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Cherishing the Natural Beauty of Icelandic Sheep
Add to Favorites By Marguerite Chisick – We discovered that Icelandic sheep were our ticket to a more sustainable way of life! It is not uncommon for people who are living …
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Beat the Heat with These Super Cool Foods
Add to Favorites By Sam Ayers — It may be hot outside, but it doesn’t mean you have to lose your cool! Stocking your kitchen with the right foods will …
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Learn How to Make Flavored Vinegar
Add to Favorites By Rita Heikenfeld and Erin Phillips – Remember when buying vinegar meant choosing between distilled, clear grain vinegar, cider, and a few choices of red and white …
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Beyond Kraut & Kimchi
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow Preserving vegetables by adding salt and setting them aside a few days to ferment is part of our family tradition. Before fermentation became all the rage, it was …
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Making Fresh and Wild Game Summer Sausage
Add to Favorites Growing up, I knew a lot of hunters who made wild game summer sausage every fall and winter. I didn’t try making it myself until years later. …
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Food Preservation Methods Got us Through the Great Recession
Add to Favorites I should have made shirts declaring, I survived 2009. If I said that food preservation methods saved us, would you believe me? How many of us don’t …
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Bone Broth Recipe: A Hot Trend in Modern Health
Add to Favorites I grew up in a family where “waste not, want not” was a way of life. My mom, Mary, would save leftover bones and scraps of meat …
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6 Ways of Preserving Food Through the Ages
Add to Favorites Some ways of preserving food have been around since ancient times while others are modern. Older methods can leave meals dry, salty, fermented and imperfect. But they …
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How to Make Kombucha at Home
Add to Favorites Not long after I began drinking it, I decided I needed to learn how to make kombucha. If you buy it in the store, you will pay …
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Canning Salsa Recipes Abound
Add to Favorites Canning salsa recipes are everywhere these days. There are so many options to try! You can experiment with canning salsa using tomatoes, corn, beans, fresh herbs, dried …
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A Homemade Dandelion Wine Recipe
Add to Favorites This dandelion wine recipe all started with violets. I know that might seem like a strange statement, but violets were my introduction to foraging. My neighbor introduced me …
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How to Make White Wine Vinegar Flavored With Herbs
Add to Favorites Recently, I was walking through my herb garden with my neighbor and local herb expert, Rita Heikenfeld, when she spied my patch of scallions all a-bloom. She …
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Learning How to Dehydrate Food
Add to Favorites Knowing how to dehydrate food is a matter of survival for many. I learned food preservation methods from my grandmother. Her pantry is still an object of …
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Mason Jar Meals Using the Best Survival Food
Add to Favorites The best survival food retains vitamins and lasts decades. Take it from #10 cans to delicious combinations before hard times hit. Whether you’re a prepper, homesteader or …
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A Guide to Salting Food Preservation
Add to Favorites The successful, savory narrative of salting food preservation is fascinating when its history and uses are examined. Here’s a fun fact, did you know it’s been reported …
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