and temperature for

fruits and tomatoes. ______ ______

Do:

1. Help select fruit or tomatoes for canning. ______ ______

2. Learn to use the water bath canner. ______ ______

3. Assemble equipment, wash jars. ______ ______

4. Learn how to wash and prepare fruit for canning (peeling,

quartering, etc.). ______ ______

5. Learn how to fill jars, remove air bubbles, etc. ______ ______

6. Help can three fruits or two fruits and tomatoes. ______ ______

7. Learn to check for a seal. ______ ______

8. Learn how to label and store canned foods. ______ ______

9. Judge product for taste, color, and for safe keeping qualities. ______ ______

Explore:

1. The cost of home canned product versus a like product

commercially canned. ______ ______

2. Ways to serve the canned foods to the family. List five. ______ ______

JAMS AND JELLIES

Learn:

1. Methods for making jams and jellies. ______ ______

2. When the best fruits for jam and jelly are available. ______ ______

Do:

1. Select and prepare fruit for jam. ______ ______

2. Make a freezer jam with commercial pectin. ______ ______

3. Select proper containers for freezer jam. ______ ______

4. Label and store jam. ______ ______

5. Judge jam for color, flavor, and texture. ______ ______

Explore:

1. Ways to serve jam to the family. List five ______ ______

2. The cost of a jar of jam and compare this with an equal weight

at the supermarket. ______ ______

3. The keeping quality of jam. After several months, check for

“freezer burn” or other changes. ______ ______

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DRYING

Learn:

1. How drying preserves food. ______ ______

2. Different ways to dry food. ______ ______

Do:

1. Select fruit for making leather. ______ ______

2. To blanch vegetables before drying ______ ______

3. Different types of antioxidants (anti-darkening agents) and the

advantages and disadvantages of each. ______ ______

4. To package and store dried foods. ______ ______

5. About shade drying of herbs.

Do:

1. Sulfur and dry a light colored fruit. ______ ______

2. Blanch and dry a vegetable. ______ ______

3. Dry a vegetable that doesn’t require blanching. ______ ______

4. Dry herbs. ______ ______

5. Judge dried foods. ______ ______

Explore:

1. Two different ways of using dried vegetables. ______ ______

2. Time of re-hydration and quality of re-hydrated vegetables. ______ ______

3. The best way to dry vegetables; sun, oven, or dehydrator. ______ ______

4. Different ways of using dried fruits. ______ ______

FREEZING

Learn:

1. Which foods freeze and thaw well. ______ ______

2. How long different foods can be kept frozen without quality loss. ______ ______

3. How to thaw foods safely, and when it’s okay to refreeze. ______ ______

4. About blanching vegetables for the freezer. ______ ______

5. About air-cooling versus water-cooling of balanced vegetables. ______ ______

6. About freezing prepared foods. ______ ______

Do:

1. Blanch and freeze three or four different vegetables. ______ ______

2. Freeze cookies, baked and unbaked. ______ ______

3. Freeze a homemade TV dinner. ______ ______

4. Properly thaw and prepare frozen prepared food. Serve. ______ ______

5. Prepare and serve frozen vegetables. ______ ______

Explore:

1. Quality losses of frozen foods (texture, color, taste). ______ ______

2. Ways to keep records of food going in and coming out of the freezer._____ ______

3. The differences in blanched, unbalanced, and overbalanced

green beans. ______ ______

4. Energy costs of frozen foods compared with other methods of

Preserving and storing foods. ______ ______

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STORAGE OF NUTS

Learn:

1. About the effects of time, temperature, and oxygen on the flavor

of nuts. ______ ______

2. Ways to prevent insect infestation. ______ ______

3. Ways to increase the shelf life of shelled nuts. ______ ______

Do:

1. Store shelled nut meats in proper containers at room temperature,

refrigerator temperature, and in the freezer. At 2 week intervals,

taste and record any signs of rancidity. ______ ______

2. From the same group of nuts, store some in the shell in a cool,

dry place, check these at 2 week intervals for signs of rancidity. ______ ______

3. Record any insect infestation in the four groups of nuts. ______ ______

4. Store nuts in a modified atmosphere (if available) using dry ice

(solid carbon dioxide). Record insect infestation and rancidity. ______ ______

Explore:

1. After completing this experiment, explain which is the best

method for storing nuts. Why? ______ ______

Leader’s Signature:__________________________________ Date:___________________

FOOD PRESERVATION

Name:___________________________ Club:_____________________ Date Leader

Guidelines for Project Proficiency Award Initials

ADVANCED

CANNING

Learn:

1. How to use the pressure canner. ______ ______

2. Methods for canning vegetables. ______ ______

3. To judge canned meats and vegetables for color, texture,

pack, and seal. ______ ______

Do:

1. Can two or three different vegetables. ______ ______

2. Can meat, poultry, or fish. ______ ______

Explore:

1. Methods to use in telling or showing others how to safely can

vegetables and meats. ______ ______

2. Needs for canned foods for one year for the family. Which of the

foods can be preserved more cheaply at home? ______ ______

3. The types of spoilage that occur in canned food. ______ ______

JAM AND JELLIES

Learn:

1. Which fruits have enough pectin and acid for the long boil method?______ ______

Do:

1. Make 3 or 4 jams and jellies by the long boil method. ______ ______

2. Compare taste, texture, and color to those make with commercial

pectin or by freezer method. ______ ______

Explore:

1. Jelling problems as they are related to acid, pectin, and sugar content._____ ______

2. One of the low sugar or artificial sweetener jams. Compare. ______ ______

FERMENTATIOM AND BRINING

Learn:

1. About lactic acid fermentation of cucumbers and cabbage. ______ ______

2. What causes spoilage problems in fermented foods? ______ ______

3. The salt brining process for vegetables. ______ ______

Do:

1. Make fermented dill pickles or green tomatoes. ______ ______

2. Make sauerkraut. ______ ______

3. Can the pickles and sauerkraut. ______ ______

4. Make brined vegetables. ______ ______

Explore:

1. The effect of temperature on fermentation. ______ ______

2. Pickle recipes using freshened, brined pickles. ______ ______

3. The effect of surface scum and mold on fermented pickles. ______ ______

Leader’s Signature:__________________________________ Date:___________________

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