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Home Canning Demonstration

Event Details

Home Canning Demonstration

Time: March 19, 2019 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Location: Markdale Community Center / Arena
Street: 75 Walker St
City/Town: Markdale
Website or Map: http://www.greyagservices.ca
Phone: 5199863756
Event Type: evening, course
Organized By: Grey Ag Services
Latest Activity: Jan 21, 2019

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Event Description

Have you aspired to preserve local fruits and vegetables, but don’t know where to start?  Want to  learn tips from the experts?  Our facilitator for this course will be Martha Rogers (Master Food Preservation Certificate, Cornell University).  Learn about the techniques of safe and healthy home canning using the water-bath method. Martha will prepare grape jam, and pomegranate-cherry jelly, and herb jelly recipes. Come, learn, ask questions, taste the prepared recipes and meet with fellow canning enthusiasts.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED - please see attached course poster or www.greyagservices.ca

Location: Markdale Community Centre and Arena

$20.00 per person

Pre-Register By: Thurs. Mar. 14th, 2019

 

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