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Putting Food By - Beef, Onions & Vanilla. A freezer door left open accidentally left me frantically trying to figure out what to do with the contents.
I was especially concerned about the organic, free ranged, grass fed beef and chicken steadily thawing. I have this marvelous All American 921 pressure canner, which I had only used to cook meals in. For whatever reason, the idea of actually using it to CAN scared the self sufficient right out of me. So I posted on the Facebook page, "Take Back Urban-Homestead(s)" for help and support - and the members there came through in a hurry.
When I realized I couldn't find the rack that came with my pressure canner, it was recommended that I use quart size canning rings in the bottom to keep my glass jars off the metal. I managed to get all the beef put up yesterday. I managed to put up 5 quarts of beef. And did you see that little bit of green hanging out in the picture above? You can see in the next picture how the roots grow and tangle in the cup of water. Self-Sufficient Kitchen: From Recipes to Processes. SS Picture of the Week (POW) - Submit your Pics Now !!
Click HERE! (if you are logged in, this notice can be dismissed using the "x" to the top right of the notice) SS Picture of the Week (POW) - Submit your Pics Now !! Click HERE! (if you are logged in, this notice can be dismissed using the "x" to the top right of the notice) Save Your Food: Canning & Freezing 101. There’s nothing like popping open a jar of homemade jam on a blustery winter day, as our grandmothers knew all too well.
Once maligned as unnecessary and labor-intensive, home canning has undergone a renaissance. A new generation is discovering that there’s something uniquely satisfying about preserving the season’s best produce. Many Links & Videos On Food Preserving. Aug 17 Well, you had to figure it would happen.
As soon as the resurgence in interest in learning to grow your own food began a few years back, could a growing interest in food preservation be far behind? Back when I was certified as a Master Gardener in LA County, they had discontinued their Master Food Preserver program…but now it’s back and back with a Bang! With only 18 seats to fill for this year’s program, they received over 100 applications!
Never fear…there’s always next year. Remember, it’s not all about canning. DIY Anaerobic Glass Fermentation Vessel. Build A Glass Anaerobic Fermentation Vessel March 6, 2013 from left to right: empty 5-gallon vessel, 2-gallon vessel with unground idli batter, 1-gallon vessel with water kefir Building an all glass, anaerobic lacto-fermentation vessel is extremely easy.
Storing & Preparing Foods. Saving Summer II - Blackberry Cordial. Snuggled up on the sofa with your sweetie at the end of a long day of holiday preparations, gazing at flickering candles, listening to softly playing holiday music and slowly sipping luscious, soothing Blackberry Cordial....
If this little scene sound appealing - prepare for it NOW by picking all those fat, juicy blackberries ripening quickly in the warm August sunshine and making your very own Blackberry Cordial. Believe me - making Blackberry Cordial is as easy as pie! Actually way easier than pie! Sarah inspired me to share this recipe and my Pesto Torta recipe as part of her Handmade Holiday Crusade. 10 Best Survival Foods At The Local Grocery. Using Pallets To Build A Canning Pantry Cupboard. Our canning cabinet filled from the garden Our crate and pallet board pieces after disassembling a pallet and a shipping crate Over the last 6 months or so – it seems that we always have a comment or two to the blog on our canning cabinet that we built out of old shipping crates and pallets.
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Saved to my iPhone for future reference. THANKS! July 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM the only one i like is granny smith ha ha.. August 11, 2010 at 4:48 AM granny smith for the win! August 11, 2010 at 5:22 AM. DIY Cardboard Can Rotating Rack. This tutorial is created courtesy of my husband who made me this can rotating rack for a Valentine’s Day gift and agreed to document the process to share with all of you!
The great thing about making your own racks is that you can customize the depths to fit your cupboard, and build however many you want for whichever cans you choose to store. Plus they are FREE! Make sure to scroll to the bottom to see a video of my new rack in action. How To Build Your Own Can Rotating Rack Step 1 Print out the shelf diagram (this great diagram comes from the “Pantry Panel” blog). Step 2 Take a large cardboard box (either 1-ply or 2-ply) and measure out the pieces you are going to need. The Potato Hole. Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh bags. We had talked of putting in a regular root cellar, but digging one by hand on our property would have been a daunting task. Just below the meager layer of topsoil which grew wonderful vegetables was a gigantic layer of solid concrete-like clay.
