The first time that I canned meat, I was nervous; I won't lie to you. Pressure canning meat feels intimidating, and you don't want to do it wrong. No one wants to make their family sick, and images of ...
How to Pressure Can Soup for Home Canners
Opening a jar of homemade soup on a cold fall evening is one of my favorite pleasures, and it makes all of the work of pressure canning soup worth it. Canned soup that you purchase in the store will ...
How To Make The Easiest Fermented Pickles Ever
The first year I grew a large vegetable garden, I spent most of my summer days hauling in laundry baskets full of cucumbers. It was thousands of pounds of food that only amounted to only a few hundred ...
How to Salt and Smoke Food to Preserve Them and Add More Flavor
Are you interested in learning how to preserve your foods using different methods? When I first began preserving my own foods, I was fully consumed with canning. Though canning, freezing and ...
How to Ferment Vegetables at Home
Fermented foods are getting tons of attention lately - and for good reason. They're incredibly healthy and taste delicious, and they can keep for a good long time. If you want to take your ...
Potting and Jugging in Food Preservation: What Are They and How You Can Do It
Are you someone who likes to learn all kinds of survival techniques and food preservation methods? If you are, I’m going to bring you two historical food preservation methods known as potting and ...
7 Most Common Canning Problems and How to Fix Them
Part of the joy of growing your food is being able to preserve it for eating during the dormant season. But canning can be a challenge. Fortunately, canning, like gardening, is a skill that you ...
Pickling 101: Ingredients List, How to Pickle, and What to Pickle
Fresh pickles! My mouth water at the thought. They’re an excellent addition to deli sandwiches, hamburgers, or even good for a healthy snack. Pickling is also one of the easiest methods of food ...
How to Freeze Dry Food with and without a Machine
Have you tasted freeze dried food recently? I hadn’t until one of our friends invested in a freeze dryer. I was amazed at how tasty the food was and how easy freeze drying is to preserve ...