All About Food Preservation

I got an email from WikiHow this morning that I thought was pretty cool. We wanted to let you know that the article Sun Dry Food for Preservation that you started on wikiHow has been read more than 500 times. Having your article read by so many people is a great accomplishment. Congratulations! Thanks again! [...]

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This is just a quick note about tough meat. We had an eye of rib steak last night that was so tough, it was hard to eat. There is more in the freezer and I’m debating what to do with it. I was thinking of slicing it thinly and cooking it until it yelled “uncle”.  [...]

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I found a good example of what  you get when you dry produce, in this case onions, at home. This product is 16 ounces/1 pound of dried onion. One pound of dried onion is the equivalent of 3.875 pounds of fresh onion. (Photo courtesy of Amazon.) I live in southern New Mexico where onions are [...]

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This year’s garden is started. That means planning ahead to what is going into the freezer in a few months. I am really hoping for a big tomato crop this year. Last year was a disaster. But I made some big changes this year. First, I put in a new watering system that I have [...]

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As you know from buying frozen french fries and hash browns, potatoes freeze really well. We love mashed potatoes but for just the two of us, it’s kind of a pain to peel, boil and mash just two potatoes for a meal. So I decided to make things easy on myself by cooking, mashing and [...]

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The garden this year was an abomination. I had only two tomato plants that produced anything. One was a Rutgers and the other my all time favorite, an Ace. There were enough tomatoes to make tomatoes with basalmic vinegar and basil plus a basketful more. I love canning tomatoes but there just aren’t enough this [...]

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We had a birthday party barbeque tonight with hamburgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings. There were only seven of us and we cooked for seventeen. To defend myself somewhat, three of the seven are teenaged farm boys — big eaters. Regardless of which, we found ourselves with leftover hamburgers, dogs, buns, etc. If you [...]

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No fancy equipment is needed for preparing foods for freezing vegetables. However a vacuum sealer is a huge help because it keeps oxygen away from the food which improves the texture of the frozen food. Things you will need are Freezer bags Kitchen scale Preparation space/work area Sharp knives Blanching pot or microwave Freezer space [...]

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Over a century ago when the canning, drying and “putting up” of food needed to happen, women came from far and near to help their fellow sister prepare for the upcoming winter. We don’t really have to do that anymore. What fruits and vegetables we cannot get in season from our local growers comes from [...]

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As I was researching another article, I found this wire basket on Amazon for $1.60 and couldn’t believe the price and had to pass it on to you. Wire baskets are so handy to have around. Use them for salad washing, frying french fries in oil, blanching food for freezing and much more. I’m ordering [...]

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