Quick Pickle
The Ecology Center
37201 Alipaz
CA
33.48786236876248
-117.67285569516959
Description
Waste less, eat well, and savor the flavor of the summer harvest all year. Learn homesteading basic techniques of quick veggie pickling using herbs, spices, and a simple brine.
Did You Know?
Southern California’s mid summer provides some of the easiest crops to pickle fast - some of these crops will not return fresh for one whole year (some of the veggies that can be grown during other seasons, like carrots, radishes, and other root crops, are tastier and have higher nutritional value during the summer)
Quick pickle is not as time consuming as other more complex anaerobic fermentation pickling techniques
Close to ⅓ of the summer veggies are wasted on farms, at the grocery store and from home kitchens - food preservation reduce and ideally eliminate this waste
Preservation enhances food flavor and increase nutritional quality
Food Preservation is older than agriculture
Benefits of Pickling
Food waste reduction, seasonal tastes and nutrition prolonged, added flavors and nutritional value to foods
Home food preservation reduces the waste, pollution and health dangers associated with the production, packaging and distribution of big-store-bought products. When canning at home, you choose and know what goes in every jar. It can be all organic, locally sourced, fairly traded and made with the help of the community.
Topics covered in this hands-on class:
Basic necessary veggie preservation materials and techniques
Choosing the easiest mid summer veggies to quick pickle
Quick pickle ingredients, materials and step-by-step techniques
Each participant will take home a jar of quick pickles!
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Emily Kidwell is a Master Food Preserver (more coming).
Cancellation Policy: We understand your plans may change. We will give you credit toward a future program if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance. Credit must be redeemed within 90 days of issue. To account for our preparation and our instructor's time, we cannot give refunds or credits if cancelled with less than 24-hours notice or in the event of a no-show.
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Start:
2017-07-15T10:00:00-07:00
End:
2017-07-15T12:00:00-07:00
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Other
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