So we got by with storing potatoes with the canned goods in the basement where the temperature hovered in the 50s. Unfortunately, sprouts were plentiful by spring. But one day a few years back, we decided we had had enough of a 15-foot chokecherry bush that was sending suckers into the garden several yards away, so my husband cut it down then dug the roots out — a task that required the pickax, saw, and shovel. We took turns with the pick and carved out a round hole. 81 Can FIFO - Bulk Can Dispenser / Organizer. INTRODUCTION It is always a good idea to have bulk food supplies available in case of an emergency. There are a couple challenges to keeping a well stocked emergency food supply.
One challenge is how to minimize the space required to store the food supplies. Another challange is how to turn over your emergency food supply. Ideally you want to eat the oldest items and replace them with new items. Without a good strategy for turning over your food supply you could (and probably will) end up with a lot of expired food. Canned goods make good emergency food supplies. This is where the gravity fed can FIFO (First In First Out) helps. Storing Root Vegetables In A Closet. Since I'm assuming you've all been following our fridge root cellar adventures here on the blog, the excerpts from $10 Root Cellar that I plan to share this week are going to cover other options for root storage.
The simplest and cheapest suggestion came from Aimee Leforte, who uses plastic storage bins and sand to emulate root-cellar conditions. I'll let her tell you about closet root storage in her own words: "Even though my house was built in 1918, there is no formal root cellar or even the remnants of one. Cold Storage 101. I’ve pretty much wrapped up harvesting crops on Silly Goose Farm. Apples are done, tomatoes are done, and all that’s left to put-up is a couple of cabbages, a few rows of rainbow carrots, and a whole bunch of pears. The pear trees on our farm are over 100 years old and positively drip with fruit. Long-Term Storage. Oxygen-Absorbing Packs My favorite way to remove the oxygen is by using oxygen absorbing packs. The food most commonly used for long-term storage is whole wheat berries (Winter wheat) so I will use it as an example. Wise Food Supply. Food Preservation Techniques.
Bulk Food Storage Guidelines. Freeze Dried Foods & Dehydrated Foods. How to Preserve Food. Freeze & Preserve Fresh Herbs in Olive Oil. Doing Your Own Food Storage. Food Storage 101, What to Store. April 26, 2014, by Ken Jorgustin. Simple Food Storage Recipes & Garden Recipes. StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save Money, Eat Better, Help The Environment.
Flower Pot Refrigerator. Have you ever wondered what our ancestors did without refrigeration? Off Grid Refrigeration. It is a fact that our entire way of life is dependent upon gadgets of convenience and being tied to the grid. The grid supplies us with electricity, provides air conditioning to cool our home, the home’s main water supply is pumped by a fuel source, and our food is kept cool and fresh by the refrigerator in your kitchen. Oven Canning for Long Term Storage. Fill mason jars with dried goods for oven canning. Leave 1/2″ of head space. Wish You Could Save Summer in a Bottle? You Can…Can! Preservation Nation! « Home Grown Edible Landscapes.
How to Store Vegetables & Fruit Without Plastic. Jihyun Ryou - a Korean artist about her storage solution for vegetables. 12 Fruits and Vegetables That Last for Months. Do you routinely throw $5 bills away just for kicks? Probably not. And very few of us light candles with dollar bills, no matter how much we may have loved Scrooge McDuck.
But that’s basically what you’re doing whenever you go grocery shopping. According to a recent report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 percent of the food that’s grown and sold in the United States is wasted—if we cut food waste by just a third, we could feed every hungry person in the country. That waste comes to the staggering cost of $2,275 per year, for a family of four. Another report from the United Nations pointed the finger, in developed countries at least, squarely at grocery stores and consumers, in part because the former pushes “great bargains” that encourage the latter to buy more than they need.
The solution, though, isn’t cutting back on your fresh produce purchases. Enjoy Fresh, Local Food All Year. How Long Will it Store? - Longterm Storage. DIY: Learn How To Build a Root Cellar From Recycled Materials.
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