Extend the season, make fall fruit drinks, ciders, syrups
Extend the fall harvest season by making fruit-based beverages from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth.
The “Drinking the Harvest” workshop includes making fruit shrubs, cider, juices and syrups. Instructors will be UMaine Extension educator Kathy Savoie, home food preservation education assistant Kate McCarty and Eli Cayer of Urban Farm Fermentory in Portland.
Cost is $40. Registration is online. For more information, or to request a disability accommodation, contact 781.6099, 800.287.1471 (in Maine) or extension.rlreception@maine.edu.
Additional workshop topics and dates in the “From Scratch: Your Maine Kitchen” series include “Savory Harvest Pies,” Nov. 21; “Gifts from the Kitchen,” Dec. 19; “Maine Bean Suppah,” Jan. 16; “Make International Local,” Feb. 20; and “Savor the Sea,” March 19.