Archive for "Perishables"
Sustainable Canning Jars
I got a pressure canner for Christmas 2010 and for the last 9 months I’ve been canning meat almost weekly. Sometimes I’ll do 3 batches in one day so I’ll have a month’s …
Canning Meat

Photo 1: Regular cooked ground beef

Photo 2: Making Meatballs for the second try.

Photo 3: Left to Right: Chicken (raw packed), Ground Turkey Meatballs, Ground Beef Meatballs
I don’t use refrigeration or freezing for my food, so one of …
Bottled Butter: My First Try

And it was successful!
Some people call it canning butter but I call it bottling because I’m putting it up in canning jars — glass bottles — to be kept in the pantry.
Butter hasn’t ben on sale lately so I finally broke down and bought …
Eggs In The Pantry

When you live without refrigeration, you start looking for alternate ways to keep certain types of food. I’ve always been a little confused when people talk about eggs, butter and various fruits or veggies as perishable foods because in my experience that’s not …
