Starting in 2018, Lancaster County will be using the new 4-H Cooking series. “4-H Cooking 101” will replace “Six Easy Bites,” “4-H Cooking 201” will replace “Tasty Tidbits,” “4-H Cooking 301” will replace “You’re the Chef,” and “4-H Cooking 401” will replace “Foodworks.” Fair exhibit classes in “Fast Foods” have been re-assigned to one of the other food divisions or eliminated. A new Home Food Preservation series is also available including four project books entitled, “Freezing,” “Drying,” “Boiling Water Canning” and “Pressure Canning.” “Let’s Bake Quick Breads” is another new foods project book which includes gluten-free bread recipes.
The new foods project books may be viewed and purchased online at https://shop4-h.org/collections/healthy-living-foods-curriculum or at the Extension office. They are full of excellent step-by-step instructions as well as numerous recipes. Please note new fair foods exhibit classes when reviewing the 2018 Fair Book later this spring including the following: “4-H Cooking 101” ‘county only’ beginner fair exhibits will include cookies, muffins, no bake cookies, cereal bar cookies, granola bars, brownies and a snack mix. Advanced level fair exhibit classes of “shortened cake (not from a cake mix)” and “candy” have been added under Cooking 301 and Cooking 401 divisions, respectively.
If questions, contact Kristin Geisert at kristin.geisert@unl.edu or 402-441-7180.