Buncombe County NC Family and Consumer Sciences

08/19/2021

After flooding can be a stressful time. These resources include segments on emotional concerns, food safety, cleaning up the kitchen, general kitchen clean up, home clean up, avoiding pest problems, and products to use

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11/20/2020

Tips on safely brining your turkey this year.

What the heck is brining? And how do I do it without making a mess?

07/14/2020

Hold Up! Did you miss National French Fry Day yesterday? Never fear! Click on the link to make your own healthy version!

https://cachampionsforchange.cdph.ca.gov/en/recipes/Pages/Oven-Wedge-Fries.aspx

06/05/2020

On Wednesday, June 3rd, Debbie did a facebook live session on making kimchi. See more information at their Safe Plates website.

Traditional to Korean cuisine, kimchi is a spicy blend of naturally fermented vegetables including Napa cabbage, radishes, green onions, garlic ginger and Korean red pepper. Try it on eggs, rice, noodles, hot dogs, pizza and grilled cheese. The lactic acid bacteria you need for fermentation is alrea...

05/21/2020

Here at the Safe Plates Food Safety Information Center, we have taken the Count on Me NC pledge to show we’re doing our part to help stop the spread of COVID-19 during relaxed restrictions.


Visit CountOnMeNC.org to learn more about what this means and the enhanced safety measures we are encouraging to be implemented to help keep everyone in our community safe.

05/06/2020

If you have questions, join in on May 7th

Join us on the page on THURSDAY, May 7th at 6pm EDT for a science-based discussion and Q&A session. Get ready to ask all of your food safety questions to experts as they answer in real time. You don't want to miss this.

04/21/2020

Ever wonder about you electronics and disinfecting them?

Don't forget that should be cleaned and disinfected too. 💻🎧📱

04/16/2020

Want to Learn More about Canning and Preserving Foods - Register for our Zoom series - Food Preservation Made Easy
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-preservation-made-easy-tickets-102726140652

FCS Agents from Haywood, Buncombe, Madison, McDowell and Yancy counties in North Carolina will bring the information to you with presentations and Demonstrations through Live Zoom

Learn to preserve your own food using the most recent evidence-based information to assure a safe, quality product for you and your family.

04/10/2020

Check out the newest information on the Food Safety COVID 19 site at NCSU. They have information on face coverings/masks and updated information on grocery shopping and produce. It can be good to check it daily. Much of this information is in Spanish also.

https://foodsafety.ces.ncsu.edu/covid-19-resources/

04/06/2020