Archive for the 'Food: Preserving It' Category
(Chronologically Listed)
- 200 Things: Fall |
Posted by e4 on Feb 04 2008
By Sharon Astyk. Reprinted with permission. **** Simple, cheap insulating strategies (window quilts and blankets, draft stoppers, etc...) are easily made from cheap or free materials - goodwill, for example, often has jeans, tshirts and shrunken wool sweaters, of quality too poor to sell, that can be used for quilting material and ...
- 200 Things: Summer |
Posted by e4 on Feb 01 2008
By Sharon Astyk. Reprinted with permission. **** If you don't can or dehydrate, now is the time to learn. In most climates, you can waterbath can or dehydrate with a minimum of purchased materials, and produce is abundant and cheap. If you don't garden, check out your local farmstand for day-old produce ...
- Super-efficient “chest fridge” (with pictures) |
Posted by e4 on Dec 19 2007
Okay, since this keeps coming up, I thought I'd explain how we converted an old chest freezer into an amazingly efficient refrigerator. Now just to be clear, this was not my idea originally. I can take zero credit for any part of this concept. I'm just following in the footsteps ...
- Personal Peak Prep - Food Preparation & Storage |
Posted by e4 on Dec 03 2007
This guest post is about the personal activities and preparations of someone who’s name you might recognize, but who wishes to remain nameless here. I’ve separated it into multiple posts based on topic. -- Food Preparation & Storage: Last year, expecting a dramatic rise in food prices, we bought and stored 15 shelves ...