Preserving Foods

I am sorry I did not say thanks for the work you have done on this.

I have been wrapped up in my car problems, and other things in life.

Some ppl have made low cost solar dehydrators to store there food
long term, and they provided some nice pictures on the site too.

Solar Dehydrator

A lot of dehydrated veggies will last a long time, and is cheaper and
easier than canning. Canning has its advantages, but this method
looks cheaper on paper to me.

If I am wrong let me know.

My grandmothers were big on canning, but the equipment was
dangerous if it malfunctioned, and it was not cheap either.

With all the hoopla over carbon taxes and all this is a super cheap
way to bypass all those pesky carbon taxes coming down the pike
in addition to being good for the off grid survivalist.

reply to post by Ex_MislTech

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Thanks for sharing that, EMT. It looks simple enough that even I could probably build one. LOL.

Making wine became a way to preserve fruits, making cheese became a way to preserve milk, making jerky became a way to preserve meat. Pemican and "hard tack" can be preserved almost indefinitely and were foods taken on the hunt or traveling trail. Simple to make, too.

I heard about these solar ovens and I read about making an earth oven.
It would be worth a try.

To those interested in furthering their knowledge about preserving foods, midnightbrigades is graciously allowing me to link to his thread about refrigeration when shtf.

Should save some the trouble of bothering with that pesky search function button. (am I the only one that has trouble finding specific threads using search?). Also there's some good info, which I admit I don't have too deep an understanding, but it's never too late to learn.