"I've canned a lot of low acid foods over the years, including meat and fish. As long as you follow the proper time tables for pressure and pack properly, there's no more risk than any other home prepared food.
My take, though, is…"
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Livestock
Whether we're in it for the meat, milk, eggs or manure, livestock (as the word itself suggests) is a way not only to produce food, but also preserve it.
Theresa George replied to Alison F's discussion Anyone here actually have a year's supply? (or several months?) in the group Storing A Year's Supply
"I've been putting up more than a year's supply of much of the local food my family eats for about the last 25 years. I can and freeze once or twice a week, and I store my food in stacked milk crates in the cellar and in 2 freezers .…"
Theresa George added a discussion to the group Storing A Year's Supply
Share an order of milk crates for storage of glass canning jars?
Hi Folks:I've ordered large quantities of milk crates before for storing my home canned jars of food. Each crate holds 9 qts or liters, and I sort my food very easily this way. Since the crates stack extremely securely and reliably, I can have spaghetti sauce stacked to the ceiling!I am ordering from a company in NJ, and the price per crate if I get 50 crates is about $9.60 per crate, drop shipped. Obviously, if we order more, the price will go down a little more.These are very sturdy and…See More
Theresa George joined Katie Quinn-Jacobs's group
Storing A Year's Supply
Bulk storage of food staples is a hedge against disasters both natural and man-made. How-to's and discussions go here.See More
Theresa George replied to Sasha K-R's discussion canning homemade baby food in the group Canning
"Hi Sash - freeze it. Canning it will destroy too much of the food benefits for baby food - and unless it's "preserved" food (which means sugar, salt or vinegar - both not great for a baby), it'll have to be pressure canned…"
Theresa George left a comment for IthacaNancy
"Wow - very interesting. It's really nice of you to share the recipe. If it's not too much trouble - I'd like to have a look at it. If I decide to give it a try and really like it, then I'll buy the book. Re the juice, I like the…"
IthacaNancy left a comment for Theresa George
"The recipe I used for ginger ale was from Sandor Katz's book, Wild Fermentation. Do you have it? I like the way the book captures the bubbly excitement of the fermentation experience. I can copy the recipe if you don't have it. It uses…"
IthacaNancy left a comment for Theresa George
"Hi Theresa,
I did it both ways this year. I believe the the water bath is a generally unnecessary extra step, but it is the 'official' co-oprative extension approved way to process the grape juice. I'll share the official process,…"
Theresa George left a comment for IthacaNancy
"Hi! I love the idea of good ginger ale. Then it might actually be soothing when we're sick (as my mom used to do for us) instead of being some sugar laden product. I've also wanted to try doing root beer for years, but I never have.…"
IthacaNancy left a comment for Theresa George
"Hi Theresa - what a lovely profile picture! It's nice to see you online. Just yesterday I tried my first batch of home made ginger ale - not a food we eat often, but it seemed like an easy place to start. It was really good - not too strong,…"
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- Township
- Dryden
- Telephone
- 607-272-8125
- What type of food preserving do you want to do with others?
- Other
- What do you hope to achieve by joining IthaCan?
- I'm interested in sharing online conversation about food preservation, localization and self sufficiency. I've done lots of canning, freezing, cellaring and drying, but nothing in the methods of lacto-fermentation or smoking, and I'm interested in gathering ideas about these.
- Do you have any expertise or resources that you can offer to the IthaCan community?
- I've been canning both acidic and non-acidic foods as well as drying and freezing in large quantity for more than 20 years. I'm looking forward to sharing ideas about preservation, particularly with respect to maximizing the consumption of local, in season foods.
- What is your favorite home-preserved food?
- Venison jerky, my tomato juice, which I add to fresh juices.
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:49am on October 12, 2010,
IthacaNancy said… - The recipe I used for ginger ale was from Sandor Katz's book, Wild Fermentation. Do you have it? I like the way the book captures the bubbly excitement of the fermentation experience. I can copy the recipe if you don't have it. It uses lots of ginger (and an equal amount of sugar) to get the fermentation process started . . .
- At 8:45am on October 12, 2010, IthacaNancy said…
- Hi Theresa,
I did it both ways this year. I believe the the water bath is a generally unnecessary extra step, but it is the 'official' co-oprative extension approved way to process the grape juice. I'll share the official process, and the non-water bath process which allows us to use old wine or soda bottles and reusable rubber caps. Because we have a vacation rental, I have an unending source of old wine bottles. It's been nice using the rubber caps this year - the first year I've been able to find them.
- At 8:19am on October 12, 2010, IthacaNancy said…
- Hi Theresa - what a lovely profile picture! It's nice to see you online. Just yesterday I tried my first batch of home made ginger ale - not a food we eat often, but it seemed like an easy place to start. It was really good - not too strong, not too sweet, tiny bubbles . . . and experiencing the living transformation was really exciting. As Sandor Katz says in Wild Fermentation, there is something very rooting to the power of the earth in the process.
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