Next on the lecture agenda was to learn more about preserving. The presenter was Ann Accetta-Scott. Her site is A Farm Girl in the making. We covered fermenting. I already knew a lot about that topic. In reality, we covered Root Cellars, Cold Cellars, Spring houses, Smoking, Drying, Curing. You may not know this, but canning is a relatively new way to preserve food. Since these were old ways that never came up in the discussion.
Ann kept asking questions if anyone knew what this was? Or if anyone did this? Things like that and always came over to my side of the audience. We just tended to know more about the subject.
There was one thing I never heard of, Water Glass Eggs. These are a way to preserve your fresh laid eggs for winter with hydrated lime and water. They, of course, must be covered entirely, newly laid, and totally clean so the bloom isn't disturbed. I currently don't have any chickens. We are going to be bringing them back. I will have to try this to have eggs over the winter.
Another fun and informative lecture. We had a great experience with the day. There is one more lecture for Friday, and we'll talk about that one next time.
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