Articles · Topic
Articles about Preservation
12 articles across 2 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Fermentation: Sauerkraut, Kimchi, and Lacto-Fermented Vegetables
How lacto-fermentation works, the salt ratios that make it safe, troubleshooting common problems, and your first ferment from scratch. No special equipment required.
How to Dehydrate Food at Home: Temperatures, Times, and Safe Storage
How to dehydrate fruit, vegetables, herbs, fruit leather, and jerky at home: drying temperatures and times, pretreatments and blanching, doneness tests, conditioning, storage times, and the USDA rule for meat. Sourced to NCHFP and USDA.
Food Preservation
Extending the life of food through canning, drying, fermenting, curing, and sealing. Tested methods, honest safety gates, and the equipment each one requires.
Water-Bath Canning for High-Acid Foods
A complete, USDA-approved introduction to water-bath canning. Learn the science, equipment, step-by-step tomato sauce process, and the four mistakes that compromise safety.
Section
Gear and Buying Guides
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
The standard reference for home canning, 400 tested recipes for water-bath and pressure canning, pickles, jams, and more. Why we recommend it, what readers say, and how to buy it or borrow it.
Classic Self-Reliance Library
The foundational texts of self-reliance, books that have been earning their shelf space for decades. Carla Emery, John Seymour, Hertzberg and Greene. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.
Food Books
The best books for growing, cooking, and preserving food, canning, gardening, and self-reliant kitchens. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.
Land & Homesteading Books
The best books for land-based self-reliance, from the suburban quarter-acre to the rural homestead. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.
Putting Food By
In print since 1973, Putting Food By covers every preservation method, canning, freezing, drying, smoking, pickling, root cellaring. Why we recommend it, what readers say, and how to buy or borrow it
Skills Books
The best books for practical self-reliance skills, from outdoor survival and bushcraft to homesteading and food production. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.
The Backyard Homestead
How much food you can grow on a quarter-acre lot, and how to preserve everything you harvest. New York Times Book Review. Why we recommend it, what to verify for food safety, and how to buy or borrow
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It
John Seymour