UCCE Master Food Preservers of Solano and Yolo Counties

The Great Yolo Jam Session
Prepare Your Entry with the Pros!

Have you ever wanted to enter your homemade jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, or fruit spread into the Yolo County Fair? Now’s your chance to prepare your fair entry with guidance from the pros!

Bring your favorite recipe, ingredients, jars, and lids, and spend the day canning alongside UC Master Food Preservers of Yolo County. We’ll provide the canning equipment, workstations, and experienced MFP volunteers to assist at every station.

And thanks to the Yolo County Fair… the sugar is provided!

This is a free public event designed to help home canners create fair-ready entries in a fun, supportive, and educational environment.

Space is limited to 25 participants per session.

Come make something delicious, learn safe canning techniques, and maybe even earn a blue ribbon this year!

Session #1:Thursday, June 11, 2026 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Session #2: Friday, June 26, 2026 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Yolo County Fairgrounds, Maraviov Hall, 1250 Gum Avenue, Woodland, CA 95776

Register Now!

https://link.ucanr.edu/yolojam

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Bread and Jam Workshop yesterday at St. Mark's in Fairfield at their Sunday Connections following worship. Participants learned to make Sourdough Starter, Sourdough Ciabatta Rolls and Cranberry Conserve.

Important to be up to date on molds and food safety. Things change!!

Spring is finally here🌸 After a long winter season, it's a good idea to do some spring cleaning around the kitchen.

Don't forget to check way in the back of the refrigerator! If you come across moldy foods during cleaning, what should you do? 🤢

- Some molds produce toxins (poisons) and determining which do and which don't is difficult. The most toxic molds grow on grains. The visible mold may not be all the mold that developed. The threadlike hyphae (the equivalent of roots) may have penetrated the food.

- Some foods, such as blue cheese, get their flavor from mold growth. Any visibly moldy foods that should not have mold growth should be discarded. If only a small area of mold is found on a piece of hard block cheese, hard salami or a dry-cured country ham, the food can be salvaged by cutting out an inch of the product surrounding and below the moldy area. Keep the knife out of the mold itself and re-cover the food in fresh wrap.

Learn how to prevent foods from molding from NDSU Extension >>> https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/publications/food-my-kitchen-safety-hazard #:~:text=Molds,-Molds

https://ucanr.edu/program/uc-master-food-preserver-program/recorded-events

We featured this recipe in our gifts from the kitchen cookbook this year😊 with the flu on the rise it’s time to make and have this at your house today 👍🏽

Cold Comfort Jelly
Lemons and honey are a soothing combination.
https://pomonapectin.com/cold-comfort-jelly/
PRO TIP: The hinged jars in the photo are great for refrigerator jellies, but not a recommended choice for canning.

Register Here: https://zcvrp-zgvfh.maillist-manage.com/click/1dfe240be04ecb4a/1dfe240be04ebf46
Citrus Indulgence: Saturday January 17th 9 am - noon
Cost: $35 Advance Registration Required
Location: Robert Cabral Agricultural Center, 2101 East Earhart Ave., Stockton Limited Spots: Only 12 Available!

Join Kathy and Colleen for this fun class. You will learn and make a tangy lemon curd, a delicious orange spice jelly and create your own dried botanical tea blend. A tea infuser is included so you can enjoy your herbal tea at home.

You’ll discover the magic of atmospheric steam canning—a water-saving alternative to the traditional boiling water bath—while cooking, tasting, and asking plenty of questions.

Come ready to learn it, make it, and take it home!

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
– Khalil Gibran

"We Whisk You a Merry Christmas" such a cute and affordable gift idea!

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