Cooperative Extension service to offer food preparation workshops

MAT-SU — University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a series of free workshops. Classes are:

• Julie Cascio will teach a class on Making Sauerkraut from 5:30 to 7 p.m., July 30 at the Dorothy Page Museum, 323 N. Main, Wasilla. Natural fermentation is one of the oldest ways of preserving food. Join Julie Cascio and learn how to make your own sauerkraut, a naturally fermented cabbage.

• Learn to use thermometers to know when meat is safely cooked at noon, July 29 at the Moose Lodge, in Palmer. For more information, or to register, call 745-3360.

• Julie Cascio will teach a jam-making class from 10 a.m. to noon, Aug. 2 at the Talkeetna Museum. Cost is $10. Register online at bit.ly/ces-workshops.

• Julie Cascio will teach a free Food Preservation Overview from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 2 at the Talkeetna Museum.

• Julie Cascio will provide free gauge testing for canning from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Aug. 2 at the Talkeetna Museum, 13778 E. 3rd St.

• Julie Cascio will teach a Canning Overview at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 5 at the Valley Garden Club in Wasilla.

For more information, call 745-3360, (877) 520-5211, or visit uaf.edu/ces.