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Whether you’re a passionate home gardener, familiar with leftovers or curious about food preservation, learning how to preserve food is a valu…

Putting Food By: Pickling fruits and vegetables BY CALLIE N. NELSON Pickling produce is a great way to “put foods by” for later use. Cucumbers aren’t the only vegetables used to make pickles. Many different types of fruits and vegetables can be pickled, using a mixture of sugar, vinegar and spices. Pickles add zip and […]

BY CALLIE N. NELSON How do I prepare summer squash is a question I received today as I worked one of the many food distributions that occur almost every week here in our county. This all-American food has been around since the days of the colonists and was called squash because the term for vegetable […]