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Consume fresh juices and ciders safely this Fall! Juices provide many important nutrients, but consuming untreated juices can pose health risks to your family. Did You Know? When fruits and vegetables are fresh-squeezed or used raw, bacteria from the produce can end up in your juice or cider. Unless the produce or the juice has been pasteurized or otherwise treated ...

Pumpkins offer far more than a door stop at Halloween. They are delicious in pies, breads, and other culinary treats. However if you are considering preserving pumpkins, please consider the following suggestions from the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Canning pumpkin butter or mashed or pureed pumpkin is NOT recommended for preserving pumpkins. Home canning is not recommended for ...

Gatlinburg Convention Center was filled with food and laughs Thursday night, Sept. 17, 2015 for the annual fundraiser, Taste of Autumn. The fundraiser was conceived 18 years ago, and this year more than 400 people attended, raising over $9,000 for United Way of Sevier County. “In 18 years, the Taste of Autumn has raised over $175,000 for the United Way ...

The Gatlinburg Farmers Market will hold its Back to School Kids Days Bash on Saturday August 22, 2015 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Covered Bridge in the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community. Scheduled activities for the Back to School Kids Days Bash: Little Pete’s Railroad will be giving train rides The Girl Scouts – Smoky Shadows Troop ...

UT Extension of Sevier County recently graduated 14 individuals in its Cooking Matters Course. This six-week program was developed through a Share Our Strength grant, which was piloted in Sevier County. Participants learned and displayed skills in food preparation, healthy meal planning and food budgeting/shopping. They also competed in a $10 grocery store challenge at Food City, as well as ...

As interest in local farm-to-table food increases, many consumers are interested in purchasing a locally raised beef animal to accompany their locally sourced vegetables and fruits. However, the amount of meat actually available from a beef animal is a frequent source of misunderstanding among consumers, processors and cattle producers. Consumers who buy a live animal from a local cattle producer ...

Celebrate National Farmers Market Week on Saturday, August 8, 2015, as the Gatlinburg Farmers Market will present its next in a series of special events, Cooking Demonstrations and Tomato Tasting Contest. Market customers can learn easy and scrumptious ways of preparing local foods and vote on their favorite tomato variety all while listening to music performed by Barry Bianchi and ...

Easy to grow in a home garden and delicious year-round, green beans are a popular home-canned food. Just like any other home-canned food, it is important to always use research based procedures and recommendations. For example, green beans should always be preserved by pressure canning. People still canning green beans at home using the boiling water canner instead of tested ...

On Saturday, July 11, 2015, the Gatlinburg Farmers Market will present its next series of special events, Canning and Food Preservation Day, with a lineup of demonstrations on traditional ways of preserving fresh foods while listening to music performed by Vicki Jones-Cosby. Throughout the morning, Linda Hyder from University of Tennessee Extension of Sevier County will demonstrate canning and test ...

The pantry is empty and the refrigerator is bare. You know what time it is… time to shop for groceries. As you drive to your favorite grocery store, you already know the actions you are going take. You will enter the store, grab a buggy, and browse aisles upon aisles of products. After your cart is full and all items ...