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The pioneers knew more than a few tricks to preserve food for the long-term. Any form of food preservation was designed to kill and inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungus and other micro-organisms. It also was designed to prevent the ...

  There is no doubt that the world wide web contains a wealth of information. How-to videos are easy to find for just about everything, and articles full of clever hints and hacks are all over the place. But this ...

  I am frequently asked what is the best preservation method for various foods, and the answer is almost always the same: It depends. The best bet is to be ready and able to do a combination of canning, freezing, ...

My mother tried to teach me about food. She did it all — gardening, canning, jellying, freezing, drying, cheesing. She knew all about the so-called “Hundred Mile Diet” that has become so popular in recent years, the now-trendy notion of ...

Canning is practiced by grandmothers and mothers all over America. The sterilization of high heat and pressurization has made it the safe and preferred preservation of Americans for generations, but some people aren’t interested in spending hours over a stove ...

As a species we know a lot about food preservation. It started thousands of years ago and it has kept us alive to this day. But in many of those tried-and-true techniques, we sometimes engage in a food preservation process ...

Vinegar is a potent antiseptic and is critical to food preservation.  It’s also easy to make if you know what you’re doing. There are two fundamental food resources that have both antiseptic and food preservation qualities: Vinegar and salt. In ...

November 15, 2013 This video is the aftermath of egg preservation in Sodium Silicate Water Glass. Video courtesy of BexarPrepper Previous Video

April 24, 2013 University of Maine Cooperative Extension demonstrates how to preserve tomatoes by freezing. Previous Video

April 22, 2013 Don’t let all the food you worked hard to grow or buy go to rot or spoil. Learn to can. Previous Video