Manual Snow Cone Maker & Ice Shaver

For an inexpensive way to make homemade snow cones and icy treats for the summertime, check out our product video below. No need to go to a snow cone stand any longer once you own our snow cone maker and ice shaver.

Electric Snow Cone Maker & Ice Shaver

Check out this great snow cone maker and ice shaver. With summer upon us, this product will be well loved by you and your family. Watch the video below to see how easy it is to make these homemade treats!

Ice Crusher

The Ice Crusher is one of our newest products. Watch the video below for a quick demo.

Food Strainer Assembly Video

If you own a new Victorio Food Strainer, or if it has been a while since you got it out of the box then this video will be a good refresher on how to assemble it correctly. (Shows assembly of model 250 ONLY).

Pear Corer Demo Video

If you like pears and/or have pear trees, but have never used a pear corer then this video will give you a good idea of why you need one and how it works.

Apple Peeler Assembly Video

This video will show you how to assemble your apple peeler for the first time and how to use it correctly to avoid bent or broken parts.

Cherry Preservation Overview

With cherry season just around the corner we want to help you get prepared.  When the growing conditions are just right, this small, sweet fruit is in abundance.  If you decide to pick and keep your cherries (rather then selling them or giving them away to neighbors), there are many ways in which you can preserve and store them on your shelf.

You can put the cherries in a Fruit Dehydrator and dry them for snacks, trail mix or salads.  This method is great for compact storage when space is limited, plus it preserves the fruit well enough to last for several months.

What To Do With Wheat Flour

Grinding your own wheat at home for baking or any kind of cooking is quite satisfying, especially when you make the hard effort to grind it by hand using a Wheat Grinder.

However, there is something you'll want to be careful of when grinding fresh wheat flour.  Because of the natural oils in wheat berries, the ground flour can go rancid rather quickly if it is not stored in a cool, dry environment.  If you grind a lot of flour in advance and will not be using it right away, we recommend that you store it in the freezer to get the best 'shelf-life.'  But even then it will only keep in the freezer for 8-12 months, depending upon your freezer temperature, the climate you live in and how fresh the wheat berries were to begin with.  Sometimes, if conditions are right, you can buy even more time for your frozen flour, but you'll want to make sure it is stored in air-tight bags or containers in order to keep it from becoming freezer burnt.

Avoid Common Canning Mistakes

Major canning mistakes can be potentially deadly.  Minor mistakes can cause loss of not only your finished product, but of your hard earned money and valuable time.  However, deadly and not-so-deadly mistakes can be avoided by following some simple rules by Kathleen Riggs, of the USU Extension office, in her March 2009 article on food preservation.[1]  A few of the more dangerous errors she lists are as follows: