Food Storage Class Syllabus and Intro
Sharon January 5th, 2009
Ok, my next series on food storage starts tomorrow morning – exciting stuff. I do have a couple remaining spaces if anyone wants to register last minute. If by some chance you sent me a registration request and never heard back, please email me ASAP to make sure you are signed up for the discussion group. And if you are taking the class, make sure you register for said discussion.
Now here’s the plan for the rest of you following along here:
Tuesday, January 6: Introduction, Food Preservation vs. Food Storage, Personal Food Security and Community Food Security, Getting organized, How Much? Finding Resources
Thursday, January 8: Getting started with food preservation, setting up the Kitchen for Preserving, Putting Together a Pantry, Equipment you Don’t Need, Equipment You Might Need, Beverages and Treats
Tuesday, January 13: Getting Others to Think About Food Storage, The Problem of Shopping, How to Get Started, How to Find Out What Your Community Has Already, Low Cost Strategies for Building a Reserve, Preserving Foraged Foods
Thursday, January 15: Getting Started with Canning, Fermenting and Dehydrating. Year Round Food Preservation, Preserving Dairy Products, Building a Balanced Pantry, Food Storage Menus I
Tuesday, January 20: Ideas for Spreading the Knowledge, Teaching others to Store and Preserve, Foodie Food Storage, Special Circumstances, Special Diets, Specific Audiences
Thursday, January 22: Filling the Gaps, Things that are not Food, Cooking Equipment, Getting Loved Ones on Board, Food Storage and Evacuation, Condiments
Tuesday January 27: Food Storage and Preservation as a Cottage Industry, Food security and schools, Community Kitchens and Community Stockpiles, Water Issues
Thursday, January 29: Personal Food Storage, Community Context. “But Won’t the Marauders Come and Take It?” Getting Really Organized, Making It Fun, Menus Part II, Wrap Up.
I’ll be building on my two previous courses, so if you are interested in a particular subject, you might want to search the site looking to see what’s already there. I’ll be posting lots of links to both old posts and new resources.
I can’t wait!
Sharon
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Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! I so excited!
Shoot, while all this fun stuff about who can wear what where, you’re sending us to the kitchen to count beans.
I have a question about community kitchens that may or may not already be in your lesson plan: Where the heck do you find them? Are they church kitchens? In which case, do you have to be a church member?
There were three of us in our kitchen trying to teach each other how to can (we each knew different bits, none of us all of it!). That was one or two too many, and there were others who were interested in joining us!
Where can normal everyday people borrow a large kitchen? City folk who don’t know any gourmet chefs? I was excited about the make-and-take places that starting popping up a couple years ago, but it turns out your limited to their recipe choices and ingredient lists.
I am sooooo glad that I followed your advice and had stocked my pantry well! We had 20″ of snow here, and the county didn’t plow our street for two weeks. Although we could get out at times, I knew I didn’t need to brave the ice for food. Thank you! I’m looking forward to your forthcoming posts!
Borrowing or renting a large kitchen … perhaps your local high school? They do still teach home economics. Or perhaps a community college or technical school where they have a culinary arts program. Just an idea. Many church kitchens are smallish and designed for reheating potluck items rather than for serious cooking.
I’m very much looking forward to this. Thanks for offering the classes!
I don’t know about other countries, but in Canada (particularly on the east coast) one can try the grocery chains. Two of our main, mainstream stores are Sobeys & Atlantic Superstore, and they both have community kitchens/conference rooms they let the public use.
I’ve been a part of cooking classes, youth group fundraiser breakfasts, the premier performance of a new play (somehow muffins were involved & were made during the performance), etc.
I believe there was no charge, booking a particular time & date was simply first come, first serve, and in the case of charitable/fundraising events, they even donated some of the food.
If there are several of you wanting to learn to can, that is probably enough to book the facilities.
If not … I’ve wondered about approaching local churches myself to ask if I could borrow their facilities for a day to can – with perhaps a donation to cover expenses & gratitude.
But I haven’t tried … not quite geared up yet for canning!
I hope this helps!
SQUEE!!!! See you tomorrow!
Sharon,
Are you going to create yet another Yahoo group from this class? Or is there some way to mash up these groups after the classes are over? I’m already in three groups; R4A, sharonsfoodstorage and adaptinginplace. Keeping up with an ever increasing number of them is going to clog my email box even with digests!
There’s so much crossover between groups that the threads are starting to be identical. I’d suggest you look into another way of creating a private space during the classes that could go public after it’s over. Sorry, I have nothing to suggest but maybe somebody else with more knowledge than I can recommend something.
Kerri in AK
Hi Kerri – The discussion group is going to be for the class only – if people want to keep talking, they can shift over to the existing food storage group. So no, I’m not going to create any more groups that go public – the class participants will have this one for the archives, but no.
I do know what you mean – one of the reasons I read only at the websites. But I’m not sure what to do about it
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Sharon
Ok, so I am a late joiner to this blog – how do I sigh up for the class? what is the fee? etc.
Thanks! =)
Hi Annette – You send me an email if you want a space. The cost is $100, and covers you plus anyone from your household who wants to follow along. If you do send an email, I’ll send you the info about how to register for the discussion group. If you decide you don’t want to participate, no worries, you can follow along on the blog, which has some of the same content.
Cheers,
Sharon