Food – Preservation
Do not waste food for lack of knowledge. Compost what you must discard.
•
basics
[
temperature
;
moisture
;
critters
]
•
root cellars
[uninsulated north-walled basement
partition
; in-ground
root cellar
; haybale
shack
;
vented
mound
]
•
boiling
water bath
canning
•
dry-pack
canning
•
pressure
canning
[
meats
; veggies;
seafood
]
•
preservation
methods [
freezing
;
curing
(salt;
brine
;
smoke
);
drying
/ leathering (air,
contact
,
freeze-drying
;
jerky
&
pemmican
; leathered
fruits
);
vinegar
/
pickling
;
culturing
/
lacto-fermentation
; jellying (
jellies
;
jams
;
preserves
; marmalade;
conserves
;
butters
;
syrups
);
fat
/
oil
potting
;
waxing
;
sugar
/
honey
;
alcohol
&
fermentation
;
dehydration
]
•
solar
dehydrators
•
rendering
fat
•
ghee-making
•
stomach
&
intestinal
storage
•
put
fish
in
wetted
grass
bundles
to
prevent
drying