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"Ask a Master Food Preserver"
Are you getting ready to start a food preservation project and have questions? Would you like to have a UC Master Food Preserver give a presentation or demonstration? We are available to help you plan! Please fill out our "Ask a Master Food Preserver" online information request form and someone will respond within 2 business days.
UC Master Food Preserver volunteers are agents of the University of California and work through the UC Cooperative Extension to educate the community on the safe practices of home food preservation, including pickling, canning, dehydrating and much more.
We are available by phone (707-565-3026) and email (mfpsc@ucanr.edu). Additionally, please check the "Calendar of Events" for presentations, demos and workshops in the community.
Please check our website often for updates to outreach activities, in addition to lots of great information about food safety and preservation!
Pressure Canner Gauge Testing now offered in Sonoma County!
UC Master Food Preservers of Sonoma County can test your Presto brand pressure canner gauge free of cost at our office.
Click here to sign up for a date and time to get your pressure canner gauge tested!
Only Presto canners with a dial gauge or old All Americans with a non-removable petcock need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. All others are weighted gauges and do not need to be tested. The Presto gauge test kit is designed for Presto gauges only. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
Please Note: the only pressure canner that needs to have its dial gauge tested is a Presto. (The others are all weighted gauge canners and only need the dial gauge to tell when the pressure drops to 0.) You can easily convert your dial-gauge Presto pressure canner to a weighted gauge by swapping out the deadweight for a 3-piece weighted regulator.
Here’s the link to the 3-piece weighted regulator sold by Presto: https://www.gopresto.com/product/pressure-canner-pressure-regulator-50332. This way you don’t need to worry about checking the dial gauge, you can use the canner as a weighted gauge canner.
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