What Everybody Ought to Know About Food Preservation and Drying

A few days ago we talked about Preserving the Harvest, today I would like to extend upon that article with more detailed information on food preservation and drying.

You might choose to read just a couple of the following links if you don’t have a lot of time today – or you can bookmark this page for when you have more time, read as many of them as you can – there’s some great advice here!

Drying Vegetables – Facts, information about nutritional value, drying trays, selection and pretreatment, and methods; from Colorado State University.

Food Drying – Covers the basics of solar food drying; from Backwoods Home Magazine, by Marcella Shaffer.

Quality for Keeps — Drying Foods – Basics of food preservation methods, a little history, how to select a dehydrator, safety advice; from the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Missouri.

A Review of Solar Food Drying – Techniques, equipment, problem-solving, bibliography.

Homemade Food Dryer- Preserving food by drying is a technique hundreds of years old and just as useful today as it was then. Fruits, vegetables and even cooked meat can be sliced, dried and bagged for later use, and considering the rising cost of food from the supermarket, drying your own is good economy.

Which of these posts did you find most useful? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.