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    • 3 Key Chemical Leavening Agents in Baking
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    • Apple Varieties: A Guide for Taste and Cooking
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    • Cooking with Cast Iron
    • Do Not Cook Dry Beans in a Slow Cooker
    • FAQ's about Food Recalls
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    • Food Chemicals: Can I Eat It If I Can’t Pronounce It?
    • Fresh Produce: Do’s and Don’ts for Buying and Storing Fresh Produce
    • Food Safety in the Summer
    • Home Canning: New Updates for an Old Tradition
    • How to Pack the Perfect Picnic
    • Let's Talk Turkey
    • Power Outage and Your Fridge or Freezer
    • Springtime Eggs
    • Top 10 Food Safety Myths
    • The Thanksgiving Countdown
    • What is Clear Jel®?

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    • 4-H Youth Development
      • About/Join
        • Special Interest Clubs
        • Cloverbuds
        • Program Development Committee
      • Agent Articles
      • Alumni
      • Events and Programs
        • 4-H County Council
        • 4-H Foods Throwdown
        • Ambassadors
        • Camps
        • Club Day
        • Citizenship Washington Focus
        • Countywide Projects
        • Food Fare
        • Johnson County Fair
        • Kansas State Fair
        • Livestock
        • Mr. and Miss 4-H
        • Officer Training
      • Forms and Resources
        • Record Books
      • List of Clubs
      • Clover Clips
        • Archives
      • Projects
      • Leader Resources
        • Kit Check Out
      • School Enrichment Program
      • Volunteers
        • Opportunities
        • Volunteer Hours
    • Community Development
      • Agent Articles
      • Facilitation
      • Leadership Development
      • Starting a Small Business
    • Crops and Livestock
      • Ag Soil Testing
      • Agent Articles
      • Crops
      • Farm Management
      • Forage Testing
      • Livestock
      • Slice of Ag
    • Health, Food Safety & Nutrition
      • Food Preservation
        • Drying Herbs
        • Testing Dial Pressure Canner Gauges
      • Food Safety
      • Master Food Volunteers
        • Become an EMFV
        • Members Only
      • Newsletter Articles
        • Agent Articles
        • In Good Health Newsletter
      • Our Programs & Events
        • Adult Cooking Classes
        • Kids Cooking Classes
        • Dining with Diabetes
        • Four-Course Living
        • Dig your Dinner
        • Kitchen Restore
        • Walk Kansas
      • Recipes
    • Home and Family
      • Agent Articles
      • Clothing and Textiles
        • Sewing Classes
        • Stain Removal
      • Credit Reports
      • Family and Community Education
        • FCE Units
      • Financial Literacy
      • Human Development and Aging
      • Indoor Air Quality
        • Mold
        • Radon
      • Medicare
        • SHICK
      • Tax and VITA Information
        • Volunteer
    • Lawn and Garden
      • Agent Articles, Fact Sheets and More
      • Community Gardens
      • Demonstration Gardens
        • Backyard Garden
        • Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
        • Garden Gallery
        • Monet Garden
        • Shawnee Indian Mission
        • Shawnee Town
        • Wassmer Park Garden
        • West Flanders Garden
        • Wilderness Science Center
      • Extension Master Gardeners
        • Join Extension Master Gardeners (EMG)
        • Scholarships for Horticulture Students
        • Speakers Bureau
        • Members Only
      • Gardening Calendar
        • January
        • February
        • March
        • April
        • May
        • June
        • July
        • August
        • September
        • October
        • November
        • December
      • Gardening Hotline
        • Gathering Samples
      • Special Events
        • Healthy Yards Expo
        • Public Garden Tour
        • Willie and the Salad Bonanza Contest
      • Healthy Yards and Native Gardens
        • Healthy Yards and Environment
        • Native Garden Resources
      • Soil Testing and Composting
        • Soil Testing
        • Composting
    • Natural Resources
      • Agent Articles
      • Extension Master Naturalists
        • Becoming a Master Naturalists
        • Bluebird Stewardship
        • Junior EMN
        • Land Stewardship
        • Water Quality
        • Nature Trails
        • Our Partners
        • Pollinator Prairie
        • Speakers Bureau
      • Native Plants
      • Nuisance Wildlife
      • Home Insect Control
      • Forestry
      • Pond Management
        • Aquatic Weeds and Algae
        • Farm Ponds
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Home Association Ponds
        • Water Testing
    • Silver Clovers
      • Design a Flowerpot
      • How to Dispose of Old Medication

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