Food Preservation, Safety & Storage

Publications
   

Canning

Food Safety

Canning Vegetables

PNW 172

How to pressure can vegetables.

$1.00

You Can Prevent Foodborne Illness

PNW 250

Learn about common and not-so-common foodborne pathogens and what you can do to keep them from making you sick.

$1.00  (also online)

 

Canning Fruits

PNW 199

How to can fruit and fruit juice using a boiling water canner.

$1.00

 

Pack a Safe Lunch

EB 1490

Foods that will be kept at room temperature need to be selected and handled carefully to prevent food poisoning.

$1.00 (also online)

 

Canning Tomatoes & Tomato Products

PNW 300

How to can tomatoes and tomato products such as Mexican tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce using a boiling water canner or pressure canner.

$1.00 (also online)

 

A Quick Consumer Guide to Safe Food Handling

G 248

$1.00

Salsa Recipes for Canning

PNW 395

How to make a variety of salsas.

$1.00

Food Thermometer

C 57

$1.00 (also online)

 

Canning Seafood

PNW 194

$1.50 (also online)

 

Food Safety During Your Pregnancy

Misc 275

Free online

Let's Preserve Jelly, Jam, Spreads

EB 1665

How to can fruit and fruit juice using a boiling water canner.

$1.00 (also online)

 

Fresh Cheese Made Safely

PNW 539

Free online

Canning Meat, Poultry, & Game

PNW 361

How to pressure can meat, poultry, and game.

$1.00

 

Ball Blue Book of Preserving

Complete guide to home canning, freezing, dehydrating

$4.50

 

Home Canning Smoked Fish

PNW 450

How to can smoked fish safely.

$1.50 (also online)

 

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning

Home canning has changed greatly in the 170 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. Scientists have found ways to produce safer, higher quality products.

$15.00 (also online)

 

Freezing

Food Storage

Freezing Fruits and Vegetables

PNW 214

How to freeze fruits with syrup, sugar, or water or juice pack.  How to prepare and blanch vegetables before freezing and how to freeze them.

$1.50 (also online)

 

Storing Foods at Home

EB 1205

$1.50

Freezing Meat, Fish and Poultry at Home

EB 1195

$1.00

 

Controlling Stored Food Pests in the Home

CIS 850

$1.00 (also online)

Freezing Convenience Foods

PNW 296

How to freeze baked goods, main dishes, and deserts.

$2.00 (also online)

 

Storing Vegetables and Fruits at Home

EB 1326

$1.00

Freezing Seafood

PNW 586

$1.00 (also online)

 

Harvesting & Storing Fresh Garden Vegetables

Bul 617

$3.00 (also online)

Pickling

Other

Pickling Vegetables

PNW 355

How to make brined and fresh-packed dill pickles, sweet pickles, relishes, and sauerkraut.  Covers equipment and procedures.

$3.00 (also online)

 

Food Preservation for Special Diets

HS 007

Preserving foods at home without added sugar and/or salt.

$1.00

Pickling Fish & Other Aquatic Foods for Home Use

PNW 183

How to salt cure and brine fish.  Gives pickling solutions.

$1.00 (also online)

Using and Caring for Your Pressure Canner

PNW 421

Covers canner types; safety features; canner care, use, and storage; and canner testing.

$1.50

Call your local Extension office for information on pressure canner gauge testing. 

Pickled Eggs

EB 1104

$1.00 (also online)

The Nez Perce County office is at 208-799-3096 or nezperce@uidaho.edu

 

 

Drying

 

Drying Fruits and Vegetables

PNW 397

$1.50 (also online)

To order publications:

University of Idaho Extension

Nez Perce County

Meat

1239 Idaho Street

Lewiston, ID   83501

Canning Meat, Poultry & Game

PNW 361

How to pressure can meat, poultry, and game.

$1.00

 

(208) 799-3096

nezperce@uidaho.edu

or

Contact your local Extension office

Homemade Meat, Poultry, and Game Sausages

EB 1661

$1.00

 

Big Game from Hunt to Home

PNW 517

$2.50

Resources - Publications, Computer Software and Videos
An extensive library of educational resources is available for purchase at a nominal fee.  These university extension resources provide concise, unbiased, research-based information and recommendations on a wide range of topics.  General categories in Family and Consumer Sciences include clothing, family finance, family living, food and nutrition, home furnishings, equipment, and products.  To obtain a publication catalog or to purchase publications, contact the Nez Perce County office or University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences publications at:

(208) 885-7982
http://info.ag.uidaho.edu

 

Smoking

Smoking Fish at Home--Safely

PNW 238

How to salt and smoke fish.  Covers equipment and suggested woods for smoking.

$1.00 (also online)

Curing and Smoking Poultry Meat

EB 1660

$1.00 (also online)