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