food preservation

I am looking at buying a good dehydrator and think the Excalibur brand is probably the best. With all the experience on this board I'd like to ask your opinions on Excalibur dehydrators for meat and vegetable dehydration. Is there a better brand out there? What brands/models would you suggest...

Just for the record: I have been storing both Ritz Crackers and Aldi's Savoritz Crackers in my basement for a while... I wanted to determine when to throw them out, if they had not been cycled through. These packages are stored within a foot of each other near the concrete foundation wall, on...

Posting this on the main because it is so time sensitive - Amazon Kindle books 1.99 today over 100 books on everything from home butchering and preserving, to knitting and livestock. These are mostly "real" books, I have a number in hard copy that I actually got on Kindle too for quick reference...

Time to remind everyone. In many parts of the country temps are warming and that means those pesky moths that get into package of food. Cans, Jars are fine. But check, Bags (paper & plastic) of bulk foods especially. The time to discover a 25lb sack of something is full of moths/maggots or...

Originally posted on another blog site (by me)...part of my 'ministry' to the DGI's of this world: Most of you know that I prep for hurricanes...or whatever may happen. That has saved my skin a number of times over the years--hurricanes, job loss, busy times--you never know what may happen. My...

Ok So TimeBomb was the first place I thought to ask for help, I Live in Los Angeles (I Know MOVE NOW) But here I sit. I found a great deal on Potatoes I would love to stock up on them Like 30 or 40 pounds of fresh potatoes. But I need a way to store them. I do not have .... A Basement...

Sustainable Food Preservation, by Jen W. A number of preparedness books and web sites talk about preserved food as part of an emergency food storage plan. There can be immense satisfaction in seeing the rows and rows of gleaming canning jars, full of autumn’s bounty. I’ve done it for years, and...