UC Master Food Preserver Publications: Meat & Seafood

This collection of documents from University Extension offices nationwide provides information on and examples of preserving meat and seafood.  

Research on food preservation is ongoing – recommendations may have changed since the release of some documents. Please refer to the National Center for Home Food Preservation for the most current recommendations.

Topics on this page: 

Overview, Meat, Wild Game, Seafood

Overview

• Canned Meat, Poultry and Fish: Problems and Solutions, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-741, 2013
• Canning Meat, Poultry, and Game, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW361, 2018
• Canning: Meat, Poultry, Wild Game, and Fish, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, PM 3021, 2012
• Canning Meat, Wild Game, Poultry & Fish Safely, University of Wisconsin Extension Cooperative Extension, B3345, 2014
• Care and Cookery, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 124, 2019
• Complete Guide to Home Canning: Guide 5, Preparing and Canning Poultry, Red Meats, and Seafoods, United States Department of Agriculture, 2015
• Holiday Meats - Not Just Turkey!, Clemson University Cooperative Extension, Fact Sheet HGIC 3565, 2019
• Home Canning Meat: Poultry, Red Meats, Game and Seafood, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 188, 2019
• Home-canning Meat, Poultry and Fish, Montana State University Extension, MT200903HR, 2017
• How to Can Meat, Fish and Poultry, University of Missouri Extension
• Canning Soup, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-931, 2020
• The Art and Practice of Sausage Making, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 176, 2017

Meat

• Canning Meats & Poultry, Clemson University Cooperative Extension
• Curing and Smoking Poultry Meat, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-693, 2013
• Cutting and Preserving Whole Turkey, Utah State University Extension, Publication FN-290, 1995
• Dry Meat Safely at Home, Kansas State Research and Extension, MF 3173, 2014
• Handy Reference for Drying Meat Jerky, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 2010
• Homemade Meat, Poultry, and Game Sausages, Washington State University, EB1661, 2003
• Jerky Making, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 580, 2017
• Leathers and Jerkies, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet 9.311, 2012
• Making Jerky at Home Safely, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW 632, 2012
• Making Safe Jerky in a Home Dehydrator, University of Wisconsin Extension, 2009
• Let's Talk Turkey, University of Wyoming Extension, MP-135, 2018
• Meat & Poultry, Penn State University Extension, Code EE0058, 2018
• Preserving Food in Wyoming: Meats, University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, Publication B-1210.7, 2011
• Preserving Food: Preparing Safer Jerky, University of Georgia Extension, 2011
• Summer Sausage & Deli Style Meats, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-735, 2020
• Smoking Poultry Meat, Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet 9.325, 2012
• Versatile Canned Chicken, Penn State University Extension, Articles, 2018
• Making Sausage at Home, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00263, 2018
• Smoking Meat and Poultry, United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service

Wild Game

• Alaska's Game is Good Food: Rabbit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00324, 2018
• Big Game from Hunt to Home, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW 517, 2010
• Canning Caribou, Deer & Moose, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00226, 2018
• Canning Venison, Clemson University Cooperative Extension, Fact Sheet HGIC 3246, 2014
• Care and Handling of Game Birds, Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, MF-2177, 2000
• Field Dressing Deer Pocket Guide, Penn State University Extension, Code UK100, 2015
• Deer and Elk: Pocket Guide From Field to Table, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 536, 2019
• Game Birds: Pocket Guide From Field to Table, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 537, 2017
• Pocket Guide to Deer & Elk from Field to Table, North Dakota State University, FN 536, May 2019
• Pocket Guide to Care and Handling of Game Birds from Field to Table, North Dakota State University, FN537, May 2019
• Preservation of Game Meats and Fish, North Dakota State University, FN 155, May 2017
• Proper Care and Handling of Game Birds: From Field to Table, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension
• Proper Care and Handling of Venison: From Field to Table, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension
• Proper Processing of Wild Game and Fish, Penn State University Extension, Code UK072, 2011
• Protecting Food Safety When Shooting, Field Dressing, Bringing a Deer Home, and Cutting the Carcass, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 8204, 2006
• Tips and Recipes for Preparing Elk/Venison, North Dakota State University, FN 1733, 2019
• Venison, Utah State University, 2017
• What to do with extra game meat? Go retro and make in Jerky, University of Wyoming Extension, 2016
• Wild Side of the Menu No. 1 Care and Cookery, North Dakota State University, FN124, 2019

Seafood

• Canning Seafood, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW194, 2016
• A Pocket Guide to Care and Handling of Fish from Stream to Table, North Dakota State University, 2017
• Canning Fish in Cans, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00125, 2017
• Canning Fish in Quart Jars, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00126, 2016
• Canning Tuna, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-1002, 2019
• Canning the Fish Catch, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00128, 2019
• Canning Smoked Fish in Cans, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00129, 2016
• Add Variety to Home-Canned Fish, University of Alaska Fairbanks, FNH-00224, 2019
• Canning Smoked Fish at Home, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW450, 2014
• Filleting Tuna for Canning, Oregon State University Extension Service, SP 50-739, 2013
• Fish: Pocket Guide From Stream to Table, North Dakota State University Extension Service, FN 535, 2017
• Saving Your Catch, Auburn University Marine Extension & Research Center, 1996
• Smoked Fish: Old Product with New Appeal - Offers Enhanced Taste, Shelf Life, Virginia Tech/Virginia Sea Grant, 2010
• Smoked Fish, Part II: Proper Salting, Drying Procedures Essential, Virginia Tech/Virginia Sea Grant, 2010
• Smoked Fish, Part III: Smoking, Storage, Microbiology, Virginia Tech/Virginia Sea Grant, 2010
• Smoking Fish at Home, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, FNH-00325, 2017
• Smoking Fish at Home - Safely, Pacific Northwest Extension, PNW238, 2009

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